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266 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
NoL169/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.7.68
REGULATION (EEC)No990/68OFTHECOUNCIL
of15July1968
ongeneralrulesforfixingthelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandveal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/681of27June1968onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle13(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
mission;
Whereastheguidepriceofthecorresponding pro­
ductisafactorinthecalculationofthelevyon
frozenmeats;whereastheformulalaiddownfor
suchcalculationwouldconsequently givedifferent
resultsforbeefandveal;whereasinviewofthe
difficulty,indeedtheimpossibilityincertaincases,of
distinguishing frozenvealfromfrozenbeefatthe
timeofimportation ,itisnecessarytostipulatethat
theabove-mentioned calculationshouldbebasedin
allcasesontheguidepriceforadultbovineanimals;
whereasthechoiceofthisguidepriceisconsistent,
moreover,withthemethodofcalculationinArticle
13ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,sincetheother
factorsinthiscalculationeitherdonotdistinguish
betweenthetwocategoriesofmeatorrefertoadult
bovineanimals;
WhereasthecoefficientmentionedinArticle13(2)
(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,expressesthe
ratioexistingintheCommunitybetweentheprice
forfreshmeatofaqualitycompetitivewiththe
frozenmeatinquestion,presentedinthesameform,
andtheaveragepriceforadultbovineanimals;
Whereassufficientlyrepresentativequotationsforthe
differentqualitiesoffreshmeatdonotexistineach
MemberState;whereasthepriceofthismeatshould
thereforebedeterminedfromthepriceresultingfrom
averagingthepricesofadultbovineanimalsfor
processingandofadultbovineanimalsofaverage
qualityforconsumption weightedbyfixedcoef­
ficientswhichtakeaccountofthequantitativeratio
existingonimportationbetweenfrozenmeatsfor
thesetwouses,suchaveragebeingobtainedbymeansofcoefficientsexpressingthevalueratiobetween
themeatinquestionandthatofadultbovine
animals;
Whereasforrecordingthepricesofthesequalities
ofadultbovineanimalsthemethoddescribedin
Article10(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68should
beemployed,accountshouldbetakenoftherela­
tivemagnitudeofthebovinestockofeachMember
Stateandthepricesshouldberecordedoveraperiod
whichissufficientlyrepresentative oftheCommunity
marketsituation;
Whereas,withregardtothepriceofadultbovine
animalsmentionedinArticle13(2)(a)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,themethoddescribedin
Article10(4)ofthatRegulationshouldbeemployed
andthepricerecordedoverthesameperiod;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle13(2)(b)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,theworldmarketpriceforfrozen
meatshouldbebasedonthemostfavourablepur­
chasingopportunitiesamongthosewhicharemost
representative ,asregardsqualityandquantity,of
thetrendofthatmarket;
Whereas,tomakeitcomparablewiththeguide
price,theworldmarketpriceshouldbedetermined
inthefirstplacewithreferencetofree-at-Community ­
frontieroffersor,wheresuchoffersarenotsuf­
ficientlyrepresentative ofthemarketsituation,to
worldmarketoffersdeliveredfree-at-Community ­
frontier;
Whereas,sothatthemaximuminformationmaybe
obtained,alltheproductslistedinsection(c)ofthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No805/68shouldbe
takenintoaccount;whereas,forsuchproducts
whicharenotcoveredbythefirstsubparagraph of
Article13(2)ofthatRegulation,theofferprice
shouldbeconvertedintoapricerelatingtothepro­
ductscoveredbythatsubparagraph bymeansof
coefficientswhichcanbethosereferredtoinArticle
13(3)ofthatRegulation;
Whereas,toavoidtoofrequentalterationofthelevy,
acertainmarginshouldbeallowedwithinwhich
variationsinthefactorsenteringintothecalculation
oftheworldmarketpricedonotentailanalteration
ofthatprice; 1OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1805/68shallbethepricedeterminedinaccordance
withArticle10(4)ofthatRegulationovertheperiod
mentionedintheprecedingparagraph.,
Theguidepriceforthecorresponding productre­
ferredtoinArticle13(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68shallbetheguidepriceforadultbovine
animals.Article3
Atleastonceayearthefactorsenteringintothe
calculationofthecoefficentmentionedinArticle
13(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shallbe
reviewed.Article2
Article4
1.Themostfavourablepurchasingopportunities
amongthosewhicharemostrepresentative ,asre­
gardsqualityandquantity,ofthetrendoftheworld
market,asmentionedinArticle13(2)(b)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,shallbedeterminedinthe
firstplacewithreferencetofree-at-Community ­
frontieroffersor,wheresuchoffersarenotsuf­
ficientlyrepresentative ofthemarketsituation,world
marketoffersdeliveredfree-at-Community-frontier
foreachoftheproductslistedinSection(c)ofthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No805/68.
Forproductsotherthanthosecoveredbythefirst
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)ofthatRegulation,
theofferpriceshallbeconvertedintoapricere­
latingtotheproductscoveredbythatsubparagraph
bymeansofthecoefficientsreferredtoinArticle
13(3)ofthatRegulation .
2.Noaccountshallbetakenofavariationinthe
worldmarketpricenotexceedinganamounttobe
determined .1.ThecoefficientmentionedinArticle13(2)(a)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68shallbecalculatedin
accordancewiththefollowingparagraphs .
2.Thepriceoffreshmeatofaqualitycompetitive
withfrozenmeatshallbedeterminedonthebasis
ofthepriceresultingfromaveragingthepricesof
representative qualities,convertedintopricesforcar­
casesor'halfcarcases.
(a)ofadultbovineanimalsforprocessingwithinthe
Community ;and
(b)ofadultbovineanimalsfordirectconsumptionin
theCommunity,
suchaveragebeingweightedbymeansoffixed
coefficientswhichtakeaccountofthequantitative
ratioexistingonimportationbetweenfrozenmeats
forthesameusesasthoseindicatedin(a)or(b).
3.Theaverageofthepricesforadultbovineani­
malsmentionedintheprecedingparagraphshallbe
determinedonthebasisofpricesrecordedonthe
representative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateforthequalitiesinquestion,accountbeing
takenoftherelativemagnitudeofthebovinestock
ofeachMemberStateoveraperiodwhichissuf­
ficientlyrepresentative oftheCommunitymarket
situation.
4.Theaveragepriceofadultbovineanimalsmen­
tionedinArticle13(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)NoArticle5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29July
1968.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels15July1968.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SEDATI