31983R1252

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1252/83 of 20 May 1983 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN customs documents which accompany products COMMUNITIES, imported from non-member countries or on other information concerning the export prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas offer prices Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European which do not correspond to actual purchasing possi­ Economic Community, bilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ments or other information available, may be consi­ 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization dered not to be representative of actual price trends in of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last the country of origin are to be disregarded ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 195/82 (2), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 1 1 thereof,

Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary nating in or coming from one or more non-member 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 in Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ; Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading 01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings Whereas the levy on products falling within subhead­ 02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in ing 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and the by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products Community free-at-frontier offer price ; in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668 /80 ; Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1218/83 (3) for the 1983/84 marketing year ; 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 Community free-at-frontier offer price is moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary determined in the light of the most representative restraint arrangements made by the Community with purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity, certain non-member countries ; 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 mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ; levies should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) — in the case of currencies which are maintained in No 2668/80 (4), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based inter alia on the prices shown in the relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 140 , 20 . 5. 1982, p. 22. — in the case of other currencies, an exchange based (3 OJ No L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 18 . (4) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 39 . on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : each of those currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Article 1

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 be as set out in the Annex hereto . mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­ mation and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and Article 2 goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 1983 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 May 1983 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 May 1983 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

(ECU/100 kg)

CCT Week No 8 Week No 9 heading No from 23 to 29 May 1982 from 30 May to 5 June 1983

01.04 B 96,594 (') 95,043 (') 02.01 A IV a) 1 205,520 (2) 202,220 (2) 2 143,864 (2) 141,554 (2) 3 226,072 (2) 222,442 (2) 4 276,176 (2) 262,886 (2) 5 aa) 267,176 (2) 262,886 (2) bb) 374,046 (2) 368,040 (2) 02.06 C II a) 1 267,176 262,886 2 374,046 368,040

(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3019/81 and (EEC) No 3459/82 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82. (2) The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3019/81 , (EEC) No 1985/82 and (EEC) No 3459/82 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.