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REGULATION (EEC)No321/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
fixingtheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovineanimalsandonbeefandvealother
thanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
thesecond'subparagraphofArticle10(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle10(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthat,wheretheimportpricefor
calvesoradultbovineanimals,afteradditionofthe
customsduty,islowerthanithe'guideprice,thedif­
ferencebetweenthelatterpriceandtheimportprice
plusthatadditionisoffsetbyalevyonimportsof
thatproduct;whereas,however,suchlevyistobe
fixedat:
—75°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunityis
more(thantheguidepricebutdoesnotexceed
102°/oofthatprice;
—50°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan102°/ooftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed104°/oofthatprice;
—25°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunityis
■morethan104%oftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed106°/oofthatprice;
—nil,ifitisfoundthatthepriceoftheproductin
questionontherepresentative marketsofthe
Communityismorethan106°/ooftheguide
price;
"WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1653/72(3)
of31July1972,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2823/72(4),fixedtheguidepricesfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsvalidforthe
1972/73marketingyear;WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No218/
73(5)of29January1973onthedetermination
oftheimportpriceandthespecialimportpricefor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsprovidesthatthe
importpriceistobecalculatedinaccordancewith
themethodsetoutinArticle4onthebasisofall
therepresentative free-at-frontier offerpricesinthe
Communityestablishedforeachofthecategories
andcutsspecifiedinArticle2,andascertainedinpar­
ticularfrom:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingtheproductsimportedfromsuchother
thirdcountries;
(b)otherinformationconcerniingtheexportprices
rulinginsuchothercountries;
Whereas,however,offerpriceswhichdonotcorres­
pondtoactualpurchasingpossibilitiesaretobedis­
regarded,asarealsoofferpricesrelatingtounrepre­
sentativequantities;whereasofferpriceswhich,
becauseofthedevelopmentofpricesingeneralor
fromtheinformationavailable,donotseemtobe
representative oftheactualtrendofpricesinthe.
exportingcountryshouldalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,wherenofree-at-frontier offerpricecan
berecordedforoneormorecategoriesofliveani­
malsoxofmeat,thelastavailablepricemustbe
usedforthecalculation ;
Whereas,iftheimportpricediffersbylessthan0-50
unitofaccountper100kgliveweightfromthe
importpricepreviouslyusedtocalculatethelevy,
thelatterpricemustbemaintained ;
Whereastheimportpricemustbecalculatedonthe
firstandthirdThursdayofeachmonthforthepur­
poseofcalculatingtheleviesvalidfromthefollow­
ingMonday;whereas,however,ifcircumstances So
require,theimportpricemaybefixedonanother
dayofthesameweek;
WhereasArticle10(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatthepricerecordedontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunityisderivedfrom
(*)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(■)OJNoL174,1.8.1972,p.55.
(<)OJNoL298,31.12.1972,p.3. (5)OJNoL26,31.1.1973,p.16.

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thepricesrecordedontherepresentative marketor
marketsofeachMemberStateforthevariousquali­
ties—ofcalves,adultbovinesanimalsorthemeat
oftheseanimals,asthecasemaybe—aftertaking
intoaccounttherelativequantityofeachofsuch
qualitiesandtherelativemagnitudeofthebovine
stockofeachMemberState:Whereas,wherethesequotationsdionotrelateto
'liveweightexcludingtax'prices,thequotationsfor
thedifferentqualitiesaretobecorrectedbythe
live-weightconversioncoefficientslaididowninAnnex
IItothatRegulationand,inrespectofItalyandthe
UnitedKingdom,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythe
correctiveamountslaiddowninthatAnnex;where­
asforIrelandthepricepercalfrecordedonthe
representativemarketistobeincreasedbythecorrec­
tiveamountfixedinthatAnnexandsubsequently
convertedbackintoliveweightperunitofweight
byapplyingthecorrectivecoefficientfixedinthat
Annex:Whereasthepricesforcalvesandadultbovineani­
mals,recordedontherepresentativemarketormar­
ketsofeachMemberState,isequaltotheaverage,
weightedbycoefficients,ofthepricesforthequali­
tiesofcalves,adultbovineanimalsandmeatof
theseanimalsformedduringaperiodofsevendays
inthatMemberStateatastandardwholesalestage;
whereastherepresentative markets,thequalitiesof
theproductsandtheweightingswerefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No320/
73(*)of31January1973onthedetermination of
thepricesforcalvesandadultbovineanimalson
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity ;Whereas,ifoneormoreMemberStatestakemea­
sures,suchashealthprotectionmeasures,which
affectthenormaldevelopment ofquotationsre­
cordedontheirmarkets,theCommissionmayeither
disregardthequotationsrecordedonthemarketor
marketsinquestionorusethelastquotations
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion
beforethosemeasureswereputintoeffect;
Whereas,whereinformation isnotavailable,the
quotationsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsaretobedeterminedwithparticularrefer­
encetothelatestknownquotations ;Whereasthepricesofcalvesandadultbovineani­
malssoestablishedonthemarketormarketsof
eachofthenewMemberStatesmustbeincreasedby
thebasiccompensatory amountprovidedforinArt­
icle1(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
181/73(2)of23January1973layingdowngeneral
rulesforthesystemofcompensatory amountsfor
beefandveal;
Whereas,foraslongasthepricerecordedfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsontherepresenta­
tiveCommunitymarketsdiffersbylessthan0-20
unitofaccountper100kgliveweightfromthe
pricepreviouslyused,thelatterpriceistobemain­
tained;Whereas,wherethereareseveralrepresentative mar­
ketsinaMemberState,thepriceofeachqualityis
theaverageofthequotationsrecordedoneachof
thesemarkets;whereas,whereinaMemberState
thereisasinglerepresentative market,heldseveral
timesduringtheseven-dayperiod,thepriceofeach
qualityistobeequaltothearithmeticmeanofquo­
tationsrecordedateachmarket;whereas,with
regardtoItaly,thepriceofeachqualityistheaver­
age,weightedbythespecialweightingcoefficients
laiddowninAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No320/
73,ofthepricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficit
productionareas;whereasthepricerecordedinthe
surplusproductionareaisequaltotheaverageofthe
quotationsrecordedoneachofthemarketswithin
thatarea;whereasfortheUnitedKingdomthe
weightedaverageofthepricesrecordedontherepre­
sentativemarketsinGreatBritainandinNorthern
Irelandaretobemultipliedbythecoefficientfixed
inthesaidAnnexII;WhereasArticle12(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatifalevyischargedon
calvesoradultbovineanimals,alevyisalsotobe
chargedonimportsofthemeatofcalvesoradult
bovineanimalsaslistedinSection(a)oftheAnnex
tothatRegulationundertariffsubheadingsNos
02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1bb);where­
asthislevyisequaltothelevychargedoncalves
oradultbovineanimals,asthecasemaybe,
adjustedbyacoefficientexpressingthevalueratio
betweenthemeatinquestionontheonehandand
calvesoradultbovineanimalsontheother:
WhereasArticle12(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatifthelevyischargedonadult
bovineanimals,alevyisalsotobechargedon
importsofthemeatlistedinSection(b)ofthe(J)Seep.13ofthisOfficialJournal.
(«)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.9.

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AnnextothatRegulation;whereasthislevyis
equaltothelevychargedonadultbovineanimals,
multipliedbyastandardcoefficient;
WhereasArticle12(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatthelevymaybechargedon
importsoftheproductslistedinSection(a)ofthe
AnnextothatRegulationundertariffsubheading
No02.01AIIa)1cc);whereasthislevyisequalto
thehighestlevyapplicabletocalvesoradultbovine
animals,multipliedbyastandardcoefficient;
Whereasthestandardcoefficientsreferredtoabove
werefixedforeachoftheproductsinquestionin
theAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1025/68(1),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1987/71(2);
whereasthatRegulation ails©definestherequire­
mentstobemetbycertainproductsforwhichthe
levyhasbeenfixedbymeansofthesecoefficients ;
Whereasleviesmustbefixedwithdueregardfor
obligationsarisingoutofinternationalagreements
concludedbytheCommunity ;whereasCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1474/72(3)of10July1972on
theleviesonimportsfromYugoslaviaofadult
bovineanimalsandmeatthereofshouldalsobe
takenintoaccount;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle33(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporated intheCom­
monCustomsTariff;Whereastheleviesmustbefixedonceeachweek
andbevalidfromthefollowingMonday;
Whereasitfollowsfromtheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedRegulationsandinparticularfromthe
quotationsandotherinformationknowntothe
Commissionthattheleviesoncalves,adultbovine
animalsandonbeefandveailotherthanfrozen
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticles10and12,ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68shallbeasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ingsNos02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1
bb),productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitions
containedinArticles1aand2ofRegulation (EEC)
No1025/68.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(*)OJNoL174,23.7.1968,p.9.
(*)OJNoL209,15.9.1971,p.28.
(*)OJNoL157,13.7.1972,p.1.

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom1February1973toimportsfromthirdcountries(*)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./lOOkg
Liveweight
01.02
o(b)
0
0
0(b)
02.01Liveanimalsofthebovinespecies:
A.Domesticspecies:
II.Other:
a)Calves
b)Other:
1.Cowsforimmediateslaughter,themeatofwhichis
intendedforprocessing (a)
2.Other:
aa)Notyethavinganypermanentteeth,ofaweight
ofnotlessthan350kgbutnotmorethan450kg
inthecaseofmaleanimals,orofnotlessthan
320kgbatnotmorethan420kginthecaseof
femaleanimals(c)
bb)Other
MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
1.Freshorchilled:
aa)Ofcalves:
11.Carcasesandhalf-carcases
22.Separatedorunseparatedforequarters
33.Separatedorunseparatedhindquarters
bb)Ofadultanimals:
11.Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated 'quar­
ters:
aaa)Carcasesofaweightofnotlessthan180
kgbutnotmorethan270kgandhalf­
carcasesor'compensated 'quarters,ofa
weightofnotlessthan90kgbutnot
morethan135kg,withalowdegreeof
ossificationofthecartilages (morees­
peciallythoseofthesymphysispubisand
thevertebralapophyses),themeatof
whichisofalightpinkcolourandthe
fatofwhich,ofextremelyfinestructure,
iswhitetolightyellowincolour(c)
bbb)Other
22.Forequarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg,withalowdegree
ofossificationofthecartilages (more
especiallythoseofthevertebralapo­
physes),themeatofwhichisofalight
pinkcolourandthefatofwhich,of
extremelyfinestructure,iswhitetolight
yellowincolour(c)
bbb)OtherNetweight
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
Netweight
02.01
(cont'd)33.Hindquarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg(notlessthan38kg
butnotmorethan61kginthecaseof
*Pistola'cuts),withalowdegreeof
ossificationofthecartilages (morees­
peciallythoseofthevertebralapophyses),
themeatofwhichisofalightpink
colourandthefatofwhich,ofextremely
finestructure,iswhitetolightyellowin
colour(c) 0
bbb)Other 0
cc)Othercutsofvealandbeef:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 0
,22.Bonedorboneless 0
02.06Meatandediblemeatoffals(exceptpoultryliver),salted,inbrine,
driedorsmoked:
C.Other:
1.Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
a)Meat:
1.Unboned(bone-in) 0
2.Bonedorboneless 0
(')Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandOCT.
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthoritiesandto
thespecialconditionsatpresentapplicabletocowsimportedunderthebilateralagreementoncattlefor
thefoodprocessingindustrybetweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandAustria.
(b)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No805/68of27June1968ai)dintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyiseitherrefundedornot
collectedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions .
(c)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofthecertificatereferredtoinparagraph2(c)of
ProtocolNo1annexedtothetradeagreementbetweentheEECandtheSocialistFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia .