13.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL99/27
REGULATION (EEC)No998/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of12April1973
fixingtheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovineanimalsandonbeefandvealother
thanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
Articles10(6)and12(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereastheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovine
animalsandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozenwere
fixedbyRegulation (EEC)No321/73(3)andsub­
sequentamendingRegulations ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulesandother
provisionscontainedinRegulation (EEC)No321/73
tothequotationsandotherinformationknownto
theCommissionthattheleviesatpresentinforce
shouldbealteredasshownintheAnnextothis
Regulation ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticles10and12ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ingsNos02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1
bb),productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitionscon­
tainedinArticleslaand2ofRegulation (EEC)No
1025/68(4).
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16April
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(»)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(«)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(»)O!NoL36,8.2.1973,p.24. («)OJNoL174,23.7.1968,p.9.

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom16April1973toimportsfromthirdcountries(*)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
Liveweight
01.02
0
0
0
0(b)
(b)
02.01NetweightLiveanimalsofthebovinespecies:
A.Domesticspecies:
II.Other:
a)Calves
b)Other:
1.Cowsforimmediateslaughter,themeatofwhichis
intendedforprocessing (a)
2.Other:
aa)Notyethavinganypermanentteeth,ofaweight
ofnotlessthan350kgbutnotmorethan450kg
inthecaseofmaleanimals,orofnotlessthan
320kgbutnotmorethan420kginthecaseof
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)Other0
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
f1)Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandOCT.
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthoritiesandto
thespecialconditionsatpresentapplicabletocowsimportedunderthebilateralagreementoncattlefor
thefoodprocessingindustrybetweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandAustria.
(b)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No805/68of27June1968andintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyiseitherrefundedornot
collectedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions .
(c)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofthecertificatereferredtoinparagraph2(c)of
ProtocolNo1annexedtothetradeagreementbetweentheEECandtheSocialistFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia.