31981R0924

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 924 / 81 of 3 April 1981 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 to 102 % of the guide price ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular price ; Article 12 (8) thereof, (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 1 04 % 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 % of the guide price ; Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to animals on representative Community markets is a percentage of the basic levy ; 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 (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or determined on the basis of the difference between : equal to 98 % of the guide price ; — the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­ (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % senting the ratio existing in the Community and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide between the price of fresh meat of a category price ; competitive with the frozen meat in question, presented in the same form, and the average price (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % of adult bovine animals , and and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ; — the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty (d) 114% where the market price is less than 90 % and a standard amount representing the specific of the guide price ; costs of the import operations ;

Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the be applied from 6 April 1981 have been fixed by application of the levies on beef and veal and Council Regulation (EEC) No 898 / 81 of 1 April amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the 1981 (5 ); Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 882/79 (4), the abovementioned coeffi­ cient, calculated in accordance with the rules laid Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No for frozen meat is determined by reference to the 805/ 68 , has been fixed at 1 -69 units of account and world market price based on the most representative the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­ the said Regulation has been fixed at 6-65 ECU ; 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 291 , 29 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17. (3 ) OJ No L 75 , 23 . 3 . 1977, p . 10 . (4) OJ No L 111 , 4. 5 . 1979 , p . 14 . (5 ) OJ No L 90, 4 . 4. 1981 .

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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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3470/80 (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 1 2 (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 0-24 ECU per 100 kilo­ Member State are equal to the average, weighted by grams of live weight from the price previously used, the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various 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 (-') OJ No L 363 , 31 . 12. 1980, p . 35 .

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Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined of these currencies recorded for a given period in in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­ this Regulation is incorporated in the Common mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­ Customs Tariff ; mation and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of the Annex hereto, each month and are applicable from the first Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in the period between two fixings where the basic levy is altered, or in the case of changes in the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : prices recorded on Community representative markets ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Article 2 their effective parity ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 April 1981 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal (!) for the period beginning 6 April 1981 (ECU/100 kg)

CCT heading No Levy

— Net weight —

02.01 A II b) 1 133-854 02.01 A II b) 2 1 07-084 (a) 02.01 All b) 3 167-318 02.01 A II b) 4 aa) 200-781 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 11 167-318 (a) 02.01 A lib) 4 bb) 22 (b) 167-318 (a) 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 230-230 (a)

(') In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No 435/ 80 , 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 authorities of the European Communities .