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REGULATION (EEC)No1024/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of22July1968
onthecalculationoftheimportpriceforcalvesandadultbovineanimals
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/681of27June1968onthecommonorganis­
ationofthemarketinbeefandveal,andinparticular
Article10(5)thereof;
WhereasArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68providesforimportpricestobecal­
culatedforbothcalvesandadultbovineanimals,on
thebasisofquotationsrecordedonthemostrep­
resentativemarketsofthirdcountries;munityandby1-25unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesliveweightincompensationfordifferences
ofqualityincomparisonwithcalvesintheCom­
munity;
Whereastheimportpriceforadultbovineanimals
canbefixedattheleveloftheaverage,weightedby
coefficientsexpressingtherelativevolumeofim­
portsfromDenmark,EnglandandWales,Austria
andIreland,ofquotationsrecordedforthevarious
representative qualitiesofadultbovineanimalson
themostrepresentative marketsoftheabove­
mentionedthirdcountries;
Whereasthesequotationscanbedeterminedfor
eachofthesaidthirdcountriesastheaverageofthe
quotationsforrepresentative qualitiesinthatthird
country;
Whereastheabove-mentioned weightedaverage
shouldbeincreasedby175unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes liveweight,representingthecost
oftransportofadultbovineanimalstothefrontiers
oftheCommunity ;
Whereasthethirdcountriesconcernedmaybeled,
particularlyonaccountofhealthprotectionregu­
lations,totakemeasureswhichaffectthequotations;
Whereasinsuchasituationitmightnotbeappro­
priatewhencalculatingtheimportpricetouse
quotationswhich-donotreflectthenormaltrend
ofthemarket;whereasconsequentlycertaincriteria
shouldbelaiddownwhichallowtheCommissionto
takeaccountofthissituation;
Whereas,toavoidtoofrequentalterationofthe
levy,acertainmargin ,shouldbeallowedwithin
whichvariationsinthefactorsenteringintothecal­
culationoftheimportpricedonotentailanalter­
ationinthatprice;Whereasthesepricequotationsshouldberecorded
onthemostrepresentative thirdcountrymarkets
whichhaveatradingstructureandasystemoflive
stockhusbandrysimilartothoseoftheCommunity ;
whereas,however,accountcanonlybetakenof
thirdcountrieswhichkeepregularrecordsofprice
quotations;
Whereas,inrecordingpricequotations,account
shouldbetakenofqualitiesofferedonthesemarkets
inwhichtherehastraditionallybeentradewiththe
Community ;
Whereastheimportpriceforcalvescanbefixedat
theleveloftheweightedaverageofquotations
recordedforthevariousqualitiesofcalvesonthe
mostrepresentative marketsofDenmark;whereas
theweightingmustbedonewithcoefficientswhich
reflectthequantityofeachqualityonthosemarkets;
Whereastheabove-mentioned weightedaverage
shouldbeincreasedbyT25unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes liveweightrepresentingthecost
oftransportofcalvestothefrontiersoftheCom­
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal;1OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1thirdcountriesmentionedinArticle1aboveshall
bedeterminedwithparticularreferencetothelatest
knownquotations.
Article3
Shouldoneormoreofthethirdcountriesmentioned
inArticle1takemeasures,suchashealthprotection
measures,whichaffectthequotationsrecordedon
theirmarkets,theCommissionmay:
—eitherdisregardthequotationsrecordedonthe
marketormarketsofthethirdcountriesin
question;or
—usethelastquotationsrecordedonthemarket
ormarketsofthethirdcountriesinquestion
beforethosemeasureswereputintoeffect.
Wheretheprecedingparagraphapplies,andifthe
situationreferredtointhatsubparagraph continues
fortwoconsecutiveweeks,adecisionshallbetaken
astowhetherthecriteriastatedaboveshouldbe
amendedorsetaside.1.Theimportpriceofcalves,withinthemeaning
ofArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,
shallbeequaltotheaverageofquotationsrecorded
forthevariousqualitiesofcalvesonthemostrep­
resentativemarketsofDenmark,increasedinaccord­
ancewiththefollowingsubparagraphafterweighting
accordingtothecoefficientssetoutinAnnexI.
Thisaverageshallbeincreasedby2-50unitsof
accountper100kilogrammesliveweight.
2.Theimportpriceofadultbovineanimals,within
themeaningofArticle10(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68,shallbeequaltotheaverageofthe
quotationsrecordedforthevariousqualitiesofadult
bovineanimalsonthemostrepresentative markets
ofDenmark,EnglandandWales,Austriaand
Ireland,increasedinaccordancewiththethird
subparagraph afterweightingaccordingtothe
coefficientssetoutinAnnexII.
Quotationsforadultbovineanimalsineachofthe
above-mentioned thirdcountriesshallbeequaltothe
averageofthequotationsfortherepresentative
qualitiesofthatthirdcountriy.
Theweightedaverageshallbeincreasedby1-75
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesliveweight.
3.Whereoneormoreofthethirdcountriesmen­
tionedintheaboveparagraphsgrantexportsubsidies,
thequotationsreferredtoaboveshallfirstbereduced
bytheamountofthosesubsidies.Article4
Foraslongastheimportprice,ofcalvesorofadult
bovineanimalsasthecasemaybe,calculatedin
accordancewiththeforegoingArticlesdiffersbyless
than050unitsofaccountper100kilogrammeslive
weightfromtheimportpricepreviouslyusedfor
calculationofthelevy,thelatterpriceshallbe
maintained .
Article2 Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29July
1968.Whereinformationisnotavailable,thequotations
recordedonthemostrepresentative marketsofthe
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1968.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY

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ANNEXI
Coefficientstobeusedincalculatingtheimportpriceforcalves
Feedercalves(Fedekalve)prime 64
1stclass 21
Suckingcalves(Madkekalve )prime 10
1stclass 5
ANNEX 11
Coefficientstobeusedincalculatingtheimportpriceforadultbovineanimals
Denmark 50
EnglandandWales 25
Austria 15
Ireland 10