4.10.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL269/19
REGULATION (EEC)No2514/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of3October1974
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1855/74(2),andinparticular
Article13(6)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle13(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthefrozen
meatlistedinSection(c)oftheAnnextothatRegula­
tion;whereasthelevyonproductsfallingwithin
subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa)isequaltothe
differencebetween :
—theguidepriceforthecorresponding product
multipliedbyacoefficientexpressingtheratio
existingintheCommunitybetweenthepricefor
freshmeatofaqualitycompetitivewiththefrozen
meatinquestion,presentedinthesameform,and
theaveragepriceforadultbovineanimals,and
—thepriceontheworldmarketforfrozenmeat,
basedonthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­
nitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative ,
asregardsqualityandquantity,ofthedevelop­
mentofthismarket,pluscustomsdutyanda
standardamountrepresentingthespecificcosts
incurredinimportingfrozenmeat;
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
990/68(3)of15July1968ongeneralrulesforfixing
thelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandveal
providesthattheguidepriceforthecorresponding
productisthe-guidepriceforadultbovineanimals;
whereasthisguidepricewasfixedbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No667/74(4)of28March1974and
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2496/74(5);
Whereastheabovementioned coefficient ,calculated
inaccordancewiththerulescontainedinArticle13
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68wasfixedat1-53
byCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2260/73(b)of
17August1973determiningthebasesforcalculating
thelevyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandveal,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1160/74(7);WhereasArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No990/68
providesthatthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­
nitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative as
regardsqualityandquantityasmentionedinArticle
13(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68shouldbe
determinedinthefirstplacewithreferencetofree-at­
Community-frontier offersor,wheresuchoffersare
notsufficientlyrepresentative ofthemarketsituation,
worldmarketoffersdeliveredfree-at-Community ­
frontierforeachoftheproductslistedinSection(c)of
theAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No805/68;whereas,
forproductsotherthanthosecoveredbythefirst
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)ofthatRegulation ,the
offerpriceisconvertedintoapricerelatingtothe
productscoveredbythatsubparagraph bymeansof
thecoefficientsreferredtoinArticle13(3)ofthat
Regulation ;whereasthosecoefficientswerefixedin
AnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No2260/73;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No2260/73
providesthattheCommission ,whendeterminingthe
worldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle13(2)(b)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68mustdisregardoffer
priceswhichdonotcorrespondtorealpurchasing
opportunities orwhichrelatetosmallunrepresenta­
tivequantitiesortoqualitieswhichdifferappreciably
fromthoseofthemajorityoftheproductsentering
worldtrade;whereasofferpriceswhichtheCommis­
sionbelieves,inviewofgeneralpricemovementsor
informationavailabletoit,nottoberepresentative of
realpricetrendsinthecountryoforiginmustalsobe
disregarded ;
Whereasoffersontheworldmarketareconverted
intofree-at-Community-frontier offersbvtakinginto
accountthenormaltransportandinsurancecostsof
whichtheCommissionhasknowledge ;
WhereasthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle13
(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68isfixedat5*5
unitsofaccountper100kg;
Whereas,aslongastheworldmarketpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthat1unitofaccountper100kg
fromtheworldmarketpricepreviouslyused,thelatter
priceismaintained ;
WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/
68providesthat,forthefrozenmeatlistedinSection
(c)oftheAnnextothatRegulationundersubheading
Nos02.01AIIa)2lib),02.01A11a)2cc)and02.01(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.
(3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.12.
(«)OJNoL8.5,29.3.1974,p.59.
(5)OJNoL268,3.10.1974,p.1.
(«)OJNoL233,21.8.1973,p.10.
7OJNoL127,9.5.1974,p.32.

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AIIa)2dd),thelevyisequaltothelevyonthe
productinthesameSectionundersubheadingNo
02.01AIIa)2aa)multipliedbythefixedcoefficient
foreachoftheproductsinquestion;whereasthis
coefficientwasfixedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No2260/73;whereasthatRegulationalsodefinesthe
requirements tobemetbycertainproductsforwhich
thelevyisfixedbymeansofthesecoefficients ;
WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesthat,wherefreequotationsontheworld
marketarenotadeterminingfactorfortheofferprice
andwherethatpriceislowerthanthesequotations,a
specialpricecalculatedonthebasisoftheofferprice
issubstituted,solelyinrespectoftheimportsinques­
tion,fortheworldmarketpriceforfrozenmeat
referredtoinparagraph2ofthatArticle;
Whereas,subjecttotheforegoing,thelevyreferredto
inArticle13(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68is
fixedbeforethe25thdayofeachmonthandisappli­
cablefromthefirstMondayofthefollowingmonth;
whereas,however,thelevyisalteredintheinter­
veningperiodifthereisconsiderablefluctuationin
theworldmarketpriceforfrozenmeat;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof225%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheprovisionsof
theabovementioned Regulationstothequotations
andotherinformationknowntotheCommission that
theleviesonfrozenmeatshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68arefixedasshownintheAnnexto
thisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithin:
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2aa),
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2bb)andcc),
—subheadingNo02.01AIIa)2dd)and22bbb).
Productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitionforthe
productinquestioncontainedinRegulation (EEC)
No2260/73.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7October
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3October1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom7October1974toimportsfromthirdcountries(1)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100kg
netweight
02.01MeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheadingNo
01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat:
11.Ofbovineanimals :
a)Ofdomesticbovineanimals:
2.Frozen:
aa)Carcases,half-carcases or'compensated'quarters 60-748
bb)Forequarters 48-598(a)
cc)Hindquarters 75-935
dd)Other:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 91-122
22.Bonedorboneless :
aaa)Forequarters ,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,eachquarterbeingin
asingleblock;'compensated 'quartersin
twoblocks,oneofwhichcontainsthe
forequarter ,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,andtheother,the
hindquarter ,excludingthetenderloin,in
onepiece 75-935(a)
bbb)Crop,chuckandbladeandbrisketcuts(b)75-935(a)
ccc)Other 104-487(a)
(')Regulation (EEC)No521/70providesthattheleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintothetrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAASMand(XT.
(a)SubjecttotheprovisionsofRegulation (FIX")No1063/74(OJNo1.119,1..5.1974,p.70)wherethese
productsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68
of27|une1968anilintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyistotallyorpartiallysuspended
inaccordancewiththeseprovisions .
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaiddownby
thecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .