31989R3869

No L 374/ 54 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 12. 89

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3869/89 of 21 December 1989 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, which 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of Economic Community, past experience ;

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 3013/89 which accompany products imported from non-member of -25 September 1989 on the common organization of countries or on other information concerning the export the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (l) and in parti­ cular Article 10 thereof, prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ ments or other information available, may be considered not to be representative of actual price trends in the Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No country of origin are to be disregarded ; 3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within CN codes 0204 30 00, 0204 41 00, 0204 4210, 0204 42 30, 0204 42 50, 0204 42 90, 0204 43 00, 0204 50 51 , 0204 50 53, 0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­ 0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­ Regulation ; tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­ mally low prices ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes be equal to the difference between : 0204 30 00, 0204 41 00, 0204 4210, 0204 42 30, 0204 42 50, 0204 42 90, 0204 43 00, 0204 50 51 , (a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing 0204 50 53, 0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and the relationship existing in the Community between 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with 3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen the frozen meat in question, presented in the same carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­ carcases, and cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No (b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said 2668/80 ; frozen meat ;

Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1990 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations arising from international agreements concluded by the marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248/89 (2) ; whereas the coefficient referred to Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary restraint in Article 2 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (3), arrangements made by the Community with certain non-member countries ; as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (4) ;

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 3530/89 (*), 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 certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural preceding month to the 20th day of the month during products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; (') OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 10. I3) OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39. (0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4. (4) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 . « OJ No L 347, 28. 11 . 1989, p. 3.

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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 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), 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 1 January 1990.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1989 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') 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 1989 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 1 to from 8 to from 15 to from 22 to from 29 January to 7 January 1990 14 January 1990 21 January 1990 28 January 1990 6 February 1990

0204 30 00 181,305 187,680 193,028 197,340 203,723 0204 41 00 181,305 187,680 193,028 197,340 203,723 0204 42 10 126,914 131,376 135,120 138,138 142,606 0204 42 30 199,436 206,448 212,331 217,074 224,095 0204 42 50 235,697 243,984 250,936 256,542 264,840 0204 42 90 235,697 243,984 250,936 256,542 264,840 0204 43 00 329,975 341,578 351,311 359,159 370,776 0204 50 51 181,305 187,680 193,028 197,340 203,723 0204 50 53 126,914 131,376 135,120 138,138 142,606 0204 50 55 199,436 206,448 212^31 217,074 224,095 0204 50 59 235,697 243,984 250,936 256,542 264,840 0204 50 71 235,697 243,984 250,936 256,542 264,840 0204 50 79 329,975 341,578 351,311 359,159 370,776

(') 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.