31987R3917

No L 369/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 12. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3917/87 of 23 December 1987 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents which accompany products imported from non-member Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European countries or on other information concerning the export Economic Community, prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities Portugal, and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ ments or other information available, may be considered Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 not to be representative of actual price trends in the of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the country of origin are to be disregarded ; market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3908/87 (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 Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ; Whereas the levy on live animals within subheadings 0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within Whereas the levy on products falling within subheadings subheadings 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10, 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10, 0204 22 30 , 0204 22 30, 0204 22 50, 0204 22 90, 0204 23 00, 0204 22 50, 0204 22 90, 0204 23 00 , 0204 50 1 1 , 0204 50 11 , 0204 50 13, 0204 50 15, 0204 50 19, 0204 50 13, 0204 50 15, 0204 50 19, 0204 50 31 and 0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 11 and 0210 90 19 listed 0204 50 39 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference between the equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a seasonally-adjusted basic price and the Community free-­ standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in at-frontier offer price ; 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1969/87 (3) for Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations the 1988 marketing year ; arising from international agreements concluded by the Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, determined in the light of the most representative account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­ purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity, gements made by the Community with certain non-­ member countries ; recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­ ding month to the 20th day of the month during which the levies are determined, taking particular account of the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (*), lays down world market price for frozen meat of a category which is the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­ ence ; • certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­ mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­ ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ; Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each month for each week during the following month ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ; 2668/80 (4) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­ sary ; (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987. 0 OJ No L 184, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 21 . 0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 276, 20. 10 . 1980, p. 39 . («) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.

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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and tion to the Community currencies referred to in the on the Common Customs Tariff ('), introduces, with effect previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­ which meets the requirements of both the Common mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­ Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics on foreign tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies trade and which replaces the existing nomenclature ; whereas the combined nomenclature codes should there­ on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex fore be specified, together with the relevant levies ; to this Regulation, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 1 tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­ rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of to Council Regulation out in the Annex hereto. (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (3), Article 2 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 . O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 3) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

No L 369/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 12. 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 23 December fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

(ECU/100 kg)

Week No 1 Week No 2 Week No 3 Week No 4 CN code from 4 to from 11 to from 18 to from 25 to 10 January 1988 17 January 1988 24 January 1988 31 January 1988

0104 10 90 (') 123,958 127,953 132,714 135,886 0104 20 90 (') 123,958 127,953 132,714 135,886 0204 10 00 (2) 263,740 272,240 282,370 289,12 0204 21 00 J2) 263,740 272,240 282,370 289,12 0204 50 1 1 (2) 263,740 272,240 282,370 289,12 0204 22 10 (2) 184,816 190,568 197,659 202,384 0204 50 13 (2) 184,816 190,568 197,659 202,384 0204 22 30 (2) 290,114 299,464 310,607 318,032 0204 50 15 (2) 290,114 299,464 310,607 318,032 0204 22 50 (2) 342,862 353,912 367,081 375,856 0204 50 19 (2) 342,862 353,912 367,081 375,856 0204 22 90 (2) 342,862 353,912 367,081 375,856 0204 50 31 (2) 342,862 353,912 367,081 375,856 0204 23 00 0 480,007 495,477 513,914 526,198 0204 50 39 (2) 480,007 495,477 . 513,914 526,198 0210 90 11 (3) 342,862 353,912 367,081 375,856 0210 90 19 (3) 480,007 495,477 513,914 526,198

(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82. (*) The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GAIT 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. (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.