31984R2141
26 . 7 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 196/33
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2141 /84 of 25 July 1984 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal COMMUNITIES, to 102 % of the guide price ; (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide Economic Community, price ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EpC) No 805/68 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 1 04 % of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the and less than 106% of the guide price ; market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 2 of the guide price ; (8) thereof, Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary animals on representative Community markets is Committee, equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli cable equals the following percentage of the basic Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No levy : 805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to equal to 98 % of the guide price ; a percentage of the basic levy ; (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed price ; in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation (c) 110 % where the market price is . less than 96 % under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide determined on the basis of the difference between : price ; — the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of senting the ratio existing in the Community the guide price ; between the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the frozen meat in question, Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to presented in the same form, and the average price be applied from 2 April 1984 have been fixed by of adult bovine animals, and Council Regulation (EEC) No 868/84 of 31 March 1984 (5) ; — the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for and a standard amount representing the specific frozen meat is determined by reference to the world costs of the import operations ; market price based on the most representative purcha sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No recorded over a certain period preceding the fixing of 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the the basic levy, taking into account in particular : application of the levies on beef and veal and amen ding Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regulation meat, (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4), the abovementioned coefficient, — the most representative prices on third country calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , has which is competitive with frozen meat, been fixed at 1-69 units of account and the standard — past experience ; amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of the said Regulation has been fixed at 6,65 ECU ; Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is animals on representative Community markets is equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a the following percentage of the basic levy : standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ; (2) OJ No L 291 , 29 . 11 . 1979 , p. 17 . (') OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 . 4) OJ No L 303, 5 . 11 . 1983 , p. 16. O OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 30 .
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Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier and quality is equal to the average, weighted by the offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in tive quantities should not be taken into account ; the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic movement of prices in general or the information mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine origin ; animals recorded on the representative markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in Whereas , where the free-at-frontier offer price for the abovementioned Annex II ; frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter price should be Whereas prices for the different categories and quali retained ; ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding tax ', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC) Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said sentative Community markets is the price established Annex ; on the basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on the representative market or markets of Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary each Member State for the various categories of adult or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec bovine animals or of meat from such animals, taking ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their into account the size of each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member markets, the Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the market or markets in question , or use State ; the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in question before the entry into force of such measures ; Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the representative market or markets of each Whereas, in the absence of information, prices Member State are equal to the average, weighted by recorded on representative Community markets are the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various determined mainly by reference to the most recently qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such recorded prices ; animals over a period of seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ; whereas, for the 1984/85 marketing year, the price of Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine adult bovine animals recorded on the representative animals recorded on representative Community market or markets of the United Kingdom shall be markets differs by less than 0,24 ECU per 100 kilo corrected by the amount of the premium granted to grams of live weight from the price previously used, the latter is retained ; producers under Regulation (EEC) No 1063/84 ('); whereas the representative markets, categories and qualities of products and weighting coefficients are Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) arising from international agreements concluded by No 610 / 77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of the Community continue to be fulfilled ; prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in certain other cattle in the Community (2), as last Regulation (EEC) No 586/ 77 ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 20 1 9/84 (') ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation Whereas , for Member States with several representative (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in markets, the price of each category and quality is equal this Regulation is incorporated in the Common to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each Customs Tariff ; of those markets ; for representative markets held several times in one period of seven days, the price of each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of mean of the prices recorded on each market day ; each month and are applicable from the first Monday whereas in respect of Italy the price of each category of the following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in the period between two fixings where the basic levy is altered, or in these case of changes in the (') OJ No L 105, 18 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 . prices recorded on Community representative (') OJ No L 187, 14 . 7 . 1984, p. 48 . markets ;
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, mation and quotations known to the Commission , the levies should be calculated on the following basis : levies on frozen beef and veal should 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 their central rate , multiplied by the coefficient HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula tion (EEC) No 974/71 , as last amended by Regula tion (EEC) No 855/84, Article 1 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as these currencies recorded over a given period in set out in the Annex hereto . relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi cient ; Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 August 1984 . mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 25 July 1984 .
For the Commission
Poul DALSAGER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 25 July 1984 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal (') for the period beginning 6 August 1984
(ECU / 100 kg)
CCT heading No Levy
— Net weight —
02.01 A II b) 1 201,286 02.01 A lib) 2 161,030 (a) 02.01 A lib) 3 251,608 02.01 A lib) 4 aa) 301,930 02.01 All b) 4 bb) 11 251,608 (a) 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 22 (b) 251,608 (a) 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 346,212 (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 .