31988R4025

No L 355/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 12 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4025/88 ' of 21 December 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the levies are determined, taking particular account of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category which is Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­ Economic Community, ence ;

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 which accompany products imported from non-member of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the countries or on other information concerning the export market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 111 5/88 (2), and in particular the offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing first paragraph of Article 11 thereof, possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, ments or other information available, may be considered not to be 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 subheadings 0204 30 00, 0204 41 00, 0204 4210, 0204 42 30, 0204 42 50, 0204 42 90, 0204 43 00, Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­ 0204 50 51 , 0204 50 53, 0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­ 0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex I to that tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­ Regulation ; mally low prices ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subheadings 1 837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to 0204 30 00, 0204 41 00, 0204 42 1Q, 0204 42 30, be equal to the difference between : 0204 42 50, 0204 42 90, 0204 43 00, 0204 50 51 , 0204 50 53, 0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and (a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing 0204 50 79 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No the relationship existing in the Community between 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for the frozen meat in question, presented in the same each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­ form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No carcases, and 2668/80 : (b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said frozen meat ; Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations Whereas the basic price for the 1989 marketing year is arising from international agreements concluded by the fixed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, 2265/88 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­ 13 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in gements made by the Community with certain non-­ Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ; member countries ;

Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last determined in the light of the most representative amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (*), lays down purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­ certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural ding month to the 20th day of the month during which products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 36. (3) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 14. 0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39. («) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.

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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­ month for each week during the following month ; mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­ whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ; tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­ on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat sary ; other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ HAS ADOPTED 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 Article 1 last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat (EEC) No 1636/87 (2), shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. — 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 rela­ Article 2 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 January 1989.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat (')

(ECU/100 kg) Week No 1 Week No 2 Week No 3 Week No 4 Week No 5 CN code from 2 to from 9 to from 16 to from 23 to from 30 January to 8 January 1989 15 January 1989 22 January 1989 29 January 1989 5 February 1989

0204 30 00 191,305 197,680 205,278 210,340 216,723 0204 41 00 191,305 197,680 205,278 210,340 216,723 0204 42 10 133,914 138,376 143,695 147,238 151,706 0204 42 30 210,436 217,448 225,806 231,374 238,395 0204 42 50 248,697 256,984 266,861 273,442 281,740 0204 42 90 248,697 256,984 266,861 273,442 281,740 0204 43 00 348,175 359,778 373,606 382,819 394,436 0204 50 51 191,305 197,680 205,278 210,340 216,723 0204 50 53 133,914 138,376 143,695 147,238 151,706 0204 50 55 210,436 217,448 225,806 231,374 238,395 0204 50 59 248,697 256,984 266,861 273,442 281,740 0204 50 71 248,697 256,984 266,861 273,442 281,740 0204 50 79 348,175 3 59,778 373,606 382,819 394,436

(') 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.

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