31982R1222

No L 141 /40 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 5. 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1222/82 of 19 May 1982 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN account of the supply and demand situation for fresh COMMUNITIES, or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experience ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization documents which accompany products imported from of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last non-member countries or on other information amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 195/82 (2), and in concerning the export prices applied by those non­ particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof, member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices Committee, which, in view of general price movements or other information available, may be considered not to be representative of actual price trends in the country of Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No origin are to be disregarded ; 1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling within subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­ that Regulation ; nating in or coming from one or more non-member countries if exports of the said products are made at Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) abnormally low prices ; No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­ carcases is to be equal to the difference between : Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­ ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to (a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient represen­ Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the ting the relationship existing in the Community levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a between the price of fresh meat of a category standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in competitive with the frozen meat in question, question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in presented in the same form, and the average price Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ; of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and (b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said frozen meat ; Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­ tions arising from international agreements concluded by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, Whereas the basic price for the 1982/83 marketing moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary year is fixed in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No restraint arrangements made by the Community with 1 1 96/82 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in certain non-member countries ; Article 13 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of 2668/80 (4) ; each month for each week during the following month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that determined in the light of the most representative period if necessary ; purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­ tity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, preceding month to the 20th day of the month during which the levies are determined, taking particular levies should be calculated on the following basis ;

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in (>) OJ No L 183 , 16. 7. 1980 , p. 1 . relation to each other at any given moment within 0 OJ No L 140, 20 . 5 . 1982, p. 22. a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on (J) OJ No L 140, 20 . 5. 1982, p . 24 . (4) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p . 3 ! their central rate,

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in the case of other currencies, an exchange based goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of in the Annex to this Regulation, each of those currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : referred to in the previous indent ;

Article1¶

The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­ mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­ Article 2 mation and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 May 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 May 1982 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

(ECU/100 kg) CCT Week No 7 Week No 8 Week No 9 heading from 20 to from 24 to from 31 May to No 23 May 1982 (') 30 May 1982 (') 6 June 1982 0

02.01 A IV b) 1 114-115 113-275 110-583 2 79-881 79-293 77-408 3 125-527 124-603 121-641 4 148-350 147-258 143-758 5 aa) 148-350 147-258 143-758 bb) 207-689 206-161 201-261

(') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3019/81 and (EEC) No 424/82 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/ 82.