NoL61/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.3.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No430/77
of14February1977
layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemofcompensatory amountsforbeefandveal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereascustomsdutiesbetweentheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedandthenewMemberStates
havebeengraduallyeliminatedandtheCom'mon
CustomsTariffhasbeengraduallyintroducedinthe
newMemberStates,sothattheeliminationofall
intra-Community customsdutiesandthefull-scale
applicationoftheCommonCustomsTariffin
respectofproductscoveredbyRegulation (EEC)No
805/68willbeachievedfromthebeginningofthe
1977/78marketingyear;whereas,inasystemthat
istotakeeffecton1April1977,itthereforeno
longerseemsnecessaryto'providefbrtheadjust­
mentofcompensatory amountsbytheincidenceof
customsduties;HavingregardtotheActofAccession,andin
particularArticle62(1).thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle90ofthe'ActofAc­
cession,Articles51and52applytoguidepricesin
thebeefandveallsector;
WhereasArticles51and52oftheActofAccession
providethatthepricestobeappliedinthenew
MemberStatescanbefixedatalevelwhichmaybe
differentfromthelevelofcommonprices;whereas,
pursuanttoArticle55oftheActofAccession,the
differencesinpricelevelsarecompensatedforby
asystemofcompensatory amounts;
Whereasthecompensatory amountsapplicablein
tradebetweentheCommunity asoriginally
constitutedandthenewMemberStates,andbetween
thoseStatesandthirdcountries,aretoequalthe
differencebetweenthepricesfixedforthenew
MemberStateconcernedandthecommonprices
adjusted,wherenecessary,bytheincidenceof
customsduties;
Whereas,forthebeefandvealsector,thegeneral
rulesofthesystemofcompensatory amountswere
laiddownbyRegulation (EEC)No181/73(*);
whereas,sincethearrangements applicableto
importsfromthirdcountrieslaiddowninCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968onthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinbeef,and
veal(2)wereamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
425/77(3),thesystemofcompensatory amounts
shouldbeadjustedaccordingly;Whereas,inviewoftheextentotftheamendments ,
itseemsadvisabletoreplaceRegulation (EEC)No
181/73;
Whereasifthelevyisreducedinaccordancewith
Article12ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68the
compensatory amountsshouldalsobereducedto
maintainCommunitypreference;whereasitisalso
necessary,inordertoavoiddeflectionsoftrade,to
applythesamereductiontotheamountsgrantedand
theamountslevied;
Whereasthecompensatory amountsapplicableto
thetypesofmeatreferredtointheAnnextoRegu­
lation(EEC)No805/68mustbederivedfromthe
compensatory amountsapplicabletobovineanimals;
whereastheyaanbederivedbyapplyingtheco­
efficientsusedtocalculatethelevies;whereas,
however,deflectionsoiftradearelikelytooccuras
aresultoftheapplicationofthesecoefficientssince
thepresentationofcertaincutsmaybeadvantageous
ordisadvantageous accordingtowhetheranamount
istobegrantedorlevied;whereastopreventsuch
deflectionsoftradeprovisionshoulldbemadefor
differentcoefficientstobeset;
WhereasArticle55(4)oftheActofAccession
providesthatnocompensatory amountshouldbe
fixedifitscalculationresultsinaminimalamount;
whereas,therefore,anamountshouldbefixedthat
canbeconsideredasminimal;(!)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.9.
(2)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
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applyingtheruleslaiddownforcalculationofthe
levyinaccordancewithArticle10(4)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68.
Article2
1.Thecompensatoryamountiformeatasspecified
inSection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)
No805/68andfallingwithinsubheading02.01AII
b)1,applicableintradebetweentheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandthenew(MemberStates,
andbetweenthoseMemberStatesandthird
countries,shallbeequaltothecompensatory
amountapplicabletobovineanimalsmultiplied
bythecoefficientreferredtoinArticle11(2)(a)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68.
2.Thecompensatoryamountsformeatasspecified
inSection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation ('EEC)No
805/68andfallingwithinsubheadings02.01AIIb)
2,02.01AIIb)3and02.01AIIb)4,applicablein
•tradebetweentheCommunityasoriginallycon­
stitutedandthenewMemberStatesandbetween
thoseMemberStatesandthirdcountries,shallbe
derivedfromthecompensatory amountapplicable
tothemeatreferredtoinparagraph1usingthe
coefficientsreferredtoinArticle11(4)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68.WhereasunderArticle55(3)oftheActofAcces­
sionthecompensatory amountsapplicableintrade
betweenthenewMemberStatesshallbedetermined
byreferencetothecompensatory amountsfixedfor
eachofthoseStates;whereasthisprovisionshould
bemademoreexplicitbyprovidingthatineachcase
theseamountsshouldequalthedifferenceinthe
pricesexistingbetweentheMemberStatesin
questionwhichwereusedtodeterminethecompen­
satoryamountsapplicableintradewiththe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted;
Whereas,sincethepurposeofcompensatoryamounts
inintra-Community tradeistopermitthemovement
ofproductsundersatisfactoryconditionsbetween
twoMemberStateswithdifferentpricelevels,a
compensatory amountshouldbeleviedforimports
intoaMemberStatewithahigherpriceleveland
conversely,suchanamountshouldbegrantedfor
exportstoaMemberStatewherethepricelevelis
lower;
WhereasArticle55(1)(a)oftheActofAccession,
whichstatesthatcompensatory amountsshouldbe
leviedbytheimportingMemberStateorgrantedby
theexportingMemberState,thereforeimpliesthat
thetaskoflevyingorgrantingtheseamounts
devolvesontheMemberStatewiththehigherprice
level;
Whereasrulesforthelevyingandgrantingof
compensatoryamountsshouldbefixedsoastoavoid
deflectionsoftrade,Article3
Thecompensatory amountsapplicableintrade
betweentwonewMemberStatesshallbeequalto
thedifferencebetweenthecompensatory amounts
applicableintradebetweeneachofthosenew
MemberStatesandtheCommunityasoriginally
constituted . HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article4
Thecompensatoryamountsmaybecalculatedusing
coefficientsotherthanthosereferredtoinArticles
1and2wherethisisnecessaryinordertoavoid
deflectionsoftrade.Article1
1.Thecompensatory amountsforbovineanimals,
applicableintradebetweentheCommunity as
originallyconstitutedandthenewMemberStates,
andbetweenthoseMemberStatesandthird
countries,shallbeequaltothedifferencebetween
theguidepriceapplicableineachofthenew
MemberStatesandtheguidepriceapplicableinthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted.
2.Thecompensatory amountsformeatasspecified
inSections(a),(c)and(d)oftheAnnextoRegula­
tion(EEC)No805/68,applicableintradebetween
theCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandthenew
MemberStates,andbetweenthoseMemlberStates
andthirdcountries,shallbederivedfromthe
compensatoryamountsreferredtoinparagraph1byArticle5
1.Iftheleviesarereducedinaccordancewith
Article12(1)and(5)ofRegulation (EJEC)NO805/68,
thecompensatory amountsapplicabletobovine
animalsandtothetypesofmeatreferredtoin
Articles1(2)and2shallbereducedbyanamount
equaltotheincidenceofthepercentagereduction
inthelevy,appliedtothecompensatory amountto
beleviedintradebetweenthenewMemberStates
andtheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted.

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2.Inthiscase,in'tradebetweennewMemberStates,
Article3shallapplytotheamountsresultingfrom
thereduction.
Article6
Nocompensatory amountshallbefixedaitlessthan
oneunitofaccountper100kilograms.
Article7
IntradebetweenthenewMemberStatesandbetween
thoseStatesandtheCommunityasoriginallycon­
stituted,thecompensatory amountsshallbelevied
orgrantedbythatoneofthetwoMemberStates
concernedinwhichtheguidepriceusedtofixthe
compensatory amountsisthehigher.
Article8
1.IntradebetweenthenewMemberSitatesand
thirdcountries,thecompensatory amountsshallbe
deductedfromleviesandrefunds.
2.Ifacompensatoryamountisfixedforaproduct
andtherefund,iffixedatall,islowerthanthis
compensatory amount,then,whentheproductin
questionisexportedtoathirdcountry,thenew
MemberStateconcernedmaylevyanamountequal
tonotmorethanthedifferencebetweenthe
compensatory amountandtherefundor,asthecase
maybe,equaltothecompensatoryamount.Article9
Thecompensatory amountappliedshallbethe
amountinforceonthedayofimportorexport.
Article10
Thedetailedrulesforthegranting,levyingand
recoveryofcompensatory amountsshallbeadopted
sothat,inparticular,deflectionsoftradeare
preventedandinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle27ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68.
RulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththesameprocedure.
Thecompensatory amountsshallbefixedbythe
Commission .
Article11
Regulation (EEC)No181/73isherebyrepealed.
Article12
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfromthebeginningofthe1977/78
marketingyear.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14February1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN