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REGULATION (EEC)No486/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of27February1975
fixingtheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovineanimalsandonbeefandveal
otherthanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Wheredstheguidepricesforcalvesandadultbovine
animalsvalidfrom3March1975arefixedbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No463/75(3)of27February1975;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1855/74(2),andinparticular
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle10(7)andArticle
12(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No218/73(4)
of29January1973onthedetermination ofthe
importpriceandthespecialimportpriceforcalves
andadultbovineanimals,providesthattheimport
priceistobecalculatedinaccordancewiththe
methodsetoutinArticle4onthebasisofallthe
representative free-at-frontier offerpricesinthe
Communityestablishedforeachofthecategoriesand
cutsspecifiedinArticle2,andascertainedinparti­
cularfrom:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingtheproductsimportedfromsuchother
thirdcountries ;
(b)otherinformationconcerningtheexportprices
rulinginsuchothercountries;
Whereas,however,offerpriceswhichdonotcorres­
pondtoactualpurchasingpossibilitiesaretobedisre­
garded,asarealsoofferpricesre'atingtounrepresenta­
tivequantities ;whereasofferpriceswhich,becauseof
thedevelopmentofpricesingeneralorfromtheinfor­
mationavailable,donotseemtoberepresentative of
theactualtrendofpricesintheexportingcountry
shouldalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,wherenofree-at-frontier offerpricecanbe
recordedforoneormorecategoriesofliveanimalsor
ofmeat,thelastavailablepricemustbeusedforthe
calculation ;WhereasArticle10(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthat,wheretheimportpriceforcalvesor
adultbovineanimals,afteradditionofthecustoms
duty,islowerthantheguideprice,thedifference
betweenthelatterpriceandtheimportpriceplusthat
additionisoffsetbyalevyonimportsofthatproduct;
whereas,however,suchlevyistobefixedat:
—75%oftheabovementioned difference ,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethantheguidepricebutdoesnotexceed
102%ofthatprice;
—50%oftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan102%oftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed 104%ofthatprice;
—25%oftheabovementioned difference ,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan104%oftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed 106%ofthatprice;
—nil,ifitisfoundthatthepriceoftheproductin
questionontherepresentative marketsofthe
Community ismorethan106%oftheguide
price;Whereastheimportpricemustbecalculatedonthe
firstandthirdThursdayofeachmonthforthe
purposeof>ilculatingtheleviesvalidfromthe
followingMonday;whereas,however,ifcircumstances
sorequire,theimportpricemaybefixedonanother
dayofthesameweek;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2150/73(5)of6August1973providesforthefixingof
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.(3)OJNoL52,28.2.1975,p.3.
(4)OJNoL26,31.1.1973,p.16.
(5)OJNoL219,7.8.1973,p.15.

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newMemberStatesmustbeincreasedbythebasic
compensatory amountprovidedforinArticle1(1)of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No181/73(3)of23January
1973layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemof
compensatory amountsforbeefandveal;
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;thespecialimportpricereferredtoinArticle10(1)(a)
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68foradultbovine
animalsoriginatinginandcomingfromAustria,
SwedenandSwitzerlandonthebasisofquotationson
representative marketsinthesethirdcountries;
Whereasthisspecialimportpriceiscalculatedoncea
weekandisusedtocalculateleviestakingeffecton
theMondayfollowingthedayonwhichitisfixed;
whereas,however,nospecialimportpriceisfixedif
suchpricewouldexceedbylessthan1unitof
accountper100kilogrammes liveweighttheimport
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
marketsoftheCommunity isderivedfromtheprices
recordedontherepresentative marketormarketsof
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)No320/73(')of31
January1973onthedetermination ofthepricesfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsontherepresentative
marketsoftheCommunity ,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2515/74(-);
Whereasthepricesofcalvesandadultbovineanimals
soestablishedonthemarketormarketsofeachoftheWhereas,wherethesequotationsdonotrelateto'live
weightexcludingtax'prices,thequotationsforthe
differentqualitiesaretobecorrectedbythe.live­
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
tionsrecordedonrepresentativeCommunitymarkets
(■)OJNoL36,8.2.1973,p.13.
