31985R1372

27 . 5 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139/41

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1372/85 of 24 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or COMMUNITIES, chilled meat and of past experience ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) Economic Community, No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No documents which accompany products imported from 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization non-member countries or on other information of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last concerning the export prices applied by those non­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1312/85 (2), and in member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof, correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices which, in view of general price movements or other Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary information available, may be considered not to be Committee, representative of actual price trends in the country of origin are to be disregarded ; Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 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 abnormally low prices ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) 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 1985/86 marketing moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary year is fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No restraint arrangements made by the Community with 1313/85 (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 2668/80 (4) ; 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 or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . period if necessary ; (2) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22. (3) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 23 . (") OI 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, mation and quotations known to the Commission, the levies should be calculated on the following basis : levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and — in the case of currencies which are maintained in goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, 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 provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat 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 27 May 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 May 1985 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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

27. 5 . 85 No L 139/43 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 24 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

(ECU/100 kg) CCT Week No 9 heading from 27 May to 2 June 1985 (') No

02.01 A IV b) 1 135,250 2 94,675 3 148,775 4 175,825 5 aa) 175,825 bb) 246,155

(') 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.