31985R0950

12. 4. 85 No L 102/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 950/85 of 11 April 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen COMMUNITIES, 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 871 /84 (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 relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary 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 that Regulation ; Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­ nating in or coming from one or more non-member Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) countries if exports of the said products are made at No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­ abnormally low prices ; carcases is to be equal to the difference between : Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­ (a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient represen­ ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to ting the relationship existing in the Community Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the between the price of fresh meat of a category levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a competitive with the frozen meat in question, standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in presented in the same form, and the average price question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ; (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 Whereas the basic price for the 1984/85 marketing by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, year is fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary 873/84 (3), as last extended by Regulation (EEC) No restraint arrangements made by the Community with 929/85 (4) ; 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 2668/80 0 ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays down the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the proces­ Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is sing of agricultural products originating in the African, determined in the light of the most representative Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­ purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­ tries and territories ; tity, 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 month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that (2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 35. period if necessary ; P) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 42. (4) OJ No L 101 , 11 . 4. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 39 . 0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and levies should be calculated on the following basis : goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, — 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 Regu­ lation (EEC) No 855/ 84 (2), Article 1 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic m,ean of the spot market rates of each of The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat these currencies recorded over a given period in shall be as 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 above­ mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April mation and quotations known to the Commission, the 1985 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 1985.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5, 1971 , p . 1 . 0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

(ECU/100 kg) CCT Week No 3 Week No 4 heading from 15 to 21 April 1985 (') from 22 to 28 April 1985 (') No

02.01 A IV b) 1 153,250 153,250 2 107,275 107,275 3 168,575 168,575 4 199,225 199,225 5 aa) 199,225 199,225 bb) 278,915 278,915

(') 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.