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REGULATION (EEC)No1213/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of10May1973
fixingtheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovineanimalsandonbeefandvealother
thanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing (theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HalvingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
thesecondsubparagraphofArticle10(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle10(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthat,wheretheimportpricefor
calvesoradultbovineanimals,afteradditionofthe
customsduty,islowerthantheguideprice,thedif­
ferencebetweenthelatterpriceandtheimportprice
plusthatadditionisoffsetbyalevyonimportsof
thatproduct;whereas,however,suchlevyistobe
fixedat:
—75°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunityis
morethantheguidepricebutdoesnotexceed
102%>ofthatprice;
—50%>oftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunityis
morethain102°/ooftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed104%>ofthatprice;
—25°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunityis
morethan104°/ooftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed106°/oofthatprice;
—nil,ifitisfoundthatthepriceoftheproductin
questionontherepresentative marketsofthe
Communityismorethan106°/ooftheguide
price;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1192/73(8),
fixedtheguidepricesforcalvesandadultbovine
animalsvalidforthe1973/74marketingyear;WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No218/
73(4)of29January1973onthedetermination
oftheimportpriceandthespecialimportpricefor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsprovidesthatthe
importpriceistobecalculatedinaccordancewith
themethodsetoutinArticle4onthebasisofall
therepresentative free-at-frontier offerpricesinthe
Communityestablishedforeachofthecategories
andcutsspecifiedinArticle2,andascertainedinpar­
ticularfrom:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingtheproductsimportedfromsuchother
thirdcountries;
(b)otherinformationconcerningtheexportprices
rulinginsuchothercountries;
Whereas,however,offerpriceswhichdonotcorres­
pondtoactualpurchasingpossibilitiesaretobedis­
regarded,asarealsoofferpricesrelatingtounrepre­
sentativequantities;whereasofferpriceswhich,
becauseofthedevelopmentofpricesingeneralor
fromtheinformationavailable,donotseemtobe
representative oftheactualtrendofpricesinthe
exportingcountryshouldalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,wherenofree-at-frontier offerpricecan
berecondedforoneormorecategoriesofliveani­
malsorofmeat,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.
(l)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(»)OJNoL122,9.5.1973,p.6. (<)OJNoL26,31.1.1973,p.16.

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thepricesrecordedonthe"representative marketor
marketsofeachMemberStateforthevariousquali­
ties—ofcalves,adultbovinesanimalsorthemeat
oftheseanimals,asthecasemaybe—aftertaking
intoaccounttherelativequantityofeachofsuch
qualitiesandtherelativemagnitudeofthebovine
stockofeachMemberState;Whereas,wherethesequotationsdonotrelateto
'liveweightexcludingtax'prices,thequotationsfor
thedifferentqualitiesaretobecorrectedbythe
live-weightconversioncoefficientslaiddowninAnnex
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
therepresentativemarketsoftheCommunity ;Whereas,ifoneormoreMemberStatestakemea­
sures,suchashealthprotectionmeasures,which
affectthenormaldevelopment ofquotationsre­
cordedontheirmarkets,theCommissionmayeither
disregardthequotationsrecordedonthemarketor
marketsinquestionorusethelastquotations
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion
beforethosemeasureswereputintoeffect;
Whereas,whereinformationisnotavailable,the
quotationsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsaretobedeterminedwithparticularrefer­
encetothelatestknownquotations;Whereasthepricesof.calvesandadultbovineani­
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
tation'srecordedateachmarket;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(x)OJNoL36,8.2.1973,p.13.
(*)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.9.

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Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurren­
cieswhicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffers
fromtheofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereasitfollowsfromtheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedRegulationsandinparticularfromthe
quotationsandotherinformationknowntothe
Commissionthattheleviesoncalves,adultbovine
animalsandonbeefandveailotherthanfrozen
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation;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(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1987/71(2);
whereasthatRegulationalsodefinestherequire­
mentstobemetbycertainproductsforwhichthe
levyhasbeenfixedbymeansofthesecoefficients;
Whereasleviesmustbefixedwithdueregardfor
obligationsarisingoutofinternationalagreements
concludedbytheCommunity ;whereasCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1474/72(3)of10July1972on
theleviesonimportsfromYugoslaviaofadult
bovineanimalsandmeatthereofshouldalsobe
takenintoaccount;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle33(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCom­
monCustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesmustbefixedonceeachweek
andbevalidfromthefollowingMonday;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticles10and12ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68shallbeasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ingsNos02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1
bb),productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitions
containedinArticles1aand2ofRegulation (EEC)
No1025/68.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14May
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10May1973.
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
Leviesapplicablefrom14May1973toimportsfromthirdcountries(1)
CCT Levyin
heading Descriptionofgoods u.a./lOOkgNo
Liveweight
01.02Liveanimalsofthebovinespecies:
A.Domesticspecies:
II.Other:
a)Calves
b)Other:
1.Cowsforimmediateslaughter,themeatofwhichis
intendedforprocessing(a)
2.Other:0(b)
0
0aa)Notyethavinganypermanentteeth,ofaweight
ofnotlessthan350kgbutnotmorethan450kg
inthecaseofmaleanimals,orofnotlessthan
320kgbutnotmorethan420kginthecaseof
femaleanimals(c)
bb)Other 0(b)
Netweight02.01MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals•
1.Freshorchilled:
aa)Ofcalves:
11.Carcasesandhalf-carcases 0
0
022.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)Other0
0
22.Forequarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg,withalowdegree
ofossificationofthecartilages (more
especiallythoseofthevertebralapo­
physes),themeatofwhichisofalight
pinkcolourandthefatofwhich,of
extremelyfinestructure,iswhitetolight
yellowincolour(c)
bbb)Other0
0

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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
INetweiehr
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
21.Bonedorboneless 0
0206Meatandediblemeatoffals(exceptpoultryliver),salted,inbrine,
driedorsmoked:
C.Other:
1.Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
a)Meat:
1.Unboned(bone-in) 0
2.Bonedorboneless 0
(')RrpHation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandOCT.
(a)p..itryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthoritiesandto
thespecialconditionsatpresentapplicabletocowsimportedunderthebilateralagreementoncattlefor
thefoodprocessingindustrybetweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandAustria.
(b)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No805/68of27June1968anaintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyiseitherrefundedornot
collectedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions.
(c)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofthecertificatereferredtoinparagraph2(c)of
ProtocolNo1annexedtothetradeagreementbetweentheEECandtheSocialistFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia .