31985R3648

No L 348 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 12. 85

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3648/85 of 23 December 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, which accompany products imported from non-member countries or on other information concerning the export prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing Economic Community, possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 ments or other information available, may be considered of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the not to be representative of actual price trends in the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by country of origin are to be disregarded ; Regulation (EEC) No 3523/85 (2), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof, Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­ ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­ mally low prices ; Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, a levy is applicable to the products specified in Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ; 01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings 02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in Annex I to Whereas the levy on products falling within subheading Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No determined for carcases, multiplied by a standard coeffi­ 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference between the cient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas seasonally-adjusted basic price and the Community free­ these coefficients are fixed in Annex I to Regulation at-frontier offer price ; (EEC) No 2668/80 ;

Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1313/85 (3) for the 1986 arising from international agreements concluded by the marketing year ; Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­ Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is gements made by the Community with certain non­ determined in the light of the most representative member countries ; purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­ ding month to the 20th day of the month during which Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), the levies are determined, taking particular account of the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (% lays down supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and world market price for frozen meat of a category which is certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­ products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific ence ; States or in the overseas countries and territories ;

Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­ Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­ month for each week during the following month ; ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­ sary ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 336, 14. 12. 1985, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 23 . 0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10. 1980, p. 39 . O OJ No L 279, 19. 10 . 1985, p. 5.

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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat tion to each other at any given moment within a band other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central to this Regulation, rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1676/85 ('), — 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 rela­ The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; out in the Annex hereto .

Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­ Article 2 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­ tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1985 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .

No L 348 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 12. 85

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 23 December 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 Week No 3 Week No 4 heading from 6 to from 13 to from 20 to from 27 January to No 12 January 1986 19 January 1986 26 January 1986 2 February 1986

01.04 B 85,888 (') 89,883 (') 94,644 (') 97,816 0 02.01 A IV a) 1 182,740 (2) 191,240 0 201,370 0 208,120 (2) 2 127,918 (2) 140,959 (2) 145,684 0 133,868 0 3 201,014 0 210,364 (2) 221,507 (2) 228,932 (2) 4 248,612 0 237,562 (2) 261,781 (2) 270,556 (2) 5 aa) 237,562 (2) 248,612 0 261,781 (2) 270,556 (2) bb) 332,587 (2) 348,057 (2) 366,493 (2) 378,778 (2) 02.06 C II a) 1 237,562 (3) 248,612 0 261,781 (3) 270,556 0 2 332,587 (3) 348,057 (3) 366,493 (3) 378,778 (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. (2) 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. (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 .