31990R2459

No L 231 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 8 . 90

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2459/90 of 24 August 1990 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (4), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents Economic Community, which accompany products imported from non-member countries or on other information concerning the export Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas Portugal, offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices which, in view of general price move­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 ments or other information available, may be considered of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of not to be representative of actual price trends in the the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), Article 10 country of origin are to be disregarded ; thereof,

Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­ tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­ mally low prices ; Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10, Whereas the levy on live animals within CN codes 0204 22 30, 0204 22 50, 0204 22 90, 0204 23 00, 0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within 0204 50 11 , 0204 50 13, 0204 50 15, 0204 50 19, CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10, 0204 50 31 and 0204 50 39 listed in Annex II of that 0204 22 30, 0204 22 50, 0204 22 90, 0204 23 00, 0204 50 11 , 0204 50 1 3, 0204 50 1 5, 0204 50 1 9, Regulation ; 0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 1 1 and 0210 90 19 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is to be Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a (EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on fresh or chilled carcases standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I the seasonally adjusted basic price and the Community to Regulation (EEC) No -2668/80 ; free-at-frontier offer price ; Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in arising from international agreements concluded by the Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248 /89 (2) for Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover, the 1990 marketing year ; account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­ gements made by the Community with certain nonmember countries ; Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in the light of the most representative Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (5) lays purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity, down the arrangements applicable on agricultural recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­ products and certain goods resulting from the processing ding month to the 20th day of the month during which of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­ the levies are determined, taking particular account of the bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the territories ; world market price for frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­ ence ; Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each month for each week during the following month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ; Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­ whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­ mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­ sary ; ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;

(3) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10. 1980, p. 39 . 0 OJ No L 289, 7. 10 . 1989, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 10. Ó OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.

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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies should be calculated on the following basis : on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat 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 to Council Regulation (EEC) ,No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 2205/90 (2), — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­ average of the ecu rates published in the Official meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ cient referred to in the preceding indent ; Article 2

Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 September mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­ 1990 .

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

\ Done at Brussels, 24 August 1990. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

No L 231 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 8 . 90

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 24 August 1990 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

(ECU/100 kg) Week No 36 Week No 37 Week No 38 Week No 39 CN code from 3 to from 10 to from 17 to from 24 to 9 September 1990 16 September 1990 23 September 1990 30 September 1990

0104 10 90 (') 62,219 62,219 62,219 62,463 0104 20 90 (■) 62,219 62,219 62,219 62,463 0204 10 00 (2) 132,380 132,380 132,380 132,900 0204 21 00 f) 132,380 132,380 132,380 132,900 0204 22 10 (2) 92,666 92,666 92,666 93,030 0204 22 30 0 145,618 145,618 145,618 146,190 0204 22 50 (2) 172,094 172,094 172,094 172,770 0204 22 90 0 172,094 172,094 172,094 172,770 ' 0204 23 00 (2) 240,932 240,932 240,932 241,878 0204 50 1 1 (2) 132,380 132,380 132,380 132,900 0204 50 13 (2) 92,666 92,666 92,666 93,030 0204 50 15 (2) 145,618 145,618 145,618 146,190 0204 50 19 (2) 172,094 172,094 172,094 172,770 0204 50 31 (2) . 172,094 172,094 172,094 172,770 0204 50 39 (2) 240,932 240,932 240,932 241,878 0210 90 11 (3) 172,094 172,094 172,094 172,770 0210 90 19 f) 240,932 240,932 240,932 241,878

(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 1373/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 1249/90 and (EEC) No 1580/90. (') 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, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90 and (EEC) No 952/90. (3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.