31988R4026

23 . 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 355/ 19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4026/88 of 21 December 1988 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 11 15/88 (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 1 0 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 1 0, 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 1 1 , 0204 50 1 3, 0204 50 1 5, 0204 50 1 9, 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 2265/88 (3) for the 1989 marketing year ; Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations 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 {he 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 -­ recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­ member countries ; ding month to the 20th day of the month during which the levies are determined, taking particular account of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (% as last world market price for frozen meat of a category which is amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 if), lays down competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­ the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and 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 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. 0 OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39. («) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.

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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 to this Regulation, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ 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 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 0, Article 1 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­ these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat 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 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 .

23 . 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 355/21

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1988 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 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

0104 10 90 (') 120,198 124,193 128,954 132,126 136,126 0104 20 90 (') 120,198 124,193 128,954 132,126 136.126 0204 10 00 (2) 255,740 264,240 274,370 281,120 289,630 0204 21 00 (2) 255,740 264,240 274,370 281,120 289,630 0204 22 10 (2) 179,018 184,968 192,059 196,784 202,741 0204 22 30 (2) 281,314 290,664 301,807 309,232 318,593 0204 22 50 (2) 332,462 343,512 356,681 365,456 376,519 0204 22 90 (2) 332,462 343,512 356,681 365,456 376,519 0204 23 00 (2) 465,447 480,917 499,353 511,638 527.127 0204 50 1 1 (2) 255,740 264,240 274,370 281,120 289,630 0204 50 13 (2) 179,018 184,968 192,059 196,784 202,741 0204 50 15 (2) 281,314 290,664 301,807 309,232 318,593 0204 50 19 (2) 332,462 343,512 356,681 365,456 376,519 0204 50 31 (2) 332,462 343,512 356,681 365,456 376,519 0204 50 39 (2) 465,447 480,917 499,353 511,638 527,127 0210 90 11 (3) 332,462 343,512 356,681 365,456 376,519 0210 90 19 (3) 465,447 480,917 499,353 511,638 527,127

(') 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. (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 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.