23.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL79/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No581/78
of22March1978
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
higherthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequals
thefollowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequal
to102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%
andlessthanorequalto104%oftheguide
price;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%
andlessthan106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%
oftheguideprice;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
equaltoorlessthantheguideprice,thelevyappli­
cableequalsthefollowingpercentageofthebasic
levy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanor
equalto98%oftheguideprice;
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%
andmorethanorequalto96%oftheguide
price;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%
andmorethanorequalto90%oftheguide
price;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%
oftheguideprice;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No425/77(2),andinparticular
Article12(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationwhereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferenceto
apercentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlisted
insection(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulation
undersubheading02.01AIIb)1,thebasiclevyis
determinedbyreferencetothedifferencebetween:
—theguidepricemultipliedbyacoefficientrepre­
sentingtheratioexistingintheCommunity
betweenthepriceoffreshmeatofacategory
competitivewiththefrozenmeatinquestion,
presentedinthesameform,andtheaverageprice
ofadultbovineanimals,and
—theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeat,plustheamountofthecustomsduty
andastandardamountrepresentingthespecific
costsoftheimportoperations ;
Whereas,byCommission Regulation (EEC)No
586/77of18March1977layingdownrulesforthe
applicationoftheleviesonbeefandvealand
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68onthe
CommonCustomsTariff(3),theabovementioned coef­
ficient,calculatedinaccordancewiththeruleslaid
downinArticle11(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68,hasbeenfixedat1-69unitsofaccountand
thestandardamountreferredtoinArticle11(2)(b)of
thesaidRegulationhasbeenfixedat5-5unitsof
account;Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsto
beappliedfrom2May1977havebeenfixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No869/77of26April
1977(4);
WhereastheCommunityfree-at-frontier offerprice
forfrozenmeatisdeterminedbyreferencetothe
worldmarketpricebasedonthemostrepresentative
purchasingpossibilities ,asregardsqualityandquan­
tity,recordedoveracertainperiodprecedingthe
fixingofthebasiclevy,takingintoaccountinparti­
cular:(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10. (4)OJNoL106,29.4.1977,p.12.

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—foreseeabledevelopments onthemarketinfrozen
meat,
—themostrepresentative pricesonthirdcountry
marketsforfreshandchilledmeatofacategory
whichiscompetitivewithfrozenmeat,
—pastexperience ;
Whereasthebasiclevyonthetypesoffrozenmeat
listedinsection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)
No805/68undersubheadings02.01AIIb)2to4is
equaltothebasiclevyfixedfortheproductfalling
withinsubheading02.01AIIb)1,multipliedbya
standardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsin
question;whereasthesecoefficientswerefixedin
AnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossiblitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesmaynotbetakenintoaccount;
whereasofferpricesarealsoexcludedwhenthemove­
mentofpricesingeneralortheinformationavailable
givesreasontobelievethattheyareunrepresentative
ofthetruetrendofpricesinthecountryoforigin;certainothercattleintheCommunity('),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No502/78(2);
Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresenta­
tivemarkets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecorded
oneachofthosemarkets;forrepresentative markets
heldseveraltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,the
priceofeachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearith­
meticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachmarket
day;whereasinrespectofItalythepriceofeachcate­
goryandqualityisequaltotheaverage,weightedby
thespecialweightingcoefficientsfixedinAnnexIIto
Regulation (EEC)No610/77,ofthepricesrecordedin
thesurplusanddeficitzones;whereastheprice
recordedinthesurpluszoneisequaltothearithmetic
meanofthepricesrecordedoneachofthemarkets
withinthatzone;whereasinrespectoftheUnited
Kingdomtheweightedaveragepricesofadultbovine
animalsrecordedontherepresentative marketsof
GreatBritainontheonehandandNorthernIreland
ontheotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixedin
theabovementioned AnnexII;
Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandquali­
tiesnotobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweight
excludingtax',aremultipliedbytheliveweight
conversioncoefficients fixedinAnnexIItothesaid
Regulationand,inthecaseofItaly,arefirstincreased
orreducedbythecorrectiveamountsfixedinthesaid
Annex;
WhereaifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinary
orhealthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasures
affectingthenormaltrendofpricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommission maydisregardtheprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion,oruse
thelatestpricesrecordedonthemarketormarketsin
questionbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereasintheabsenceofinformation ,prices
recordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsare
determinedmainlybyreferencetothemostrecently
recordedprices;
Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsdiffersbylessthan0-20unitofaccountper
100kilogramsofliveweightfromthepricepreviously
used,thelatterisretained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedby
theCommunitycontinuetobefulfilled.Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccount
per100kilogramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthe
calculationofthelevy,thelatterpriceisretained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalson
representative Communitymarketsisthepriceesta­
blishedonthebasisofpricesrecordedoveraperiod
tobedeterminedontherepresentative marketor
marketsofeachMemberStateforthevariouscatego­
riesofadultbovineanimalsorofmeatfromsuch
animals,takingintoaccountthesizeofeachofthese
categoriesandtherelativesizeofthebovineherdof
eachMemberState;
Whereasthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecorded
ontherepresentative marketormarketsofeach
MemberStateareequaltotheaverage,weightedby
therelevantcoefficients ,ofthepricesforthevarious
qualitiesofadultbovineanimalsormeatofsuch
animalsoveraperiodofsevendaysinthatMember
Stateataparticularwholesalemarketingstage;
whereastherepresentative markets,categoriesand
qualitiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsare
fixedinAnnexIItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No610/77of18March1977onthedetermination of
pricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative
Communitymarketsandthesurveyofpricesof(•)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(2)OJNoL68,10.3.1978,p.16.

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eachofthesecurrencies,recordedoveragiven
period,againsttheCommunitycurrenciesreferred
tointhepreviousindent;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheafore­
mentionedRegulations ,andinparticulartothedata
andquotationsavailabletotheCommission ,thelevies
onfrozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutinthe
AnnextothisRegulation ,Whereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefined
inRegulation (EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureusedinthisRegu­
lationisincorporated intheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayof
eachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirstMonday
ofthefollowingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybe
alteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswherethe
basiclevyisaltered,orinthecaseofchangesinthe
pricesrecordedonCommunity representative
markets;
Whereas,toenablethelevysystemtofunction
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedtocalculate
thelevies:
—forcurrencieswhosespotratesaremaintainedat
anygivenmomentwithinaspreadof2-25%,a
conversionratebasedontheiractualparvalues;
—forothercurrencies ,aconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotexchangeratesofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeas
specifiedintheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3April
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22March1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof22March1978fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeef
andveal(!)fortheperiodbeginning 3April1978
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheadingNo Levy
—Netweight—
02.01Alib)1 121.069
02.01Alib)2 96.856(a)
02.01Alib)3 151-336
02.01Allb)4aa) 181.604
02.01Allb)4bb)11 151.336(a)
02.01Alib)4bb)22(b) 151-336(a)
02.01AIIb)4bb)33 208-239(a)
(')InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No706/76,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories.
(a)WhereproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968
andinprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyistotallyorpartiallysuspendedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions .
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaiddownbythecompetentauthori­
tiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .