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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No585/76
of15March1976
fixingtheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovineanimalsandonbeefandveal
otherthanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No568/76(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle10(7)andArticle12
(7)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,Whereastheguidepricesforcalvesandadultbovine
animalsvalidfrom15March1976arefixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No558/76of15March
1976(3);.
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No218/73of
29January1973onthedetermination oftheimport
priceandthespecialimportpriceforcalvesandadult
bovineanimals(4),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No532/76(5),providesthattheimportpriceistobe
calculatedinaccordancewiththemethodsetoutin
Article4onthebasisofalltherepresentative free-at­
frontierofferpricesintheCommunityestablishedfor
eachofthecategoriesandcutsspecifiedinArticle2,
andascertainedinparticularfrom:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingtheproductsimportedfromsuchother
thirdcountries;
(b)otherinformationconcerningtheexportprices
rulinginsuchothercountries;
Whereas,however,offerpriceswhichdonotcorres­
pondtoactualpurchasingpossibilitiesaretobedisre­
garded,asarealsoofferpricesrelatingtounrepresenta­
tivequantities;whereasofferpriceswhich,becauseof
thedevelopmentofpricesingeneralorfromtheinfor­
mationavailable,donotseemtoberepresentative of
theactualtrendofpricesintheexportingcountry
shouldalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,wherenofree-at-frontier offerpricecanbe
recordedforoneormorecategoriesofliveanimalsor
ofmeat,thelastavailablepricemustbeusedforthe
calculation ;
Whereastheimportpricemustbecalculatedonthe
firstandthirdThursdayofeachmonthforthe
purposeofcalculatingtheleviesvalidfromthe
followingMonday;whereas,however,ifcircumstances
sorequire,theimportpricemaybefixedonanother
day;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2150/73
of6August1973(6),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)WhereasArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthat,wheretheimportpriceforcalvesor
adultbovineanimals,afteradditionofthecustoms
duty,islowerthantheguideprice,thedifference
betweenthelatterpriceandtheimportpriceplusthat
additionisoffsetbyalevyonimportsofthatproduct;
whereas,however,suchlevyistobefixedat:
—75%oftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentativemarketsoftheCommunityis
morethantheguidepricebutdoesnotexceed
102%ofthatprice;
—50%oftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan102%oftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed104%ofthatprice;
—25%oftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan104%oftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed106%ofthatprice;
—nil,ifitisfoundthatthepriceoftheproductin
questionontherepresentative marketsofthe
Community ismorethan106%oftheguide
price;
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.28.(3)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.4.
(4)OJNoL26,31.1.1973,p.16.
(5)OJNoL63,11.3.1976,p.17.
(")OJNoL219,7.8.1973,p.15.

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newMemberStatesmustbeincreasedbythebasic
compensatoryamountprovidedforinArticle1(1)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No181/73of23January
1973layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemof
compensatory amountsforbeefandveal(4);
Whereas,wherethereareseveralrepresentative
marketsinaMemberState,thepriceofeachqualityis
theaverageofthequotationsrecordedoneachof
thesemarkets;whereas,whereinaMemberState
thereisasinglerepresentative market,heldseveral
timesduringtheseven-dayperiod,thepriceofeach
qualityistobeequaltothearithmeticmeanofquota­
tionsrecordedateachmarket;whereas,withregardto
Italy,thepriceofeachqualityistheaverage,weighted
bythespecialweightingcoefficientslaiddownin
AnnexIItoamendedRegulation(EEC)No320/73,of
thepricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficitproduc­
tionareas;whereasthepricerecordedinthesurplus
productionareaisequaltotheaverageofthequota­
tionsrecordedoneachofthemarketswithinthat
area;whereasfortheUnitedKingdomtheweighted
averageofthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketsinGreatBritainandinNorthernIrelandare
tobemultipliedbythecoefficientfixedinthesaid
AnnexII:No1261/75(1),providesforthefixingofthespecial
importpricereferredtoinArticle10(1)(a)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68foradultbovineanimalsorigi­
natinginandcomingfromAustria,SwedenandSwit­
zerlandonthebasisofquotationsonrepresentative
marketsinthesethirdcountries;
Whereasthisspecialimportpriceiscalculatedoncea
weekandisusedtocalculateleviestakingeffecton
theMondayfollowingthedayonwhichitisfixed;
whereas,however,nospecialimportpriceisfixedif
suchpricewouldexceedbylessthan1unitof
accountper100kilogrammesliveweighttheimport
pricefixed,pursuanttoArticle10(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,asspecifiedinRegulation(EEC)
No218/73;
Whereas,ifoneormoreofthethirdcountries
referredtotake,notablyforhealthprotectionreasons,
measuresaffectingpricesquotedontheirmarkets,the
Commission maybaseitselfonthelastprices
recordedbeforesuchmeasureswereputintoeffect;
Whereas,iftheimportpricediffersbylessthan0-50
unitofaccountper100kgliveweightfromthe
importpricepreviouslyusedtocalculatethelevy,the
latterpricemustbemaintained ;
