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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No586/76
of15March1976
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
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 ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68(!),of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinbeefandveal,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No568/76(2),andinparticular
Article13(6)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle13(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthefrozen
meatlistedinSection(c)oftheAnnextothatRegula­
tion;whereasthelevyonproductsfallingwithin
subheading02.01AIIa)2aa)isequaltothediffer­
encebetween :
—theguidepriceforthecorresponding product
multipliedbyacoefficientexpressingtheratio
existingintheCommunitybetweenthepricefor
freshmeatofaqualitycompetitivewiththefrozen
meatinquestion,presentedinthesameform,and
theaveragepriceforadultbovineanimals,and
—thepriceontheworldmarketforfrozenmeat,
basedonthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­
nitiesamongthosewhicharemostrepresentative ,
asregardsqualityandquantity,ofthedevelop­
mentofthismarket,pluscustomsdutyanda
standardamountrepresentingthespecificcosts
incurredinimportingtrozenmeat;
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
990/68of15July1968ongeneralrulesforfixingthe
levyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandvealprovides
thattheguidepriceforthecorresponding productis
theguidepriceforadultbovineanimals(3);whereas
thisguidepricewasfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No558/76of15March1976(4).
Whereastheabovementioned coefficient,calculated
inaccordancewiththerulescontainedinArticle13
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68wasfixedat1-53
byCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2260/73of17
August1973determiningthebasesforcalculatingthe
levyoncertainkindsoffrozenbeefandveal(5),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1160/74(6);
WhereasArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)No990/68
providesthatthemostfavourablepurchasingopportu­Whereasoffersontheworldmarketareconverted
intofree-at-Community-frontier offersbytakinginto
accountthenormaltransportandinsurancecostsof
whichtheCommissionhasknowledge ;
WhereasthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle13
(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68isfixedat5-5
unitsofaccountper100kg;
Whereas,aslongastheworldmarketpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthat1unitofaccountper100kg
fromtheworldmarketpricepreviouslyused,thelatter
priceismaintained ;
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.28.
(3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.12.
(4)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.4.
(5)OJNoL233,21.8.1973,p.10.
(')OJNoL127,9.5.1974,p.32.WhereasArticle13(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No805/
68providesthat,forthefrozenmeatlistedinSection
(c)oftheAnnextothatRegulationundersubheadings
02.01AIIa)2bb),02.01AIIa)2cc)and02.01AII
a)2dd),thelevyisequaltothelevyontheproductin
thesameSectionundersubheading02.01AIIa)2aa)

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—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheprovisionsof
theabovementioned Regulationstothequotations
andotherinformation knowntotheCommission that
theleviesonfrozenmeatshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1multipliedbythefixedcoefficientforeachofthe
productsinquestion;whereasthiscoefficientwas
fixedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No2260/73;
whereasthatRegulationalsodefinestherequirements
tobemetbycertainproductsforwhichthelevyis
fixedbymeansofthesecoefficients ;
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
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustofrisTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;TheleviesreferredtoinArticle13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68arefixedasshownintheAnnexto
thisRegulation .
Article2
Tobeclassifiedasproductsfallingwithin:
—subheading02.01AIIa)2aa),
—subheading02.01AIIa)2bb)andcc),
—subheading02.01AIIa)2dd)and22bbb).
Productsmustcorrespondtothedefinitionforthe
productinquestioncontainedinRegulation (EEC)
No2260/73.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15March
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
Leviesapplicablefrom15March1976toimportsfromthirdcountries(1)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsLevyin
u.a./100k«
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 108-171
bb)Forequarters 86-537(a)
cc)Hindquarters 135-214
dd)Other:
11.Unboned(bone-in) 162-257
22.Bonedorboneless:
aaa)Forequarters ,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,eachquarterbeingin
asingleblock;'compensated'quartersin
twoblocks,oneofwhichcontainsthe
forequarter,wholeorcutintoamaxi­
mumoffivepieces,andtheother,the
hindquarter,excludingthetenderloin,in
onepiece 135-214(a)
bbb)Crop,chuckandbladeandbrisketcuts(b)135-214(a)
ccc)Other 186-054(a)
(i)InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No1599/75theleviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrench
overseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe'overseas
countriesandterritories'.
(■)SubjecttotheprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No1063/74(OJNoL119,1.5.1974,p.70)wherethese
productsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68
of27June1968andintheprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyistotallyorpartiallysuspended
inaccordancewiththeseprovisions.
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaiddownby
thecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .