9.5.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL127/47
REGULATION (EEC)No1165/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of8May1974
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
Article13(6)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle13(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthefrozen
meatlistedinSection(c)oftheAnnextothatRegula­
tion;whereasthelevyonproductsfallingwithin
subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa)isequaltothe
differencebetween :
—theguidepriceforthecorresponding product
multipliedbyacoefficientexpressingtheratio
existingintheCommunitybetweenthepricefor
freshmeatofaqualitycompetitivewiththefrozen
meatinquestion,presentedinthesameform,and
theaveragepriceforadultbovineanimals,and
—thepriceontheworldmarketforfrozenmeat,
basedonthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­
nitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative ,
asregardsqualityandquantity,ofthedevelop­
mentofthismarket,pluscustomsdutyanda
standardamountrepresentingthespecificcosts
incurredinimportingfrozenmeat;
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
990/68(3)of15July1968ongeneralrulesforfixing
thelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandveal
providesthattheguidepriceforthecorresponding
productistheguidepriceforadultbovineanimals;
whereasthisguidepricewasfixedbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No667/74(4)of28March1974;
Whereastheabovementioned coefficient,calculated
inaccordancewiththerulescontainedinArticle13
(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68wasfixedat1-53
byCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2260/73(5)of
17August1973determiningthebasesforcalculating
thelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandveal,as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1160/74(6);
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No990/68
providesthatthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­nitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative as
regardsqualityandquantityasmentionedinArticle
13(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shouldbe
determinedinthefirstplacewithreferencetofree-at­
Community-frontier offersor,wheresuchoffersare
notsufficientlyrepresentative ofthemarketsituation,
worldmarketoffersdeliveredfree-at-Community ­
frontierforeachoftheproductslistedinSection(c)of
theAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No805/68;whereas,
forproductsotherthanthosecoveredbythefirst
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)ofthatRegulation ,the
offerpriceisconvertedintoapricerelatingtothe
productscoveredbythatsubparagraph bymeansof
thecoefficientsreferredtoinArticle13(3)ofthat
Regulation ;whereasthosecoefficientswerefixedin
AnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No2260/73;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No2260/73
providesthattheCommission ,whendeterminingthe
worldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle13(2)(b)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68mustdisregardoffer
priceswhichdonotcorrespondtorealpurchasing
opportunities orwhichrelatetosmallunrepresenta­
tivequantitiesortoqualitieswhichdifferappreciably
fromthoseofthemajorityoftheproductsentering
worldtrade;whereasofferpriceswhichtheCommis­
sionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovementsor
informationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
realpricetrendsinthecountryoforiginmustalsobe
disregarded ;
Whereasoffersontheworldmarketareconverted
intofree-at-Community-frontier offersbytakinginto
accountthenormaltransportandinsurancecostsof
whichtheCommissionhasknowledge ;
WhereasthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle13
(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68isfixedat5-5
unitsofaccountper100kg;
Whereas,aslongastheworldmarketpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthat1unitofaccountper100kg
fromtheworldmarketpricepreviouslyused,thelatter
priceismaintained ;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/
68providesthat,forthefrozenmeatlistedinSection
(c)oftheAnnextothatRegulationundersubheading
Nos02.01AIIa)2bb),02.01AIIa)2cc)and02.01
AIIa)2dd),thelevyisequaltothelevyonthe
productinthesameSectionundersubheadingNo')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.12.
4)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.59.
5)OJNoL233,21.8.1973,p.10.
6)Seep.32ofthisOfficialJournal.

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02.01AIIa)2aa)multipliedbythefixedcoefficient
foreachoftheproductsinquestion;whereasthis
coefficientwasfixedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No2260/73;whereasthatRegulationalsodefinesthe
requirements tobemetbycertainproductsforwhich
thelevyisfixedbymeansofthesecoefficients ;
WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthat,wherefreequotationsontheworld
marketarenotadeterminingfactorfortheofferprice
andwherethatpriceislowerthanthesequotations,a
specialpricecalculatedonthebasisoftheofferprice
issubstituted,solelyinrespectoftheimportsinques­
tion,fortheworldmarketpriceforfrozenmeat
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticle;
Whereas,subjecttotheforegoing,thelevyreferredto
inArticle13(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68is
fixedbeforethe25thdayofeachmonthandisappli­
cablefromthefirstMondayofthefollowingmonth;
whereas,however,thelevyisalteredintheinter­
veningperiodifthereisconsiderablefluctuationin
theworldmarketpriceforfrozenmeat;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheprovisionsof
theabovementioned Regulationstothequotations
andotherinformationknowntotheCommission that
theleviesonfrozenmeatshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68arefixedasshownintheAnnexto
thisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithin:
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa),
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2bb)andcc),
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2dd)and22bbb).
Productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitionforthe
productinquestioncontainedinRegulation(EEC)
No2260/73.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9May1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8May1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom9May1974toimportsfromthirdcountries(1)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
netweight
02.01Meatandedibleoffal'softheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
2.Frozen:V
aa)Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated'quarters 31-585
bb)Forequarters 25-268(a)
cc)Hindquarters 39-481
dd)Other:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 47-378
22.Bonedorboneless:
aaa)Forequarters ,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,eachquarterbeingin
asingleblock;'compensated'quartersin
twoblocks,oneofwhichcontainsthe
forequarter,wholeorcutintoamaxi-<
mumoffivepieces,andtheother,the
hindquarter,excludingthetenderloin,in
onepiece 39-481(a)
bbb)Crop,chuckandbladeandbrisketcuts(b)39-481(a)
ccc)Other 54-326(a)
(')Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandCCT.
(a)SubjecttotheprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No1063/74(OJNoL119,1.5.1974,p.70)wherethese
productsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68
of27June1968andintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyistotallyorpartiallysuspended
inaccordancewiththeseprovisions.
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaiddownby
thecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .