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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1828/91 of 27 June 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to 1 02 % of the guide price ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and Economic Community, less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;

(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of less than or equal to 106 % of the guide price ; 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) the guide price ; No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets is equal to or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 following percentage of the basic levy : a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percent­ to 98 % of the guide price ; age of the basic levy ; (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ; Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and codes 0202 1 0 00 and 0202 20 1 0, the basic levy is deter­ more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ; mined on the basis of the difference between : (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of the guide price ; — the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­ ing the ratio existing in the Community between the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals for the frozen meat in question, presented in the same form, 1991 /92 marketing year have been fixed by Council and the average price of adult bovine animals, and Regulation (EEC) No 1629/91 (5) ; — the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­ Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for dard amount representing the specific costs of the frozen meat is determined by reference to the world import operations ; market price based on the most representative purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy, 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of taking into account in particular : the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4), the meat, abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with — the most representative prices on third country the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which (EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account is competitive with frozen meat, and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b) of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ; — past experience ;

Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed animals on representative Community markets is higher in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol­ 805/68 under CN codes 0202 20 50 , 0202 20 90 , lowing percentage of the basic levy : 0202 30 10, 0202 30 50 and 0202 30 90 is equal to the basic levy fixed for the products falling within CN codes (') OJ No L 148 , 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard (2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16. 3 OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 . (4) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 . (s) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 18 .

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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ; prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ; arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real abovementioned Annex II ; purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the movement of prices in general or the information available' gives Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding trend of prices in the country of origin ; tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­ cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­ tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;

Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­ grams from that previously used for the calculation of the Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or levy, the latter price should be retained ; health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the market or markets in question, or use the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in question before the Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) entry into force of such measures ; No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­ tative Community markets is the price established on the basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on the representative market or markets of each Member Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or on representative Community markets are determined of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ; each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member State ;

Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine animals recorded on representative Community markets differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­ weight from the price previously used, the latter is ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in retained ; Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No arising from international agreements concluded by the 1614/91 (2); Community continue to be fulfilled ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as last Whereas, for Member States with several representative amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (4), lays down markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural those markets ; for representative markets held several products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­ States or in the overseas countries and territories ; egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;

0 OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (J) OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85 . 2) OJ No L 149, 14. 6. 1991 , p. 29 . (4) OJ No L 58, 5. 3 . 1991 , p. 1 .

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Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­ cient referred to in the preceding indent ; tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ; Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­ Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information month and are applicable from the first Monday of the and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex the period between two fixings where the basic levy is hereto, altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded on Community representative markets ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Article 1 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in The import levies oh frozen beef and veal shall be as set the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ out in the Annex. tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2), — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an Article 2 average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1991 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 June 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal (')

(ECU / 100 kg)

CN code Levy

— Net weight —

0202 10 00 0 ) 187,587 0202 20 10 0 187,587 0202 20 30 (') 150,070 0202 20 50 (') 234,484 0202 20 90 (') 281,381 0202 30 10 (>) 234,484 0202 30 50 (') 234,484 0202 30 90 (') 322,650 0206 29 91 0 322,650

(') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories .