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REGULATION (EEC)No2194/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of10August1973
fixingtheimportleviesoncalvesandadultbovineanimalsandonbeefandvealother
thanfrozen
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No218/
73(4)of29January1973onthedetermination
oftheimportpriceandthespecialimportpricefor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsprovidesthatthe
importpriceistobecalculatedinaccordancewith
themethodsetoutinArticle4onthebasisofall
therepresentative free-at-frontier offerpricesinthe
Communityestablishedforeachofthecategories
andcutsspecifiedinArticle2,andascertainedinpar­
ticularfrom:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingtheproductsimportedfromsuchother
thirdcountries ;
(b)otherinformationconcerningtheexportprices
rulinginsuchothercountries;
Whereas,however,offerpriceswhichdonotcorres­
pondtoactualpurchasingpossibilitiesaretobedis­
regarded,asarealsoofferpricesrelatingtounrepre­
sentativequantities;whereasofferpriceswhich,
becauseofthedevelopmentofpricesingeneralor
fromtheinformationavailable,donotseemtobe
representative oftheactualtrendofpricesinthe
exportingcountryshouldalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,wherenofree-at-frontier offerpricecan
berecordedforoneormorecategoriesofliveani­
malsorofmeat,thelastavailablepricemustbe
usedforthecalculation ;
Whereastheimportpricemustbecalculatedonthe
firstandthirdThursdayofeachmonthforthepur­
poseofcalculatingtheleviesvalidfromthefollow­
ingMonday;whereas,however,ifcircumstances so
require,theimportpricemaybefixedonanother
dayofthesameweek;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2150/
73(5)of6August1973providesforthefixingof
thespecialimportpricereferredtoinArticle10(1)
(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68foradultbovine
animalsoriginatinginandcomingfromAustria,
SwedenandSwitzerlandonthebasisofquotations
onrepresentativemarketsinthesethirdcountries;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,as'lastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
thesecondsubparagraphofArticle10(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle10(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthat,wheretheimportpricefor
calvesoradultbovineanimals,afteradditionofthe
customsduty,islowerthantheguideprice,thedif­
ferencebetweenthelatterpriceandtheimportprice
plusthatadditionisoffsetbyalevyonimportsof
thatproduct;whereas,however,suchlevyistobe
fixedat:
—75°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethantheguidepricebutdoesnotexceed
102°/oofthatprice;
—50°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan102°/ooftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed104°/oofthatprice;
—25°/ooftheabovementioned difference,ifitis
foundthatthepriceoftheproductinquestionon
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity is
morethan104°/ooftheguidepricebutdoesnot
exceed106%ofthatprice;
—nil,ifitisfoundthatthepriceoftheproductin
questionontherepresentative marketsofthe
Communityismorethan106°/ooftheguide
price;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1192,73(3),
fixedtheguidepricesforcalvesandadultbovine
animalsvalidforthe1973/74marketingyear;
(l)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.197.1.p.23.
(s)OJNoL122.9.5.197.1,p.6.(4)OJNoL26,31.1.1973,p.16.
(4)OJNo'I.219,7.8.1973,p.15.

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Whereas,wherethereareseveralrepresentative mar­
ketsinaMemberState,thepriceofeachqualityis
theaverageofthequotationsrecordedoneachof
thesemarkets;whereas,whereinaMemberState
thereisasinglerepresentative market,heldseveral
timesduringtheseven-dayperiod,thepriceofeach
qualityistobeequaltothearithmeticmeanofquo­
tationsrecordedateachmarket;whereas,with
regardtoItaly,thepriceofeachqualityistheaver­
age,weightedbythespecialweightingcoefficients
laiddowninAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No320/
73,ofthepricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficit
productionareas;whereasthepricerecordedinthe
surplusproductionareaisequaltotheaverageofthe
quotationsrecordedoneachofthemarketswithin
thatarea;whereasfortheUnitedKingdomthe
weightedaverageofthepricesrecordedontherepre­
sentativemarketsinGreatBritainandinNorthern
Irelandaretobemultipliedbythecoefficientfixed
inthesaidAnnexII;Whereasthisspecialimportpriceiscalculatedonce
aweekandisusedtocalculateleviestakingeffect
ontheMondayfollowingthedayonwhichitis
fixed;whereas,however,nospecialimportpriceis
fixedifsuchpricewouldexceedbylessthan1unit
ofaccountper100kilogrammes liveweightthe
importpricefixed,pursuanttoArticle10(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68;asspecifiedinRe­
gulation(EEC)No218/73;
Whereas,ifoneormoreofthethirdcountries
referredtotake,notablyforhealthprotection
reasons,measuresaffectingpricesquotedontheir
markets,theCommissionmaybaseitselfonthelast
pricesrecordedbeforesuchmeasureswereputinto
effect;
Whereas,iftheimportpricediffersbylessthan0-50
unitofaccountper100kgliveweightfromthe
importpricepreviouslyusedtocalculatethelevy,
thelatterpricemustbemaintained ;
WhereasArticle.10(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatthepricerecordedontherepre­
sentativemarketsoftheCommunityisderivedfrom
thepricesrecordedontherepresentative marketor
marketsofeachMemberStateforthevariousquali­
ties—ofcalves,adultbovinesanimalsorthemeat
oftheseanimals,asthecasemaybe—aftertaking
intoaccounttherelativequantityofeachofsuch
qualitiesandtherelativemagnitudeofthebovine
stockofeachMemberState;
Whereasthepricesforcalvesandadultbovineani*
mals,recordedontherepresentative marketormar­
ketsofeachMemberState,isequaltotheaverage,
weightedbycoefficients,ofthepricesforthequali­
tiesofcalves,adultbovineanimalsandmeatof
theseanimalsformedduringaperiodofsevendays
inthatMemberStateatastandardwholesalestage;
whereastherepresentative markets,thequalitiesof
theproductsandtheweightingswerefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No320/
73(*)of31January1973onthedetermination of
thepricesforcalvesandadultbovineanimalson
therepresentative marketsoftheCommunity ;
Whereasthepricesofcalvesandadultbovineani­
malssoestablishedonthemarketormarketsof
eachofthenewMemberStatesmustbeincreasedby
thebasiccompensatory amountprovidedforinArt­
icle1(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
181/73(2)of23January1973layingdowngeneral
rulesforthesystemofcompensatory amountsfor
beefandveal;Whereas,wherethesequotationsdonotrelateto
'liveweightexcludingtax'prices,thequotationsfor
thedifferentqualitiesaretobecorrectedbythe
live-weightconversioncoefficientslaididowninAnnex
IItothatRegulationand,inrespectofItalyandthe
UnitedKingdom,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythe
correctiveamountslaiddowninthatAnnex;where­
asforIrelandthepricepercalfrecordedonthe
representativemarketistob£increasedbythecorrec­
tiveamountfixedinthatAnnexandsubsequently
convertedbackintoliveweightperunitofweight
byapplyingthecorrectivecoefficientfixedinthat
Annex:
Whereas,ifoneormoreMemberStatestakemea­
sures,suchashealthprotectionmeasures,which
affectthenormaldevelopment ofquotationsre­
cordedontheirmarkets,theCommissionmayeither
disregardthequotationsrecordedonthemarketor
marketsinquestionorusethelastquotations
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion
beforethosemeasureswereputintoeffect;
Whereas,whereinformation isnotavailable,the
quotationsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsaretobedeterminedwithparticularrefer­
encetothelatestknownquotations ;
Whereas,foraslongasthepricerecordedfor
calvesandadultbovineanimalsontherepresenta­
tiveCommunitymarketsdiffersbylessthan0-20
unitofaccountper100kgiliveweightfromthe
pricepreviouslyused,thelatterpriceistobemain­
tained:(')OJNoL36,8.2.1973,p.13.
(«)()|NoLIS,30.I.197Vp.9.

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Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle33(2)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporated intheCom­
monCustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesmustbefixedonceeachweek
andbevalidfromthefollowingMonday;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromtheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedRegulationsandinparticularfromthe
quotationsandotherinformationknowntothe
Commissionthattheleviesoncalves,adultbovine
animalsandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasArticle12(1)-ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatifalevyischargedon
calvesoradultbovineanimals,alevyisalsotobe
chargedonimportsofthemeatofcalvesoradult
bovineanimalsaslistedinSection(a)oftheAnnex
tothatRegulationundertariffsubheadingsNos
02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1bb);where­
asthislevyisequaltothelevychargedoncalves
oradultbovineanimals,asthecasemaybe,
adjustedbyacoefficientexpressingthevalueratio
betweenthemeatinquestionontheonehandand
calvesoradultbovineanimalsontheother;
WhereasArticle12(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatifthelevyischargedonadult
bovineanimals,alevyisalsotobechargedon
importsofthemeatlistedinSection(b)ofthe
AnnextothatRegulation;whereasthislevyis
equaltothelevychargedonadultbovineanimals,
multipliedbyastandardcoefficient ;
WhereasArticle12(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesthatthelevymaybechargedon
importsoftheproductslistedinSection(a)ofthe
AnnextothatRegulationundertariffsubheading
No02.01AIIa)1cc);whereasthislevyisequalto
thehighestlevyapplicabletocalvesoradultbovine
animals,multipliedbyastandardcoefficient ;
Whereasthestandardcoefficientsreferredtoabove
werefixedforeachoftheproductsinquestionin
theAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1025/68(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1987/71(2);
whereasthatRegulationalsodefinestherequire­
mentstobemetbycertainproductsforwhichthe
levyhasbeenfixedbymeansofthesecoefficients ;
Whereasleviesmustbefixedwithdueregardfor
obligationsarisingoutofinternationalagreements
concludedbytheCommunity ;whereasCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1925/73(3)of16July1973on
theleviesonimportsfromYugoslaviaofadult
bovineanimalsandmeatthereofshouldalsobe
takenintoaccount;Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticles10and12ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68shallbeasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ingsNos02.01AIIa)1aa)and02.01AIIa)1
bb),productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitions
containedinArticles1aand2ofRegulation (EEC)
No1025/68.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13August
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10August1973.
hortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(l)OJNoL174,23.7.1968,p.9.
(*)OJNoL209,15.9.1971,p.28.
(*)OfNo1-199,19.7.1973,p.I.

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom13August1973toimportsfromthirdcountries(1)
(inu.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAustria
Sweden
SwitzerlandOtherthird
countries
Liveweight
01.02 Liveanimalsofthebovinespecies:
A.Domesticspecies:
II.Other**:
a)Calves0(b)0(b)
b)Other:
1.Cowsforimmediateslaughter,themeatofwhichis
intendedforprocessing (a)0
2.Other:
aa)Notyethavinganypermanentteeth,ofaweight
ofnotlessthan350kgbutnotmorethan450kg
inthecaseofmaleanimals,orofnotlessthan
320kgbutnotmorethan420kginthecaseof
femaleanimals(c)
bb)Other0(b)00
(b)
Netweight
02-01MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals :
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals •
1.Freshorchilled:
aa)Ofcalves:
0
0
00
0
011.Carcasesandhalf-carcases
22.Separatedorunseparatedforequarters
33.Separatedorunseparatedhindquarters
bb)Ofadultanimals:
11.Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated 'quar­
ters:
aaa)Carcasesofaweightofnotlessthan180
kgbutnotmorethan270kgandhalf­
carcasesor'compensated 'quarters,ofa
weightofnotlessthan90kgbutnot
morethan135kg,withalowdegreeof
ossificationofthecartilages (morees­
peciallythoseofthesymphysispubisand
thevertebralapophyses),themeatof
whichisofalightpinkcolourandthe
fatofwhich,ofextremelyfinestructure,
iswhitetolightyellowincolour(c) 0
bbb)Other 0 0
22.Forequarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg,withalowdegree
ofossificationofthecartilages (more
especiallythoseofthevertebralapo­
physes),themeatofwhichisofalight
pinkcolourandthefatofwhich,of
extremelyfinestructure,iswhitetolight
yellowincolour(c) 0
bbb)Other 0 0

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(inu.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAustria
Sweden
SwitzerlandOtherthird
countries
Net/eight
02.01
(cont'd)55.Hindquarters :
aaa)Ofaweightofnotlessthan45kgbut
notmorethan68kg(notlessthan38kg
butnotmorethan61kginthecaseof
'Pistola'cuts),withalowdegreeof
ossificationofthecartilages (morees­
peciallythoseofthevertebralapophyses),
themeatofwhichisofalightpink
colourandthefatofwhich,ofextremely
finestructure,iswhitetolightyellowin
colour(c) 0
bbb)Other 0 0
cc)Othercutsofvealandbeef:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 0 0
22.Bonedorboneless 0 0
02(If. Meatandediblemeatoffals(exceptpoultryliver),salted,inbrine,
driedorsmoked:
C.Other:
1.Ofdomesticbovineanimals :
a)Meat:
1.Unboned (bone-in) 0 0
2.Bonedorboneless 0 0
(')Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproductsorigina­
tingintheAASMandOCT.
(a)Entryunderthissubheading issubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthoritiesandtothespecialconditionsatpre­
sentapplicabletocowsimportedunderthebilateralagreementoncattleforthefoodprocessingindustrybetweentheEuropeanCom­
munitiesandAustria.
(b)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle11ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968
andintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyiseitherrefundedornotcollectedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions .
(c)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofthecertificatereferredtoinparagraph2(c)ofProtocolNo1annexedtothe
tradeagreementbetweentheEECandtheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia .