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NoL174/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.7.68
REGULATION (EEC)No1027/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of22July1968
onthedetermination ofpricesofcalvesandadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative
Communitymarkets
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,Whereasthepricerecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketsofeachMemberStatemaybe
takenastheweightedaverageofthepriceswhich
haveoccurredduringagivenperiodatthesame
marketingstage;whereasthecoefficientsusedfor
thisweightingshouldreflecttherelativequantityof
eachqualityinthesuppliesonthemarket;
Whereas,onthebasisofrecentexperience,themar­
ketslistedinAnnexIIarethosewhichshouldbe
regardedasrepresentative ;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/681of27June1968onthecommonorganis­
ationofthemarketinbeefandveal,andinparticular
Articles10(5)and25thereof;
WhereasArticle10(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatthepricerecordedonthe
representative marketsoftheCommunitymustbe
derivedfromthepricesrecordedontherepresen­
tativemarketormarketsofeachMemberStatefor
thevariousqualitiesofcalves,adultbovineanimals
orthemeatoftheseanimals,asthecasemaybe,
aftertakingintoaccounttherelativequantityofeach
ofsuchqualitiesandtherelativemagnitudeofthe
bovinestockofeachMemberState;
Whereasthepricesrecordedontherepresentative
marketsoftheCommunitymaybetakenasthe
averageofthepricesoftheproductsinquestionon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMem­
berState,weightedinaccordancewiththecoefficients
expressingtherelativemagnitudeofthebovinestock
ofeachMemberState;
Whereasithasprovednecessarytodisregardthe
marketsoftheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg as
representative marketsforaslongastradeinbeef
andvealismadesubjecttoquantitativerestrictions
bythatMemberStateinaccordancewiththeProtocol
ontheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg ,sinceappli­
cationofsuchrestrictionshastheeffectofprotecting
thepriceofthoseproductsfromthefreeplayof
supplyanddemand;Whereas,wherethereareseveralrepresentative
marketsinaMemberState,thequotationsrecorded
onthesemarketsshouldbeaveraged;
Whereas,withregardtoItaly,thequotationsforthe
surplusproductionzoneandthequotationsforthe
deficitzoneshouldbeseparatelyweightedbymeans
ofcoefficientsexpressingtherelativeinfluenceof
eachofthesezonesonpriceformationinthat
MemberState;whereasquotationsforthesurplus
productionzoneinItalymaybetakenastheaverage
ofthequotationsrecordedonthedifferentmarkets
withinthatzone;
Whereasthepricerecordedonthemarketmustre­
latetothewholesaletradestage;whereasthe
quotationsrecordedontheFlorencemarketrelate
toex-farmpricesforlivebovineanimals;whereas,
toconvertthesequotationstowholesaleprices,
allowanceshouldbemadeforthetradingmargin
andtransportcosts;
Whereasthepricerecordedonthemarketrelates
tothelivestockprice,excludingtax;whereas,in
certainMemberStates,pricesrelatetopricesfor
meat;whereasthisdifferenceshouldbecorrectedby
meansofacoefficient;whereas,however,theprices
forcarcasesontheRomemarketshouldbereduced
bytheamountoftaxesandothercostsandthen
increasedbythevalueofthefifthquarter,before
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(c)theweightingcoefficientsreferredtointhepreced­
ingparagraph.
Article3WhereasMemberStatesmay,becauseofhealth
protectionregulationsinparticular,finditnecessary
totakemeasureswhichaffectprices;
Whereasinsuchcircumstances itisnotalways
suitablewhenrecordingmarketpricestotakeinto
accountquotationswhichdonotreflectthenormal
trendofthemarket;whereasconsequentlycertain
criteriashouldbelaiddownallowingtheCom­
missiontotakeaccountofthatsituation;
Whereas,toavoidtoofrequentalterationofthelevy,
acertainmarginshouldbeallowedwithinwhich
variationsinthefactorsenteringintothecalculation
ofthepriceontherepresentative marketsofthe
Communitydonotentailanalterationofthatprice;
Whereasitshouldbelaiddownthatthelevybe
fixedonceaweekandhaveeffectfromtheMonday
afteritisfixed;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegu­
lationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforBeefandVeal;1.Wherethereareseveralrepresentativemarketsin
aMemberState,thepriceofeachqualityshallbe
theaverageofthequotationsrecordedoneachof
thesemarkets.WhereinaMemberStatethereisa
singlerepresentativemarket,heldseveraltimesduring
theseven-dayperiodreferredtoinArticle2(1),the
priceofeachqualityshallbeequaltothearithmetic
averageofthequotationsrecordedduringeach
market.
2.WithregardtoItaly,thepriceofeachquality
shallbetheaverage,weightedbythespecial
weightingcoefficientslaiddowninAnnexII,ofthe
pricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficitproduction
zones.Thepricerecordedinthesurplusproduction
zoneshallbetheaverageofthequotationsrecorded
oneachofthemarketswithinthatzone.
Article4
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Where,thesequotationsdonotrelateto'liveweight
excludingtax'prices,thequotationsforthedifferent
qualitiesshallbecorrectedbytheliveweightcon­
versioncoefficientslaiddowninAnnexIIand,in
respectofItaly,shallbefirstincreasedorreduced
bythecorrectiveamountslaiddowninAnnexII.
Article5Thepriceofcalvesandadultbovineanimalsonthe
representative Communitymarketsreferredtoin
Article10(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shall
betheaverageofthepricesofcalvesandadult
bovineanimals,asthecasemaybe,weightedby
coefficientslaiddowninAnnexIrecordedonthe
representativemarketormarketsofeachMember
State.
However,themarketsoftheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg shallnotbetakenasrepresentative
marketsforaslongasthatMemberStatehasre­
course,inrespectoftheproductslistedinArticle1
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,totheprovisions
ofArticle1(1)oftheProtocolontheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg .1.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionnot
laterthanThursdayineachweekofthequotations
recordedontheirrepresentative marketsduringthe
seven-dayperiodprecedingthedayonwhichthe
informationisgiven.
ForBelgium,however,theperiodreferredtointhe
precedingsubparagraph shallincludethedayon
whichtheinformationisgiven.ThatMemberState
shallinformtheCommissiononThursdayofthe
quotationsrecordedonitsrepresentativemarketheld
onthatday.
2.Whereinformationisnotavailable,thequotations
recordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsshall
bedeterminedprimarilywithreferencetothelatest
quotationsknown.
3.TheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgshallinform'
theCommissionwithoutdelayofeachchangemade,
inrespectofproductslistedinArticle1ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,inpursuanceofthepro­
visionsofArticle1(1)oftheProtocolontheGrand
DuchyofLuxembourg .Article2
1.Thepriceofcalvesandadultbovineanimalson
therepresentativemarketormarketsofeachMember
Stateshallbetheaverage,weightedbycoefficients,
ofthepricesoccurringforthequalitiesofcalves,of
adultbovineanimalsandofthemeatoftheseani­
mals,duringaseven-dayperiodinthatMember
State,atthesamewholesalestage.
2.InAnnexIIarelaiddown:
Article6 (a)therepresentativemarketsofeachMemberState;
(b)thequalitiesofcalves,ofadultbovineanimals
andofthemeatoftheseanimals;ShouldoneormoreMemberStatestakemeasures,
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Article8
Theentirelevyreferredtoinparagraph5ofthe
BilateralAgreementof11January1968between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKing­
domofDenmarkoncattleforprocessingshallbe
equaltothatprovidedforinthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,
applicabletoadultbovineanimals.normaldevelopmentofquotationsrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmay:
—eitherdisregardthequotationsrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion;
—orusethelastquotationsrecordedonthemarket
ormarketsinquestionbeforethosemeasures
wereputintoeffect.
Wheretheprecedingsubparagraphappliesandifthe
situationreferredtointhatsubparagraph continues
fortwoconsecutiveweeks,adecisionshallbetaken
astowhetherthecriteriastatedaboveshouldbe
amendedorsetaside.Article9
SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle6ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1026/681of22July1968on
thecalculationofaspecialimportpriceforcalves
andadultbovineanimals,andtheprovisionsofthe
BilateralAgreementreferredtoinArticle8ofthis
Regulation,theleviesprovidedforinArticle10(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shallbefixedonce
aweekandshallbeapplicablefromtheMonday
followingthedayonwhichtheyarefixed.Article7
Foraslongasthepriceofcalvesorofadultbovine
animalsrecordedontherepresentative Community
markets,calculatedinaccordancewiththeforegoing
Articles,differsbylessthan0-20unitsofaccount
per100kgliveweightfromthepricepreviously
usedforthecalculationofthelevy,thelatterprice
shallbemaintained .Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29July
1968.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1968.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY
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ANNEXI
(a)CoefficientstobeusedincalculatingthepriceontherepresentativeCommunitymarketsfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsincaseswheretheGrandDuchyofLuxembourghasrecourse
totheprovisionsofArticle1(1)oftheProtocolontheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
Belgium ^5*2
Germany 27-5
France 41-0
Italy 19-0
Netherlands 7-3
(b)Coefficientstobeusedincalculatingthepriceontherepresentative Communitymarketsfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsincaseswheretheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgdoesnot
haverecoursetoArticle1(1)oftheProtocolontheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
Belgium 5*2
Germany 27-5
France 40-8
Italy 18-9
Luxembourg 0-3
Netherlands 7-3
ANNEXII
A.GERMANY
1.Representative markets:
Aachen Essen Kiel
Augsburg Frankfurt/Main Köln
Bochum Gelsenkirchen Mannheim
Braunschweig Hagen München
Bremen Hamburg Nürnberg
Dortmund Hannover Stuttgart
Duisburg Karslruhe Wiesbaden
Düsseldorf Kassel Wuppertal
2.Qualitiesandcoefficients:
Qualities Weightingcoefficients
(a)Adultbovineanimals
OchsenA 2-4
OchsenB 0-6
FärsenA 13-9
FärsenB 4-1
FärsenC 0-6
BullenA 24-4
BullenB 9-2
BullenC 1-0
KüheA 7-9
KüheB 22-4
KüheC 12-0
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(b)Calves
KälberA 49-7
KälberB 34-8
KälberC 12-9
KälberD 2-6
B.BELGIUM
1.Representative market:Anderlecht
2.Qualitiesandcoefficients:
Qualities Weightingcoefficients
(a)Adultbovineanimals
Génisses60% * 11*0
Génisses55% 13-0
Bœufs60% 7-0
Bœufs55% 8-0
Taureaux60% 10-0
Taureaux55% 13-0
Vaches55% - 10-0
Vaches50% 21-0
Bétaildefabrication 7*0
(b)Calves
Extrablancs 2-0
Bons 7-0
Ordinaires 76*0
Médiocres 15-0
C.FRANCE
1.Representative market:LaVillette
2.Qualitiesandcoefficients:
Qualities Liveweightconversion Weighting
coefficients coefficients
(a)Adultbovineanimals
Bœufsextra 58 15-0
BœufsIrequalité 55 21-0
Bœufs2mequalité 52 3*0
Bœufs3mequalité 49 2-0
Taureauxextra 60 1-0
TaureauxIrequalité 56 2*0
Vachesextraqualité 59 12-0
VachesIrequalité 54 12-0
Vaches2mequalité 51 23*0
Vaches3mequalité 47 9-0
(b)Calves
Veauxextra 63 27*0
VeauxIrequalité 60 35*0
Veaux2mequalité. 55 26*0
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D.ITALY
1.Representative markets:
Surplusproductionzone eficitproductionzone
Qualities
MarketsSpecial
weighting
coefficientsMarkeWeighting
coefficients
Vitellonilae2aqualità Firenze
Macerata
Padova
ReggioEmilia 67Roma 33
BuoiIae2âqualità Chivasso
Modena 67Roma 33
VaccheIae2aqualità Cremona
Macerata
Modena 67Roma 33
Vacche3aqualità Chivasso
Cremona 100——
Vitelli Cremona
Macerata
Padova
ReggioEmilia 67Roma 33
2.Qualitiesandcoefficients:
Qualities Liveweightconversion Weighting
coefficients 1coefficients
(a)Adultbovineanimals
Vitelloni1*qualita 58 27-0
Vitelloni2aqualitå 54 22-0
Buoilaqualità 55 7-0
Buoi2àqualità 50 11-0
Vacchelaquaità 55 8-0
Vacche2aqualità 49 15*0
Vacche3aqualità — 10-0
(b)Calves
Vitellilàqualità 61 60-0
Vitelli2aqualità 59 40-0
3.Corrections :
(a)ToobtaintheFlorencewholesalemarketprice,ex-farmpricesareincreasedbya
correctiveamountof4000unitsofaccount/100kgliveweight;
(b)CorrectiveamountstobeappliedtothequotationsrecordedontheRomemarket:
Amounts Amounts
Qualitiestobeadded tobededucted
u.a./lOOkg u.a./100kg
VitelloniIaqualità— 12-480
Vitelloni2aqualità— 12-480
BuoiIaqualità— 7-840
Buoi2aqualità— 7-840
VaccheIaqualità— 7-200
Vacche2aqualità— 7-200
VitelliIaqualità 7-360—
Vitelli2àqualità 7-360—
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E.LUXEMBOURG
1.Representative markets:LuxembourgandEsch-Sur-Alzette
2.Qualitiesandcoufficients :
Qualities lifeweightconversion "Weighting
coefficients coefficients
(a)Adultbovineanimals
Bœufs,génisses,tareauxAA 55 65-0
Bœufs,génisses,tareauxA 53 11-0
Bœufs,génisses,tareauxB 52 1-0
VachesAA 55 3-0
VachesA 53 14-0
VachesB * 52 6-0
(b)Calves 60 100-0
F.NETHERLANDS
1.Representative markets:
Adultbovineanimals:Rotterdam,'s-Hertogenbosch ,Zwolle;Calves:Barneveld,'s-Her­
togenbosch
2.Qualitiesandcoefficients :
Qualities Liveweightconversion Weighting
coefficients coefficients
(a)Adultbovineanimals
Slachtrunderen extra 62 10-0
Slachtrunderen lekwaliteit 58 40-0
Slachtrunderen 2ekwaliteit 56 32*0
Slachtrunderen 3ekwaliteit 52 10-0
Vettestieren 57 3-0
Worstkoeien 47 5-0
(b)Calves
Kalverenlekwaliteit — 25-0
Klaveren2ekwaliteit — 55-0
Kaveren3ekwalitei — 20-0