31979R1366

No L 163/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 2 . 7. 79

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1366/79 of 29 June 1979 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine COMMUNITIES, animals on representative Community markets is higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the following percentage of the basic levy : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to 1 02 % of the guide price ; 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 1 02 % of the market in beef and veal (l), as last amended by and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular price ; Article 12 (8) thereof,

(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary and less than 106 % of the guide price ; Committee, (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No of the guide price ; 805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine a percentage of the basic levy ; animals on representative Community markets is equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­ cable equals the following percentage of the basic Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed levy : in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is determined on the basis of the difference between : (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal to 98 % of the guide price ; — the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­ senting the ratio existing in the Community (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % between the price of fresh meat of a category and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide competitive with the frozen meat in question, price ; presented in the same form, and the average price of adult bovine animals, and (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide — the Community free-at-frontier offer price for price ; frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a standard amount representing the specific (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % costs of the import operations ; of the guide price ;

Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to application of the levies on beef and veal and be applied from 2 July 1979 have been fixed by amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Council Regulation (EEC) No 1274/79 of 25 June Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regu­ 1979 (5); lation (EEC) No 882/79 (4), the abovementioned coeffi­ cient, calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price 805/68 , has been fixed at 1-69 units of account and for frozen meat is determined by reference to the the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of world market price based on the most representative the said Regulation has been fixed at 5-5 units of purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­ account ; tity, recorded over a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy, taking into account in parti­ (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. cular : (2) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 75, 23. 3 . 1977, p. 10. (<) OJ No L 111 , 4. 5 . 1979 , p. 14. (5) OJ No L 161 , 29 . 6. 1979 , p. 15.

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— foreseeable developments on the market in frozen Community markets and the survey of prices of meat, certain other cattle in the Community (x), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1350/79 (2) ; — the most representative prices on third country markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which is competitive with frozen meat, Whereas, for Member States with several representa­ tive markets, the price of each category and quality is — past experience ; equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of those markets ; for representative markets held several times in one period of seven days, the Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­ listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) metic mean of the prices recorded on each market No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­ equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling gory and quality is equal to the average, weighted by within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ; recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real animals recorded on the representative markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­ tive quantities should not be taken into account ; on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the the abovementioned Annex II ; movement of prices in general or the information available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre­ Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­ sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight origin ; excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account Annex ; per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter price should be retained ; Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation markets, the Commission may disregard the prices (EEC) No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on recorded on the market or markets in question, or use representative Community markets is the price esta­ the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in blished on the basis of prices recorded over a period question before the entry into force of such measures ; to be determined on the representative market or markets of each Member State for the various catego­ ries of adult bovine animals or of meat from such Whereas, in the absence of information, prices animals, taking into account the size of each of these recorded on representative Community markets are categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of determined mainly by reference to the most recently each Member State ; recorded prices ;

Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded animals recorded on representative Community on the representative market or markets of each markets differs by less than 0-20 unit of account per Member State are equal to the average, weighted by 100 kilograms of live weight from the price previously the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various used, the latter is retained ; qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ; Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations whereas the representative markets, categories and arising from international agreements concluded by qualities of products and weighting coefficients are the Community continue to be fulfilled ; fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of (») OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . prices of adult bovine animals on representative (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal .

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Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined relation to the Community currencies referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ; in the previous indent ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 (EEC) No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in March 1979 laid down the coefficient for this Regulation is incorporated in the Common expressing amounts, fitted in units of account, in Customs Tariff ; ECU ;

Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­ each month and are applicable from the first Monday mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­ of the following month ; whereas these levies may be mation and quotations known to the Commission, the altered in the period between two fixings where the levies on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in basic levy is altered, or in the case of changes in the the Annex hereto, prices recorded on Community representative markets ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Article 1 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on set out in the Annex hereto. their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 2 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 July 1979 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1979. For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1979 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal (*) for the period beginning 2 July 1979 (ECU/100 kg)

CCT heading No Levy

— Net weight —

02.01 A II b) 1 85033 02.01 A lib) 2 68.027 (a) 02.01 All b) 3 106.291 02.01 All b) 4 aa) 127.549 02.01 A lib) 4 bb) 11 106.291 (a) 02.01 A lib) 4 bb) 22 (b) 106.291 (a) 02.01 A lib) 4 bb) 33 146-256 (a)

(') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 706/76, levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories. (a) Where products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and in provisions adopted for its application , the levy is totally or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions . (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down by the competent authori­ ties of the European Communities.