WhereasArticle10(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthatthepricerecordedontherepresentative
marketsoftheCommunityisderivedfromtheprices
recordedontherepresentativemarketormarketsof
eachMemberStateforthevariousqualities—of
calves,adultbovineanimalsorthemeatofthese
animals,asthecasemaybe—aftertakinginto
accounttherelativequantityofeachofsuchqualities
andtherelativemagnitudeofthebovinestockofeach
MemberState;
Whereasthepricesforcalvesandadultbovine
animals,recordedontherepresentative marketor
marketsofeachMemberState,isequaltotheaverage,
weightedbycoefficients,ofthepricesforthequalities
ofcalves,adultbovineanimalsandmeatofthese
animalsformedduringaperiodofsevendaysinthat
MemberStateatastandardwholesalestage;whereas
therepresentative markets,thequalitiesofthe
productsandtheweightingswerefixedinAnnexIIto
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No320/73of31
January1973onthedetermination ofthepricesfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsontherepresentative
marketsoftheCommunity (2),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1867/75(3);
Whereasthepricesofcalvesandadultbovineanimals
soestablishedonthemarketormarketsofeachoftheWhereas,wherethesequotationsdonotrelateto'live
weightexcludingtax'prices,thequotationsforthe
differentqualitiesaretobecorrectedbythelive­
weightconversioncoefficientslaiddowninAnnexII
tothatRegulationand,inrespectofItalyandthe
UnitedKingdom,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythe
correctiveamountslaiddowninthatAnnex;whereas
forIrelandthepricepercalfrecordedontherepresen­
tativemarketistobeincreasedbythecorrective
amountfixedinthatAnnexandsubsequently
convertedbackintoliveweightperunitofweightby
applyingthecorrectivecoefficientfixedinthat
Annex:
Whereas,ifoneormoreMemberStatestake
measures,suchashealthprotectionmeasures,which
affectthenormaldevelopmentofquotationsrecorded
ontheirmarkets,theCommissionmayeitherdisre­
gardthequotationsrecordedonthemarketor
marketsinquestionorusethelastquotations
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbefore
thosemeasureswereputintoeffect;
Whereas,whereinformationisnotavailable,thequota­
tionsrecordedonrepresentative Communitymarkets(!)OJNoL126,17.5.1975,p.18.
(2)OJNoL36,8.2.1973,p.13.
P)OJNoL190,23.7.1975,p.7. (4)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.9.

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whereastheleviesforcalvesandvealareidentical
withthoseapplicabletoadultbovineanimalsandbeef
inaccordancewithCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1100/74(3)of3May1974;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle33(2)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesmustbefixedonceeachweekand
bevalidfromthefollowingMonday;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromtheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedRegulationsandinparticularfromthe
quotationsandotherinformationknowntothe
Commissionthattheleviesoncalves,adultbovine
animalsandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion,aretobedeterminedwithparticularreferencetothe
latestknownquotations ;
Whereas,foraslongasthepricerecordedforcalves
andadultbovineanimalsontherepresentative
Communitymarketsdiffersbylessthan0-20unitof
accountper100kgliveweightfromthepriceprevi­
ouslyused,thelatterpriceistobemaintained ;
WhereasArticle12(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatifalevyischargedoncalvesoradult
bovineanimals,alevyisalsotobechargedon
importsofthemeatofcalvesoradultbovineanimals
aslistedinSection(a)oftheAnnextothatRegulation
undertariffsubheadings02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01
AIIa)1bb);whereasthislevyisequaltothelevy
chargedoncalvesoradultbovineanimals,asthecase
maybe,adjustedbyacoefficientexpressingthevalue
ratiobetweenthemeatinquestionontheonehand
andcalvesoradultbovineanimalsontheother;
WhereasArticle12(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthatifthelevyischargedonadultbovine
animals,alevyisalsotobechargedonimportsofthe
meatlistedinSection(b)oftheAnnextothatRegula­
tion;whereasthislevyisequaltothelevychargedon
adultbovineanimals,multipliedbyastandardcoeffi­
cient;
WhereasArticle12(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthatthelevymaybechargedonimportsof
theproductslistedinSection(a)oftheAnnextothat
Regulationundertariffsubheading02.01AIIa)1cc);
whereasthislevyisequaltothehighestlevyappli­
cabletocalvesoradultbovineanimals,multipliedby
astandardcoefficient ;
Whereasthestandardcoefficientsreferredtoabove
werefixedforeachoftheproductsinquestionin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2249/73of17August1973,fixingthecoefficientsfor
calculatingthelevyonbeefandvealotherthan
frozen(*);whereasthatRegulationalsodefinesthe
requirementstobemetbycertainproductsforwhich
thelevyhasbeenfixedbymeansofthesecoeffi­
cients;
Whereasleviesmustbefixedwithdueregardforobli­
gationsarisingoutofinternational agreements
concludedbytheCommunity ;whereasRegulation
(EEC)No2170/73of31July1973ontheconclusion
oftheTradeAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheSocialistFederalRepu­
blicofYugoslaviashouldalsobetakeninto
account(2);HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticles10and12ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68shallbeasshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithinsubheadings
02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1bb),products
mustcorrespondtothedefinitionscontainedin
Article2ofRegulation(EEC)No2249/73.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15March
1976.
(>)OJNoL230,18.8.1973,p.15.
(2OJNoL224,13.8.1973,p.1. (3)OJNoL122,4.5.1974,p.25.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom15March1976toimportsfromthirdcountries(')
(inu.d.1100kt)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAustria
Sweden
SwitzerlandOtherthird
countrie*
01.02 Liveanimalsofthebovinespecies:
A.Domesticspecies:
II.Other:Liveweight
a)Calves 44-352(b)51-460(b)
b)Other:
1.Cowsforimmediateslaughter,themeatofwhichis
intendedforprocessing (a) 44-352 —-
2.Other:
aa)Notyethavinganypermanentteeth,ofaweight
ofnotlessthan350kgbutnotmorethan450kg
inthecaseofmaleanimals,orofnotlessthan
320kgbutnotmorethan420kginthecaseof
femaleanimals(c) 51-460
bb)Other 44-352(b)51-460(b)
MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
1.Freshorchilled:
aa)Ofcalves:Netweight
02.01
11.Carcasesandhalf-carcases 84-269 97-774
22.Separatedorunseparatedforequarters 67-415 78-219
33.Separatedorunseparatedhindquarters 101-123 117-329
bb)Ofadultanimals:
11.Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated'quar­
ters:
aaa)Carcasesofaweightofnotlessthan180
kgbutnotmorethan270kgandhalf­
carcasesor'compensated'quartersofa
weightofnotlessthan90kgbutnot
morethan135kg,withalowdegreeof
ossificationofthecartilages (morees­
peciallythoseofthesymphysispubisand
thevertebralapophyses),themeatof
whichisofalightpinkcolourandthe
fatofwhich,ofextremelyfinestructure,
iswhitetolightyellowincolour(c) 97-744
bbb)Other 84-269 97-744
22.Forequarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg,withalowdegree
ofossificationofthecartilages (more
especiallythoseofthevertebralapo­
physes),themeatofwhichisofalight
pinkcolourandthefatofwhich,of
extremelyfinestructure,iswhitetolight
yellowincolour(c) 78-219
bbb)Other 67-415 78-219

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(inU.S.1100km)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAustria
Sweden
SwitzerlandOtherthird
countrie«
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) 117-329
117-329 101-123 bbb)Other
cc)Othercutsofvealandbeef:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 126-403
144-588146-661
167-760 22.Bonedorboneless
0206 Meatandediblemeatoffals(exceptpoultryliver),salted,inbrine,
driedorsmoked:
C.Other:
I.Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
a)Meat:
1.Unboned(bone-in) 126-403
144-588146-661
167-760 2.Bonedorboneless
(')InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No1599/75,amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3329/75,providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimports
intotheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeananaPacificStatesorinthe'overseascountriesand
territories'.
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthoritiesandtothespecialconditionsatpresent
applicabletocowsimportedunderthebilateralagreementoncattleforthefoodprocessingindustrybetweentheEuropeanCommunities
anaAustria.
(h)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968and
intheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyiseitherrefundedornotcollectedinaccordanccwiththoseprovisions.
(c)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofthecertificatereferredtoinparagraph2(c)ofProtocol1,AnnexItothe
tradeagreementbetweentheEECandtheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia.