NoL54/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No548/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of23February1973
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/
68(*)of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No187/73(2),andinparticular
Article13(6)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle13(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
thefrozenmeatlistedinSection(c)oftheAnnexto
thatRegulation ;whereasthelevyonproducts'
fallingwithinsubheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa)is
equaltothedifferencebetween:
—theguidepriceforthecorresponding product
multipliedbyacoefficientexpressingtheratio
existingintheCommunitybetweenthepricefor
freshmeatofaqualitycompetitivewiththe
frozenmeatinquestion,presentedinthesame
form,andtheaveragepriceforadultbovine
animals,and
—thepriceontheworldmarketforfrozenmeat,
basedonthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresenta­
tive,asregardsqualityandquantity,ofthedevel­
opmentofthismarket,pluscustomsdutyanda
standardamountrepresentingthespecificcosts
incurredinimportingfrozenmeat;
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.
990/68(3)of15July1968ongeneralrulesfor
fixingthelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefand
vealprovidesthattheguidepriceforthecorres­
pondingproductistheguidepriceforadultbovine
animals;whereasthisguidepricewasfixedby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1653/72(4)of31July
1972asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No236/
73(•);
Whereastheabovementioned coefficient,calculated
inaccordancewiththerulescontainedinArticle13
(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68wasfixedat
1-53byCommission Regulation (EEC)No1072/68(6)of25July1968determiningthebases
forcalculatingthelevyoncertainkindsoffrozen
beefandveal,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1986/71(7);
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No990/68
providesthatthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative
asregardsqualityandquantityasmentionedin
Article13(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
shouldbedeterminedinthefirstplacewithrefer­
encetofree-at-Community-frontier offersor,where
suchoffersarenotsufficientlyrepresentative ofthe
marketsituation,worldmarketoffersdeliveredfree­
at-Community-frontier foreachoftheproducts
listedinSection(c)oftheAnnextoRegulation .
(EEC)No805/68;whereas,forproductsotherthan
thosecoveredbythefirstsubparagraph ofArticle
13(2)ofthatRegulation,theofferpriceis
convertedintoapricerelatingtotheproducts ,
coveredbythatsubparagraphbymeansofthecoef­
ficientsreferredtoinArticle13(3)ofthatRegula­
tion;whereasthosecoefficientswerefixedinthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1072/68;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1072/68
providesthattheCommission ,whendetermining
theworldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle13(2)
(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68mustdisregard
offerpriceswhichdohotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingopportunitiesorwhichrelatetosmall
unrepresentative quantitiesortoqualitieswhich
differappreciablyfromthoseofthemajorityofthe
productsenteringworldtrade;whereasofferprices
whichtheCommissionbelieves,inviewofgeneral
pricemovementsorinformationavailabletoit,not
toberepresentative ofrealpricetrendsinthe
countryoforiginmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasoffersontheworldmarketareconverted
intofree-at-Community-frontier offersbytaking
intoaccountthenormaltransportandinsurance
costsofwhichtheCommissionhasknowledge;
WhereasthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle
13(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68isfixed
at3unitsofaccountper100kg;
Whereas,aslongastheworldmarketpricefor
frozenmeatdiffersbylessthat1unitofaccount
(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(*)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.23.
(»)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.12.
(*)OJNoL174,1.8.1972,p.55.
<8)OJNoL29,1.2.1973,p.8.(«)OJNoL180,26.7.1968,p.21.
(7)OJNoL209,15.9.1971,p.27.

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per100kgfromtheworldmarketpricepreviously
used,thelatterpriceismaintained ;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/
68providesthat,forthefrozenmeatlistedin
Section(c)oftheAnnextothatRegulationunder
subheadingsNos02.01AIIa)2bb),02.01AIIa)2
cc)and02.01AIIa)2dd),thelevyisequaltothe
levyontheproductinthesameSectionunder
subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa)multipliedbythe
fixedcoefficientforeachoftheproductsinques­
tion;whereasthiscoefficientwasfixedinthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1072/68;whereas
thatRegulationalsodefinestherequirementstobe
metbycertainproductsforwhichthelevyisfixed
bymeansofthesecoefficients ;
WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/j
68providesthat,wherefreequotationsonthe
worldmarketarenotadeterminingfactorforthe
offerpriceandwherethatpriceislowerthanthese
quotations,aspecialpricecalculatedonthebasis
oftheofferpriceissubstituted,solelyinrespectof
theimportsinquestion,fortheworldmarketprice'
forfrozenmeatreferredtoinparagraph2ofthat
Article;
Whereas,subjecttotheforegoing,thelevyreferred
toinArticle13(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68
isfixedbeforethe25thdayofeachmonthandis
applicablefromthefirstMondayofthefollowing
month;whereas,however,thelevyisalteredinthe
interveningperiodifthereisconsiderablefluctu­
ationintheworldmarketpriceforfrozenmeat;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporated inthe
CommonCustomsTariff;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheprovisionsof
theabovementioned Regulationstothequotations
andotherinformation knowntotheCommission
thattheleviesonfrozenmeatshouldbefixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithin:
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa);
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2bb)andcc);
productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitionforthe
productin.questioncontainedinRegulation (EEC)
No1072/68,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1986/71.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5March
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23February1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom5March1973toimportsfromthirdcountries(*)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
netweight
02.01MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
II.Ofbovineanimals:
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
2.Frozen:
aa)Carcases,half-carcasesor'compensated'quarters 0
bb)Forequarters 0(a)
cc)Hindquarters 0
dd)Other:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 0
22.Bonedorboneless:
aaa)Forequarters ,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,eachquarterbeingin
asingleblock;'compensated'quartersin
twoblocks,oneofwhichcontainsthe
forequarter,wholeorcutintoamaximum
offivepieces,andtheother,thehind­
quarter,excludingthetenderloin,inone
piece 0(a)
bbb)Other 0(a)
(')Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMandCCT.
(a)WheretheseproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No805/68of27June1968andintheprovisionsadopted'foritsapplication,thelevyistotallyorpartially
suspendedinaccordancewiththeseprovisions.