(2)OJNoL269,4.10.1974,p.22. (•')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,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesmustbefixedonceeachweekand
bevalidfromthefollowingMonday;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2.25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromtheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedRegulationsandinparticularfromthe
quotationsandotherinformationknowntothe
Commission thattheleviesoncalves,adultbovine
animalsandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion,aretobedeterminedwithparticularreferencetothe
latestknownquotations ;
Whereas,foraslongasthepricerecordedforcalves
andadultbovineanimalsontherepresentative
Communitymarketsdiffersbylessthan0.20unitof
accountper100kgliveweightfromthepriceprevi­
ouslyused,thelatterpriceistobemaintained ;
WhereasArticle12(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatifalevyischargedoncalvesoradult
bovineanimals,alevyisalsotobechargedon
importsofthemeatofcalvesoradultbovineanimals
islistedinSection(a)oftheAnnextothatRegulation
undertariffsubheadings02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01
A.IIa)1bb);whereasthislevyisequaltothelevy
chargedoncalvesoradultbovineanimals,asthecase
maybe,adjustedbyacoefficientexpressingthevalue
ratiobetweenthemeatinquestionontheonehand
indcalvesoradultbovineanimalsontheother;
WhereasArticle12(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatifthelevyischargedonadultbovine
animals,alevyisalsotobechargedonimportsofthe
neatlistedinSection(b)oftheAnnextothatRegula­
ion;whereasthislevyisequaltothelevychargedon
adultbovineanimals,multipliedbyastandardcoeffi­
cient;
WhereasArticle12(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
providesthatthelevymaybechargedonimportsof
heproductslistedinSection(a)oftheAnnextothat
Regulationundertariffsubheading02.01AIIa)1cc);
whereasthislevyisequaltothehighestlevyappli­
cabletocalvesoradultbovineanimals,multipliedby
tstandardcoefficient ;
Whereasthestandardcoefficients referredtoabove
werefixedforeachoftheproductsinquestionin
AnnexItoCommission Regulation (EEC)No
2249/73(')of17August1973,fixingthecoefficients
orcalculatingthelevyonbeefandvealotherthan
rozen;whereasthatRegulationalsodefinesthe
equirementstobemetbycertainproductsforwhich
helevyhasbeenfixedbymeansofthesecoeffi­
cients;
Whereasleviesmustbefixedwithdueregardforobli­
gationsarisingoutofinternational agreements
concludedbytheCommunity ;whereasRegulation
EEC)No2170/73(2)of31July1973ontheconclu­
ionoftheTradeAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheSocialistFederalRepu­
blicofYugoslaviashouldalsobetakenintoaccount;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticles10and12ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68shallbeasshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithinsubheadings
02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1bb),products
mustcorrespondtothedefinitionscontainedin
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No2249/73.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3March
1975.
')OJNoL230,18.8.1973,p.15.
!)OJNoL224,13.8.1973,p.1. (3)OJNoL122,4.5.1974,p.25.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom3March1975toimportsfromthirdcountries(*)
(inu.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAustria
Sweden
SwitzerlandOtherthird
countries
01.02 Liveanimalsofthebovinespecies:
A.Domesticspecies:
II.Other:Liveweight
a)Calves 43.820(b)43.820(b)
b)Other:
1.Cowsforimmediateslaughter,themeatofwhichis
intendedforprocessing (a) 43.820—
2.Other:
aa)Notyethavinganypermanentteeth,ofaweight
ofnotlessthan350kgbutnotmorethan450kg
inthecaseofmaleanimals,orofnotlessthan
320kgbutnotmorethan420kginthecaseof
femaleanimals(c) 43-820
bb)Other 43-820(b)43-820(b)
02.01 MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
1.Freshorchilled:
aa)Ofcalves:Netweight
11.Carcasesandhalf-carcases 83-258 83-258
22.Separatedorunseparatedforequarters 66.606 66.606
33.Separatedorunseparatedhindquarters 99.910 99.910
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) 83-258
bbb)Other 83-258 83-258
'22.Forequarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg,withalowdegree
ofossificationofthecartilages (more
especiallythoseofthevertebralapo­
physes),themeatofwhichisofalight
pinkcolourandthefatofwhich,of
extremelyfinestructure,iswhitetolight
yellowincolour(c) 66.606
bbb)Other 66.606 66.606

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(inu.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAustria
Sweden
SwitzerlandOtherthird
countries
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)
bbb)Other
cc)Othercutsofvealandbeef:
11.Unboned(bone-in)
22.Bonedorboneless99.91099.910
99.910
124.887
142.853124.887
142-853
02.06 Meatandediblemeatoffals(exceptpoultryliver),salted,inbrine,
driedorsmoked:
C.Other:
I.Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
a)Meat:
1.Unboned(bone-in)
2.Bonedorboneless124.887
142-853124.887
142-853
C1)Regulation (EEC)No521/70,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No241/75,providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrench
overseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandOCT.
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthoritiesandtothespecialconditionsatpresent
applicabletocowsimportedunderthebilateralagreementoncattleforthefoodprocessingindustrybetweentheEuropeanCommunities
andAustria.
(b)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968and
intheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyiseitherrefundedornotcollectedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions.
(c)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofthecertificatereferredtoinparagraph2(c)ofProtocol1,AnnexItothe
tradeagreementbetweentheEECandtheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia.