NoL26/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.1.73
REGULATION EEC)No218/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29January1973
onthecalculationoftheimportpriceandthespecialimportpriceforcalvesandadult
bovineanimals
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(*)of27June1-968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
bytheAot(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)concerning
theAccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAto­
micEnergyCommunity ,signedatBrusselson22
January1972,andinparticularArticle10(6)and
Article25thereof;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle10(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,importpricesarecalculatedfor
bothcalvesandadultbovineanimalsonthebasisof
free-at-Community-frontier pricesbyreferenceto
thepurchasingpossibilitieswhicharemostrepresen­
tativeasregardsqualityandquantityandthetrend
ofthemarketintheseproducts;whereasthisim­
portpriceisusedtocalculatethelevy;
WhereasArticle.10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatifliveanimalsorfreshand
chilledmeatareexportedfromoneormorethird
countriesatabnormallylowpricesaspecialimport
priceshallbecalculatedforcalvesandadultbovine
animalsimportedfromthesethirdcountries;
whereasthisspecialimportpriceisusedtocalculate
aspeciallevy;
Whereasofferpricescanberegardedasabnormally
lowiftheydifferbyafixedpercentagefromtheim­
portprice;whereas,toavoiddisturbancesonthe
Communitymarket,thelowestpriceshouldbe
usedforthepurposeofcalculatingthespecialim­
portprice:Whereascertaincategoriesofliveanimalsorcutsof
freshorchilledmeatrepresentaverysmallpropor­
tionoftotaltrade;whereasofferpricesforthese
categoriesandcutsshouldthereforebedisregarded ;
Whereas,whentheimportpriceorthespecialim­
portpriceisbeingcalculated,aliifree-at-Community ­
frontieroffersfromthirdcountriesmustbetaken
intoconsideration ;whereasifinformationknown
totheCommission indicatesthatcertainoffersdo
notcorrespondtoactualpurchasingpossibilities ,are
notrepresentative oftheactualtrendofpricesordo
notrelatetorepresentative quantities,suchoffers
shouldbedisregarded ;
Whereasofferpricesshouldbeadjustedbymaking
allowanceforthedifferenceoverareferenceperiod
betweenthepriceofeachcategoryandthepricere­
cordedforadultbovineanimalsontherepresenta­
tiveCommunitymarketsandbyapplyingtothedif­
ferentcutsofbeefandvealtherelevantcoefficients
fixedintheAnnextoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1025/68"(4)of22July1968fixingthecoeffi­
cientsforcalculatingthelevyonbeefandvealother
thanfrozen,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1987/71(5);
Whereasaccountmustalsobetaken,foradultbo­
vineanimals,ofimportsofeachcategoryinrelation
toimportsofallcategoriesand,formeat,ofimports
ofeachcutinrelationtoimportsofallcuts;
whereastherelativeimportanceofimportsofcattle
forslaughterandoffreshandchilledmeatovera
referenceperiodshouldalsobetakenintoconsidera­
tion;whereas,however,iftheofferpriceforone
ormorecategoriesofcutscannotbeestablished,
thelastavailablepricemustbeused;
Whereas,toavoidtoofrequentalterationofthe
levy,acertainmarginshouldbeallowedwithin
whichvariationsinthefactorsenteringintothecal­
culationofthe'importpricedonotentailanaltera­
tioninthatprice;
(x)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.(4)OJNoL174,23.7.1968,p.9.
(5)OJNoL209,15.9.1971,p.28.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tion'areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan-'
agementCommitteeforBeefandVeal;(b)otherinformationconcerningtheexportprices
operativeinthesethirdcountries.
2.Thefollowingshallbedisregarded :
(a)offerpriceswhichdonotcorrespondtoactual
purchasingpossibilities ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :(b)offerpricesrelatingtounrepresentative quanti­
ties;
Article1(c)offerpriceswhich,becauseofthedevelopment
ofpricesingeneralorfromtheinformation
available,donotseemtotheCommissiontobe
representativeoftheactualtrendofpricesinthe
exportingcountry.
Article41.TheimportpricereferredtoinArticle10(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68shallbecalculatedon
thebasisofallrepresentative free-at-Community ­
frontierpricesforeachofthecategoriesandcuts
specifiedinArticle2.
2.ThespecialimportpricereferredtoinArticle
10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shallbecalcu­
latedonlyifthefree-at-Comrnunity-frontier price
forthecategoriesandcutsspecifiedinArticle2give
apricewhichisconsiderablylowerthantheimport
pricereferredtoinparagraph1.Thespecialimport
priceshallbeequaltothelowestoftheseprices.1.Theimportpriceforcalvesshallbeequalto
theweightedaverageofthepricefortheanimalsspe­
cifiedinArticle2(1)(a)andofanaveragepricefor
theirneatspecifiedinparagraph2(a)ofthesame
Article.
Theimportpriceforadultbovineanimalsshallbe
equaltotheweightedaverageofanaverageprice
for.theanimalsspecifiedinArticle2(1)(b)andan
aiveragepriceforthemeatspecifiedinparagraph
2(b)ofthesameArticle.
2.Theaveragepriceforcalvesshallbecalculated
byapplyingtothearithmeticmeanoftheofferprices
foreachofthecutsofvealspecifiedinArticle
2(2)(a)therelevantcoefficientsfixedintheAnnex
toRegulation (EEC)No1025/68.Article2
1.Free-at-frontier pricesshallbecalculatedfor
thefollowingcategoriesofanimals:
(a)calves;
(b)bullsandheifers,cows.
2.Free-at-frontier pricesshallbecalculatedfor
thefollowingcutsofmeat:
(a)02.01AIIa)1aa)11:Carcasesorhalf-carcases
ofcalves,
02.01AIIa)1aa)33:Separatedorunseparated
hindquartersofcalves,
(b)02.01AIIa)1bb)11:Carcases,half-carcases
and'compensated'quar­
tersofadultbovineani­
mals,
02.01AIIa)1bb)33:Hindquarters ofadultbo­
bovineanimals.3.Theaveragepriceforadu'ltbovineanimals
shallbecalculatedbyapplyingto:
(a)thearithmeticmeanofofferpricesforeachcate­
goryofadultbovineanimaslspecifiedinArticle
2(1)acoefficientexpressingtheratiobetween
thepriceforeachofthesecategoriesandthe
pricerecordedonrepresentative marketspur­
suanttoArticle10(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68;
(b)thearithmeticmeanoftheofferpricesforeach
ofthecutsofbeefspecifiedinArticle2(2)(b)
therelevantcoefficientsfixedintheAnnexto
Regulation (EEC)No1025/68.
4.Wherenofree-at-frontier pricecanberecorded
foroneormoreofthecategoriesofliveanimalsor
cutsofmeat,thelastavailablepriceshallbeused
forthepurposeofcalculatingtheaverageprice
referredtoinparagraphs2and3andtheimport
price.Article3
1.Free-at-frontier offerpricesshallbebasedinter
aliaon:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingtheproductsimportedfromthirdcoun­
tries;

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Article5 theyshallindicatethecategoryofanimalorthecut
ofmeatasspecifiedinArticle2,thequantityim­
ported,theweekinwhichtheproductswereim­
portedand,wherepossible,thequality.
TheCommissionshallmakeuseofalltheinforma­
tionatitsdisposal.Iftheimportpriceorthespecialimportpricediffers
bylessthan0-50unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesliveweightfromtheimportpricepre­
viouslyusedforthecalculationofthelevy,thelatter
priceshallbemaintained .
Article6
Atticle8
Regulations (EEC)No1024/68and(EEC)No
1026/68areherebyrepealedwitheffectfrom31Jan­
uary1973.Theimportpriceshallbecalculatedonthefirstand
thirdThursdayofeachmonthandshallbeusedfor
thecalculationoftheleviesapplicablefromthe
Mondayfollowingthedayonwhichitisfixed.
However,shouldcircumstances sorequire,the
importpricemaybefixedonanotherdayofthe
week.Article9
Article7ThisReguationshallenterinto,foroeonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .
Itshallapplyforthefirsttimetothecalculationof
theleviesapplicablefrom1February1973.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionby
telexeachTuesday,andforthefirst(timeon23Jan­
uary1973,ofthepricesspecifiedinArticle3,bythe
exportingthirdcountry,whichcametotheirknow­
ledgeduringtheprecedingweek;inthisconnection
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOL1