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REGULATION (EEC)No3446/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21December1973
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
Article13(6)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle13(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
thefrozenmeatlistedinSection(c)oftheAnnexto
thatRegulation ;whereasthelevyonproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa)is
equaltothedifferencebetween:
—theguidepriceforthecorresponding product
multipliedbyacoefficientexpressingtheratio
existingintheCommunitybetweenthepricefor
freshmeatofaqualitycompetitivewiththe
frozenmeatinquestion,presentedinthesame
form,andtheaveragepriceforadultbovine
animals,and
—thepriceontheworldmarketforfrozenmeat,
basedonthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresenta­
tive,asregardsqualityandquantity,ofthedevel­
opmentofthismarket,pluscustomsdutyanda
standardamountrepresentingthespecificcosts
incurredinimportingfrozenmeat;
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
990/68(3)of1*5July1968ongeneralrulesfor
fixingthelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefand
vealprovidesthattheguidepriceforthecorres­
pondingproductistheguidepriceforadultbovine
animals;whereasthisguidepricewasfixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1192/73(4)of8May
1973;
Whereastheabovementioned coefficient,calculated
inaccordancewiththerulescontainedinArticle13
(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68wasfixedat
1-53byCommission Regulation (EEC)No2260/73(5)of17August1973determiningthebases
forcalculatingthelevyoncertainkindsoffrozen
beefandveal;
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No990/68
providesthatthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative
asregardsqualityandquantityasmentionedin
Article13(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
shouldbedeterminedinthefirstplacewithrefer­
encetofree-at-Community-frontier offersor,where
suchoffersarenotsufficientlyrepresentative ofthe
marketsituation,worldmarketoffersdeliveredfree­
at-Community-frontier foreachoftheproducts
listedinSection(c)oftheAnnextoRegulation
(EEC)No805/68;whereas,forproductsotherthan
thosecoveredbythefirstsubparagraph ofArticle
13(2)ofthatRegulation,theofferpriceis
convertedintoapricerelatingtotheproducts
coveredbythatsubparagraph bymeansofthecoef­
ficientsreferredtoinArticle13(3)ofthatRegula­
tion;whereasthosecoefficientswerefixedin
AnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No2260/73;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No2260/73
providesthattheCommission ,whendetermining
theworldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle13(2)
(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68mustdisregard
offerpriceswhichdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingopportunitiesorwhichrelatetosmall
unrepresentative quantitiesortoqualitieswhich
differappreciablyfromthoseofthemajorityofthe
productsenteringworldtrade;whereasofferprices
whichtheCommissionbelieves,inviewofgeneral
pricemovementsorinformationavailabletoit,not
toberepresentative ofrealpricetrendsinthe
countryoforiginmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasoffersontheworldmarketareconverted
intofree-at-Community-frontier offersbytaking
intoaccountthenormaltransportandinsurance
costsofwhichtheCommissionhasknowledge ;
WhereasthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle
13(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68isfixed
at5-5unitsofaccountper100kg;
Whereas,aslongastheworldmarketpricefor
frozenmeatdiffersbylessthat1unitofaccount
(*)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(»)OJNoL.25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(*)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.12.
(«)OJNoL122,9.5.1973,p.6. (5)OJNoL233,21.8.1973,p.10.

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per100kgfromtheworldmarketpricepreviously
used,thelatterpriceismaintained ;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/
68providesthat,forthefrozenmeatlistedin
Section(c)oftheAnnextothatRegulationunder
subheadingsNos02.01AIIa)2bb),02.01AIIa)2
cc)and02.01AIIa)2dd),thelevyisequaltothe
levyontheproductinthesameSectionunder
subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa)multipliedbythe
fixedcoefficientforeachoftheproductsinques­
tion;whereasthiscoefficientwasfixedin
AnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No2260/73;whereas
thatRegulationalsodefinestherequirementstobe
metbycertainproductsforwhichthelevyisfixed
bymeansofthesecoefficients ;
WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/
68providesthat,wherefreequotationsonthe
worldmarketarenotadeterminingfactorforthe
offerpriceandwherethatpriceislowerthanthese
quotations,aspecialpricecalculatedonthebasis
oftheofferpriceissubstituted,solelyinrespectof
theimportsinquestion,fortheworldmarketprice
forfrozenmeatreferredtoinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereas,subjecttotheforegoing,thelevyreferred
toinArticle13(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
isfixedbeforethe25thdayofeachmonthandis
applicablefromthefirstMondayofthefollowing
month;whereas,however,thelevyisalteredinthe
interveningperiodifthereisconsiderablefluctu­
ationintheworldmarketpriceforfrozenmeat;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporated inthe
CommonCustomsTariff;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheprovisionsof
theabovementioned Regulationstothequotations
andotherinformationknowntotheCommission
thattheleviesonfrozenmeatshould 'befixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68arefixedasshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithin:
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa),
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2bb)andcc),
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2dd)and22bbb).
Productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitionforthe
productinquestioncontainedinRegulation (EEC)
No2260/73.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom7January1974toimportsfromthirdcountries(*)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
netweight
02.01MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
2.Frozen:
aa)Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated 'quarters 0
bb)Forequarters 0(a)
cc)Hindquarters 0
dd)Other:
11.Unboned (bone-in) 0
22.Bonedorboneless :
aaa)Forequarters ,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,eachquarterbeingin
asingleblock;'compensated'quartersin
twoblocks,oneofwhichcontainsthe
forequarter ,wholeorcutintoamaximum
offivepieces,andtheother,thehind­
quarter,excludingthetenderloin ,inone
piece 0(a)
bbb)Crop,chuckandbladeandbrisketcuts(b)0(a)*
ccc)Other 0(a)
(')Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandCCT.
(a)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No805/68of27June1968andintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyistotallyorpartially
suspendedinaccordancewiththeseprovisions .
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaiddownby
thecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .