OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 293
NoL174/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.7.68
REGULATION (EEC)No1026/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of22July1968
onthecalculationofaspecialimportpriceforcalvesandadultbovineanimals
casemaybe,mustbeadoptedasaspecialimport
priceifitisconsiderablylowerthantheimport
price;
Whereas,toavoiddisturbancesonthemarketsof
MemberStates,aspecialimportpriceshouldbe
adoptediftheresultofcalculationsmadeinaccord­
ancewiththeforegoingconsiderations differsbya
certainminimumamountfromtheimportprice;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThespecialimportpricereferredtoinArticle10(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shallbecalculated
forallexportingcountriesinrespectofwhichthe
conditionslaiddowninthisRegulationarefulfilled.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/681of27June1968onthecommonorganis­
ationofthemarketinbeefandveal,andinparticular
Articles10(5)and25thereof;
WhereasArticle10(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesincertaincircumstances forthe
calculationofaspecialimportprice;
Whereasthespecialimportpricemustbecalculated
onthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasing
possibilities ;whereas,inordertodeterminethese
purchasingpossibilities,accountshouldbetakenof
alloffersfordeliveryfree-at-Community-frontier
madebythirdcountriesotherthanthosetakenfor
thecalculationoftheimportprice,togetherwithall
otherinformationregardingthepricesoperativein
thosecountries;
Whereas,whenfrominformationavailabletothe
Commissionitappearsthatcertainoffersdonot
correspondtoactualpurchasingpossibilities,arenot
representative oftheactualtrendofpricesordo
notrelatetorepresentative quantities,suchoffers
mustbedisregarded;
Whereas,inordertoenableofferpricestobecom­
paredwiththeimportprice,itisnecessarytoadjust
theoffersforthevariouscategoriesoflivebovine
animalsbytakingintoaccountthedifferenceson
thirdcountrymarketsbetweenthepriceofthecat­
egoryofferedandtheimportprice;whereasthemost
representative marketsofthosecountriesshouldbe
takenforthispurpose;whereasitisdesirabletouse
thesamemethodfortheconversionoftheoffer
pricesformeatintoofferpricesforcalvesoradult
bovineanimals,asthecasemaybe;
Whereasthelowestoftheofferpricesadjustedor
convertedforcalvesoradultbovineanimals,astheArticle2
1.Thespecialimportpriceshallbecalculatedon
thebasisofthefree-at-Community-frontier offer
priceforeachofthecategoriesandcutsspecifiedin
paragraph2,onthebasisofthemostfavourable
purchasingpossibilitiesinthirdcountriesotherthan
thosewhosemarketshavebeentakenforthecal­
culationoftheimportprice,ascertainedinparticular
from:
(a)pricesgiveninthecustomsdocumentsac­
companyingtheproductsimportedfromsuch
otherthirdcountries;
(b)otherinformationconcerningtheexportprices
operativeinsuchotherthirdcountries.
2.Thecategoriesreferredtoinparagraph1are:
calves,heifers,cows,oxen,bulls.
Thecutsreferredtoinparagraph1arethedifferent
cutsofbeefandveallistedinSection(a)ofthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No805/68undertariff
sub-headingsNos02.01AII(a)1(aa)and02.01
AII(a)1(bb). OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.

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3.Thefollowingshallbedisregardedwhenpara­
graph1isapplied:
(a)offerpriceswhichdonotcorrespondtoactual
purchasingpossibilities ;
(b)offerpriceswhich,becauseofthedevelopment
ofpricesingeneralorfromtheinformation
available,donotseemtotheCommissiontobe
representative oftheactualtrendofpricesin
theexportingcountry;
(c)offerpricesrelatingtounrepresentative quan­
tities.2.Thespecialimportpriceofadultbovineanimals
shallbecalculatedonly:
(a)ifthefree-at-frontier offerpriceofadultbovine
animalsislowerbyatleast3-00unitsofaccount
per100kilogrammesliveweightthantheimport
pricereferredtoinArticle10(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,or
(b)ifthefree-at-frontier offerpriceofbeef,con­
vertedintothepriceforadultbovineanimals,is
lowerbyatleast3-00unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes liveweightthantheimport
pricereferredtoinArticle10(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68.
Thisspecialimportpriceshallbeequaltothelowest
free-at-frontier offerpriceforadultbovineanimals
resultingfromapplicationofArticle3.Article3
Article5
IncalculatingthespecialimportpricetheCom­
missionshallmakeuseoftheinformationsuppliedby
MemberStatesandofanyotherinformationavail­
abletoit.Thefree-at-frontier offerpriceshallbeadjusted:
(a)ifitrelatestocalvesoradultbovineanimals,by
takingintoaccountthedifferencebetweenthe
importpricereferredtoinArticle10(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68fortheproductin
questionandthepriceonthemostrepresenta­
tivethirdcountrymarketsforaproductofthe
samecategoryasthatoftheproductoffered;
(b)ifitrelatestovealorbeef,byconvertingitto
afree-at-frontier offerpriceforcalvesoradult
bovineanimals,asthecasemaybe,andby
takingintoaccountthedifferencebetweenthe
importpricereferredtoinArticle10(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68fortheproduct
fromwhichthismeatcomesandthepriceon
themostrepresentative thirdcountrymarkets
foraproductofthesamecategoryandcutas
thatoftheproductoffered.Article6
Thelevyresultingfromcalculationofthespecial
importpriceshallbeapplicablefromtheMonday
followingthedayonwhichitisfixeduntiltheday
onwhich,inapplicationofthisRegulation,itis
amendedorrevoked.
Ifthemarketsituationsorequires,however,another
daymaybeappointedforapplicationofthislevy.Article4
Article7
Eachweek,byWednesdayatthelatest,Member
Statesshallcommunicate totheCommissionby
telextheinformationonpricesinexportingcountries
receivedbythemduringtheprecedingweek,indi­
catingthequalityofproductsofferedand:
—foradultbovineanimals,thecategoryreferredto
inArticle2towhichtheybelong,1.Thespecialimportpriceforcalvesshallbecal­
culatedonly:
(a)ifthefree-at-frontier offerpriceofcalvesislower
byatleast300unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesliveweightthantheimportpricere­
ferredtoinArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68,or
(b)ifthefree-at-frontier offerpriceofveal,con­
vertedintothepriceforcalves,islowerbyat
least300unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes
liveweightthantheimportpricereferredtoin
Article10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68.
Thisspecialimportpriceshallbeequaltothelowest
free-at-frontier offerpriceforcalvesresultingfrom
applicationofArticle3.—formeat,thecut.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29July
1968.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1968.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY