31980R2669

No L 276 /42 20 . 10 . 80 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2669/ 80 of 17 October 1980 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN imported from non-member countries or on other COMMUNITIES , information concerning the export prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing possibil­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and Economic Community, offer prices which, in view of general price move­ ments or other information available, may be con­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No sidered not to be representative of actual price trends 1837/ 80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organiza­ in the country of origin are to be disregarded ; tion of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ( ! ), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 1 1 thereof, Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­ nating in or coming from one or more non-member Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, countries if exports of the said products are made at abnormally low prices ;

Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products specified Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading in Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ; 01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in Whereas the levy on products falling within Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be subheading 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regu­ equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied lation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the differ­ by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products ence between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in the Community free-at-frontier offer price ; Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668 /80 ;

Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in Article 32 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 for the Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­ 1980 / 81 marketing year ; tions arising from international agreements concluded by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is restraint arrangements made by the Community with determined in the light of the most representative certain non-member countries ; purchasing possibilities , as regards quality and quan­ tity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the preceding month to the 20th day of the month during which the levies are determined, taking particular Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of account of the supply and demand situation for fresh each month for each week during the following or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that chilled meat and of past experience ; period if necessary ;

Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, mined , if necessary, on the basis of the most represen­ levies should be calculated on the following basis : tative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2668 /80 (2 ), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to relation to each other at any given moment within be based iriter alia on the prices shown in the a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on customs documents which accompany products their effective parity,

(') OJ No L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , p. 1 . — in the case of other currencies, an exchange based (2 ) See page 39 of this Official Journal . on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of

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each of those currencies recorded for a given HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : period in relation to the Community currencies Article 1 referred to in the previous indent ; The import levies on live sheep and goats and on Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­ sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­ be as set out in the Annex hereto . mation and quotations known to the Commission, the Article 2 levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October 1980 . in the Annex to this Regulation,

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 1980 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

No L 276/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 10 . 80

ANNEX

to Commission Regulation of 17 October 1980 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

(ECU/100 kg)

Week No 30 CCT Week No 29 from 27 October heading Description from 20 to 26 to No October 1980 2 . November 1980

01.04 B Live sheep and goats other than pure bred breeding animals 33-84 (!) 33-37 (!)

02.01 A IV a) Meat of sheep or goats, fresh or chilled : \\

1 . Carcases or half-carcases 72-00 (2) 71-00 (2) 2. Short forequarters 50-40 (2) 49-70 (2) 3 . Chines and/or best ends 79-20 (2) 78-10 (2) 4. Legs 93-60 (2) 92-30 (2) 5 . Other : Il

(aa) Unboned (bone-in) 93-60 P) 92-30 (2) (bb) Boned or boneless 131-04 (2) 128-62 (2)

02.06 C II a) Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked : 1 . Unboned (bone-in) 93-60 92-30 \

2 . Boned or boneless 131-04 128-62

(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2645/ 80 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2664/80 and (EEC) No 2665/80 . (2 ) The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down in the voluntary restraint agreements or those laid down in Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2664/ 80 and ( EEC) No 2665/80 .