NoL207/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.8.75
REGULATION (EEC)No2033/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of5August1975
amendingthedefinitionaslaiddowninRegulation (EEC)No1090/75(EXIM)of
productsfallingwithinCCTsubheading16.02BIIIb)1
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Article1
Article1ofRegulation (EEC)No1090/75isamended
toreadasfollows:
'Article1
1.TheproductsreferredtoArticle1(c)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,withtheexceptionof
thosespecifiedinparagraph2hereof,shallbe
subjecttothearrangements concerningimport
licenceslaiddowninArticle15ofthatRegula­
tion.
2.Noimportlicenceshallberequiredin
respectofthefollowingproductsfallingwithin
subheading16.02BIIIb)1:
(a)preparedorpreservedbeefandvealorbeefand
vealoffalputupinhermetically sealed
containersweighingnotmorethan5kgnet;
(b)cookedandfrozenbeefandvealputupin
hermeticallysealedcontainersweighingnot
morethan7kgnet;
3.ForthepurposesofthisRegulationthe
followingshallberegardedascookedandfrozen
meat:meatwhich,priortofreezing,hasbeen
subjectedtosufficientheattopreventthegrowth
ofClostridiumbotuliniumandwhichhas,inaddi­
tion,thefollowingcharacteristics :
—notraceofpinkishliquidonthesurfaceofa
crosssectionofmeatwhich,afterbeing
completelydefrosted,iscutatitsthickest
point;
—apHequaltoorgreaterthan5-5.
4.Meatandoffalwhichhasbeensubjectto
seasoning(withpepperandsalt,forexample),
whetherminced,cutuporinasinglepieceshall
notberegardedasfallingunderparagraph2(a)
above,irrespectiveofthetypeofpackinginwhich
itisputup.'HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1855/74(2),andinparticular
Article21(2)thereof;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1090/75(3)of23April1975ontheissuebywayof
protectivemeasuresofimportlicencesforcertainbeef
andvealproducts(EXIM),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1585/75(4),laiddownspecialimport
arrangements inrespectofthebeefandvealsector;
Whereastheprotectivemeasuresprovidedforhave
beenextended,inaccordancewithArticle1ofthe
saidRegulation ,toimportsofcertain-productsfalling
withinsubheading16.02BIIIb)1whichwereused
toreplacemeatforprocessing ;whereasithas
howeverbecomepossibletoallowlimitedquantities
oftheseproductstobeimported;
WhereastheconditionsontheCommunitymarket
whichledtotheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
continuetoobtain;whereastheCommunitymarket
inbeefandvealcontinuestobethreatenedasaresult
ofimportsbyseriousdisturbanceswhicharelikelyto
jeopardizetheobjectivesofArticle39oftheTreaty;
Whereastherehasbeenasteadygrowthintheimpor­
tationofseasonedmeatsexemptedundersubheading
16.02BIIIb)1fromtheprotectivemeasures;
whereasthetotalimportseffectedandtobeeffected
havereachedalevelincompatiblewithsoundmanage­
mentofthemarketinbeefandveal;
Whereasitthereforeappearsthatseasonedmeats
shouldnolongerbeexemptedfromthearrangements
laiddowninRegulation (EEC)No1090/75,
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(-)OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.
HOJNoL108,26.4.1975,p.1.
(4)OJNoL162,25.6.1975,p.7.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1975.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5August1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission