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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 856/85 of 28 March 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN documents which accompany products imported from COMMUNITIES, non-member countries or on other information concerning the export prices applied by those non­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not Economic Community, correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No which, in view of general price movements or other 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization information available, may be considered not to be of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last representative of actual price trends in the country of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /84 (2), and in origin are to be disregarded ; particular the first paragraph of Article 11 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 873/84 (3) for the 1984/85 marketing year, extended by Regulation Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­ (EEC) No 821 /85 (4); 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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (6) lays which the levies are determined, taking particular down the arrangements applicable on agricultural account of the supply and demand situation for fresh products and certain goods resulting from the proces­ or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen sing of agricultural products originating in the African, meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or Caribbean and Pacific Sates or in the overseas coun­ chilled meat and of past experience ; tries and territories ; Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­ mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­ Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ; each month for each week during the following month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that No 2668/80 (*) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be period if necessary ; based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 35. levies should be calculated on the following basis : (3) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 42. (4) See page 1 of this Official Journal. 0 OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 39 . f6) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.

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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out relation to each other at any given moment within in the Annex to this Regulation, a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 974/71 (') as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (2), — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 1 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in The import levies on live sheep and goats and on relation to the Community currencies referred to sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ be as set out in the Annex hereto . cient ;

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 1 April 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 March 1985. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 March 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

(ECU/100 kg)

CCT Week No 1 Week No 2 heading from 1 to 7 April 1985 from 8 to 14 April 1985 No

01.04 B 95,880 (') 95,880 0 02.01 A IV a) 1 204,000 0 204,000 O 2 142,800 (2) 142,800 0 3 224,400 (2) 224,400 0 4 265,200 0 265,200 0 5 aa) 265,200 (2) 265,200 0 bb) 371,280 (2) 371,280 (2) 02.06 C II a) 1 265,200 (3) 265,200 0 2 371,280 (3) 371,280 (3)

(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82. 0 The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 1985/82, (EEC) No 3658/84 arid (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82. (3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.