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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2668/93
of30September1993
fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
orlessthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthe
followingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanorequal
to98%oftheguideprice;
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%and
morethanorequalto96%oftheguideprice;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%and
morethanorequalto90%oftheguideprice;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%of
theguideprice;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thebasiclevyonthemeatspecifiedin
sections(a),(c)and(d)oftheAnnexheretoisequaltothe
basiclevydeterminedforbovineanimals,multipliedbya
standardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsin
question;whereasthesecoefficientsarefixedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No586/77of18March
1977layingdownrulesfortheapplicationoflevieson
beefandvealandamendingRegulation(EEC)No950/68
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3661/92(4);
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsforthe
1993/94marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1563/93(0;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1753/93(*)
determinescertainpricesfixedinecusinthebeefand
vealsectorasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentsinthe
1992/93marketingyear;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No586/77stipulatesthatthe
basiclevyistobecalculatedaccordingtothemethodset
outinitsArticle3andonthebasisofalltherepresenta­
tivefree-at-frontier offerpricesoftheCommunitydeter­
minedfortheproductsofeachofthecategoriesandcuts
specifiedinArticle2andestablishedprincipallyby
referencetothepricesspecifiedinthecustomsdocu­
mentsaccompanying productsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesorfromotherinformationconcerningexportprices
obtaininginthosethirdcountries;
Whereas,however,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondto
realpurchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;whereasTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No125/93(2),andinparticularArticle12(8)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No
805/68,alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferencetoa
percentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereasinrespectofbovineanimalsthebasiclevyis
determinedonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheCommunityfree-at-frontier offer
priceplustheamountofthecustomsduty;whereasthe
Communityfree-at-frontier offerpriceisdeterminedin
thelightofthemostrepresentativepurchasingpossibili­
ties,asregardsqualityandquantity,recordedovera
certainperiodforbovineanimalsandforthefreshor
chilledmeatspecifiedinsection(a)oftheAnnextothe
saidRegulationunderCNcodes02011000,02011090,
02012020to02012050,accountbeingtakeninparti­
cularofthepositionwithrespecttosupplyanddemand,
ofworldmarketpricesforfrozenmeatofacategory
whichiscompetitivewithfreshorchilledmeatandof
pastexperience;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsishigher
thantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthefol­
lowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequalto
102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%and
lessthanorequalto104%oftheguideprice;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%and
lessthanorequalto106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%of
theguideprice;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsisequalto0OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(>)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL18,27.1.1993,p.1.(*)UJJNOLJ/U,If.Yl.p.lb.oOJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.35.
MOJNoL161,2.7.1993,p.44.

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WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateinrespectofthevariouscategoriesofadultbovine
animalsorofmeatfromsuchanimals,aftertakinginto
accountthesizeofeachofthesecategoriesandtherela­
tivesizeofthebovineherdofeachMemberState:
whereastherepresentativemarkets,categoriesandquali­
tiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No610/77of
18March1977onthedetermination ofpricesofadult
bovineanimalsonrepresentative Communitymarkets
andthesurveyofpricesofcertainothercattleinthe
Community(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1460/93f5);offerpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovement
ofpricesingeneralortheinformationavailablesuggests
thattheyareunrepresentative ofthetruetrendofprices
inthecountryoforigin;
Whereasincaseswhereforoneormorecategoriesof
bovineanimalsorcutsofmeatafree-at-frontier offer
pricecannotbeestablished,themostrecentavailable
priceshouldbeusedforthecalculation;
Whereasifthefree-at-frontier offerpricediffersbyless
thanECU0,60per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthat
previouslyusedforthecalculationofthelevy,thelatter
priceshouldberetained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68aspecialbasiclevyisdeterminedforcertain
thirdcountriesonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheaveragepricerecordedoveracertain
periodplustheamountofthecustomsduty;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No611/77(l),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1049/92(2),
providesthatthespeciallevyonproductsoriginatingin
andcomingfromAustria,SwedenandSwitzerlandshould
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheweightedaverageofthe
pricesofadultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresenta­
tivemarketsofthosethirdcountries;whereasthe
weightingcoefficientsandrepresentative marketsare
specifiedintheAnnexestoRegulation(EEC)No611/77;
WhereasCouncilDecision92/232/EECof1October
1991ontheconclusionofanAgreementintheformof
anexchangeoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofAustriaconcerningthe
adjustmentoftheCommunityimportarrangements
applicabletocertainbeefandvealsectorproductsorigi­
natinginAustria(3)laysdownnewprovisionsonprefe­
rentialimportsunderaseparatetariffquota;whereasthis
mustbetakenintoaccountwhentheleviesarefixed;
Whereastheaveragepriceisnottobeusedforcalcula­
tingthespeciallevyunlessitisatleastECU1,21per100
kilogramsofliveweightmorethanthefree-at-frontier
offerpricedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle10(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No805/68;
WhereasiftheaveragepricediffersbylessthanECU0,60
per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthatpreviously
usedtocalculatethelevy,thelattermayberetained;
Whereasincaseswhereoneormoreoftheabovemen­
tionedthirdcountriesadopt,forreasonsofhealthfor
example,measuresaffectingthepricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmayusethelatestprices
recordedbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets;whereas,forrepresentative marketsheld
severaltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceof
eachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearithmeticmean
ofthepricesrecordedoneachmarketday;whereasin
respectofItalythepriceofeachcategoryandquantityis
equaltotheaverage,weightedbythespecialweighting
coefficientsfixedinAnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No
610/77,ofthepricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficit
zones;whereasthepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedon
eachofthemarketswithinthatzone;whereasinrespect
oftheUnitedKingdomtheweightedaveragepricesof
adultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentative
marketsofGreatBritainontheonehandandNorthern
Irelandontheotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixed
intheabovementioned AnnexII:
Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax'aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex;
WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarketsthe
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.14.
(2)OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.7.0OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.16.(4)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.0OJNoL143,15.6.1993,p.5.

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WhereasCouncilRegulations(EEC)No518/92(7),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2233/93(8),(EEC)No
519/92(9),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2234/
93(10),and(EEC)No520/92(n),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2235/93(12),of27February1992on
certainproceduresforapplyingtheInterimAgreements
ontradeandtrade-relatedmattersbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicofPoland,
theRepublicofHungaryandtheCzechandSlovak
FederalRepublicrespectively,oftheotherpart,introduce
arrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3589/92(13),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2697/
93(14),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrange­
mentsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity(15)noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
Whereasthevariouscutsofbeefandvealaredefinedin
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporatedinthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereastheleviesandspecialleviesarefixedbeforethe
27thdayofeachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirst
Mondayofthefollowingmonth;whereastheselevies
maybealteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswhere
thebasiclevyorspecialbasiclevyisaltered,orinthecase
ofchangesinthepricesrecordedonCommunityrepre­
sentativemarkets;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(l6)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(,7);
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulation,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
livecattleandbeefandvealotherthanfrozenmeat
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation,pricesrecorded
onrepresentativeCommunitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
Whereasforsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentativeCommunitymarkets
differsbylessthanECU0,24per100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedbythe
Communitycontinuetobefulfilled;whereasthelevies
fixedmustbeconsistentwithinternationalagreements
enteredintobytheCommunity ;whereasaccountshould
alsobetakenofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3953/92of
21December1992concerningthearrangementsappli­
cabletotheimportintotheCommunityofproducts
originatingintheRepublicsofBosnia-Herzegovina ,
CroatiaandSloveniaandtheterritoryoftheformer
YugoslavRepublicofMacedonia('),whichprovidesfor
reductionsintheleviesoncertainproductsofthebeef
andvealsectorimportedintotheCommunity ;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No185/93(2)establishes
detailedrulesfortheimportationoftheseproducts;
Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofCouncil
Decision93/239/EECof15March1993concerningthe
conclusionoftheAgreementsintheformofexchanges
oflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
oftheonepart,andtheRepublicofAustria,theRepublic
ofFinland,theRepublicofIceland,theKingdomof
NorwayandtheKingdomofSweden,oftheotherpart,
ontheprovisionalapplicationoftheAgreementson
certainarrangementsinthefieldofagriculture,signedby
thesaidpartiesinOportoon2May1992(3);whereas
Regulation(EEC)No1180/93(4)laysdowndetailedrules
fortheapplicationin1993oftheimportarrangements
fortheseproductsoriginatinginSweden;
Whereasdeclarationshavebeensubmittedbyboththe
CzechRepublicandtheSlovakRepublicinformingthe
CommunitiesthatboththeCzechRepublicandthe
SlovakRepubliccontinuetoassumealltheobligations
deriving,interalia,fromtheInterimAgreementbetween
theCommunities andtheCzechandSlovakFederal
Republicuponthedissolutionofthelatteron31
December1992andinconsequencetheconcession
providedintheInterimAgreementshouldbeaccorded
withoutdistinctiontoproductsoriginatingintheCzech
RepublicorintheSlovakRepublic;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/900,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No297/91(*),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
States;0OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.3.
(*)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.3.0OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.6.
(10)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.4.
(")OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(»)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.
(>3)OJNoL364,12.12.1992,p.28.(')OJNoL406,31.12.1992,p.1.
(2)OJNoL22,30.1.1993,p.70.
OOJNoL109,1.5.1993,p.1.
(4)OJNoL120,15.5.1993,p.14.0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.faOJNoL36,8.2.1991,p.9.(14)Seepage75ofthisOfficialJournal.
(15)OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.HOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(")OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonlivecattleandbeefandvealotherthanfrozenmeatshallbeasset
outintheAnnextothepresentRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4October1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30September1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30September1993fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattle
andonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeCroatia/Slovenia/
Bosnia-Herzegovina /
theterritoryofthe
formerYugoslav
RepublicofMacedonia(3)Austria(4) Sweden/Switzerland Otherthirdcountries(2)
—Liveweight—
01029005 — 17,086 3,292 131,433(')
01029021 — 17,086 3,292 131,4330
01029029 — 17,086 3,292 131,4330
01029041 — 17,086 3,292 131,433(»)0
01029049 — 17,086 3,292 131,433(')(«)
01029051 23,058 17,086 3,292 131,433(')
01029059 23,058 17,086 3,292 131,433(')
01029061 — 17,086 3,292 131,433(')
01029069 — 17,086 3,292 131,433(*)
01029071 23,058 17,086 3,292 131,4330)
01029079 23,058 17,086 3,292 131,4330)
—Netweight—
02011000 43,811 32,464 6,2550 249,723(')0
02012020 43,811 32,464 6,2550 249,7230)0
02012030 35,049 25,971 5,0050 199,778(')O
02012050 52,573 38,957 7,5070 299,6670)0
02012090 — 48,696 9,3830 374,583(')O
02013000 — 55,701 10,7330 428,4710)0
02061095 — 55,701 10,733 428,4710)
02102010 — 48,696 9,383 374,583
02102090 — 55,701 10,733 428,471
02109041 — 55,701 10,733 428,471
02109090 — 55,701 10,733 428,471
16025010 — 55,701 10,733 428,471
16029061 — 55,701 10,733 428,471
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectlyintotheFrenchoverseasdepartments,
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(3)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No185/93.
(4)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsoftheAgreementbetweentheEECandAustria(OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.21).
0)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPoland,theterritoriesoftheexCzechandSlovakFederalRepublicorHungaryundertheInterimAgree­
mentsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccordancewithCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No2697/93havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviessetoutintheAnnextothatRegulation.
0Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPoland,theterritoriesoftheexCzechandSlovakFederalRepublicorHungaryundertheInterimAgree­
mentsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccordancewithCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No247/93(OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.39)havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviessetoutintheAnnextothatRegulation.
QThelevymaybereducedinaccordancewiththeAgreementbetweentheCommunityandSweden(OJNoL109,1.5.1993,p.59)andRegulation(EEC)
No1180/93.