31987R0875

No L 83/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 3 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 875/87 of 26 March 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­ ence ; 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 based Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents Portugal, 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ Regulation (EEC) No 794/87 (2), and in particular the first ments or other information available, may be considered paragraph of Article 11 thereof, not to be representative of actual price trends in the country of origin are to be disregarded ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­ Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­ 1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling within tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­ subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to that Regu­ mally low prices ; lation ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subheadings 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to Regula­ be equal to the difference between : tion (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy deter­ mined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a standard coeffi­ (a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing cient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas the relationship existing in the Community between these coefficients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with (EEC) No 2668/80 ; the frozen meat in question, presented in the same form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations arising from international agreements concluded by the (b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, frozen meat ; account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­ gements made by the Community with certain non­ Whereas the basic price for the 1987 marketing year is member countries : fixed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1472/86 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article 13 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 625/87 (6), lays down the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific determined in the light of the most representative States or in the overseas countries and territories ; purchasing possibilities, as regards 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 the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each the levies are determined, taking particular account of the month for each week during the following month ; supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ; world market price for frozen meat of a category which is whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­ sary ; (») OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 3 . (3) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 34. 0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 39 . («) OJ No L 58 , 28 . 2. 1987, p. 102.

27 . 3 . 87 Official journal or the European communities 1N0 L 83 / 39

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat should be calculated on the following basis : other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ to this Regulation, tion 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 the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 0, — 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 frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; 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 April 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1987 . * For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(■) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .

No L 83/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 3 . 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheep meat and goatmeat

(ECU/100 kg)

CCT Week No 14 Week No 15 Week No 16 Week No 17 heading from 6 to from 13 to from 20 to from 27 April No 12 April 1987 (') 19 April 1987 (') 26 April 1987 0 to 3 May 1987 (')

02.01 A IV b) 1 227,493 227,103 225,400 222,850 2 159,245 158,972 157,780 155,995 3 250,242 249,813 247,940 245,135 4 295,741 295,234 293,020 289,705 5 aa) 295,741 295,234 293,020 289,705 bb) 414,037 413,327 410,228 405,587

(') 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 3643/85 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.