NoL87/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No723/94
of30March1994
fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,orlessthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthe
followingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanorequal
to98%oftheguideprice;
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%and
morethanorequalto96%oftheguideprice;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%and
morethanorequalto90%oftheguideprice;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%of
theguideprice;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3611/93(2),andinparticularArticle12(8)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No
805/68,alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferencetoa
percentageofthebasiclevy;WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thebasiclevyonthemeatspecifiedin
sections(a),(c)and(d)oftheAnnexheretoisequaltothe
basiclevydeterminedforbovineanimals,multipliedbya
standardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsin
question;whereasthesecoefficientsarefixedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No586/77of18March
1977layingdownrulesfortheapplicationoflevieson
beefandvealandamendingRegulation(EEC)No950/68
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3661/92(4);
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsforthe
1993/94marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1563/930;whereasCouncilRegulation(EC)
No719/94(6)extendsthecommercialization of1993/94
until30June1994;Whereasinrespectofbovineanimalsthebasiclevyis
determinedonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheCommunityfree-at-frontier offer
priceplustheamountofthecustomsduty;whereasthe
Communityfree-at-frontier offerpriceisdeterminedin
thelightofthemostrepresentativepurchasingpossibili­
ties,asregardsqualityandquantity,recordedovera
certainperiodforbovineanimalsandforthefreshor
chilledmeatspecifiedinsection(a)oftheAnnextothe
saidRegulationunderCNcodes02011000,02011090,
02012020to02012050,accountbeingtakeninparti­
cularofthepositionwithrespecttosupplyanddemand,
ofworldmarketpricesforfrozenmeatofacategory
whichiscompetitivewithfreshorchilledmeatandof
pastexperience ;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsishigher
thantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthefol­
lowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequalto
102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%and
lessthanorequalto104%oftheguideprice;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%and
lessthanorequalto106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%of
theguideprice;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsisequaltoWhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1753/930
determinescertainpricesfixedinecusinthebeefand
vealsectorasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentsinthe
1992/93marketingyear;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No586/77stipulatesthatthe
basiclevyistobecalculatedaccordingtothemethodset
outinitsArticle3andonthebasisofalltherepresenta­
tivefree-at-frontier offerpricesoftheCommunitydeter­
minedfortheproductsofeachofthecategoriesandcuts
specifiedinArticle2andestablishedprincipallyby
referencetothepricesspecifiedinthecustomsdocu­
mentsaccompanying productsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesorfromotherinformationconcerningexportprices
obtaininginthosethirdcountries;
0OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL370,19.12.1992,p.16.
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(4OJNoL328,29.12.1993,p.7.0OJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.35.
(6)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.0OJNoL161,2.7.1993,p.44.

31.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/9
example,measuresaffectingthepricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmayusethelatestprices
recordedbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateinrespectofthevariouscategoriesofadultbovine
animalsorofmeatfromsuchanimals,aftertakinginto
accountthesizeofeachofthesecategoriesandtherela­
tivesizeofthebovineherdofeachMemberState:
Whereastherepresentativemarkets,categoriesandquali­
tiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No610/77of
18March1977onthedetermination ofpricesofadult
bovineanimalsonrepresentative Communitymarkets
andthesurveyofpricesofcertainothercattleinthe
Community(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1460/93(*);Whereas,however,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondto
realpurchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;offer
pricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovementof
pricesingeneralortheinformationavailablesuggeststhat
theyareunrepresentative ofthetruetrendofpricesinthe
countryoforigin;
Whereasincaseswhereforoneormorecategoriesof
bovineanimalsorcutsofmeatafree-at-frontier offer
pricecannotbeestablished,themostrecentavailable
priceshouldbeusedforthecalculation;
Whereasifthefree-at-frontier offerpricediffersbyless
thanECU0,60per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthat
previouslyusedforthecalculationofthelevy,thelatter
priceshouldberetained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68aspecialbasiclevyisdeterminedforcertain
thirdcountriesonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheaveragepricerecordedoveracertain
periodplustheamountofthecustomsduty;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No611/77('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1049/92(2),
providesthatthespeciallevyonproductsoriginatingin
andcomingfromAustria,SwedenandSwitzerlandshould
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheweightedaverageofthe
pricesofadultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresenta­
tivemarketsofthosethirdcountries;whereasthe
weightingcoefficientsandrepresentative marketsare
specifiedintheAnnexestoRegulation(EEC)No611/77;
WhereasCouncilDecision92/232/EECof1October
1991ontheconclusionofanAgreementintheformof
anexchangeoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofAustriaconcerningthe
adjustmentoftheCommunityimportarrangements
applicabletocertainbeefandvealsectorproductsorigi­
natinginAustria(3)laysdownnewprovisionsonprefe­
rentialimportsunderaseparatetariffquota;whereasthis
mustbetakenintoaccountwhentheleviesarefixed;
Whereastheaveragepriceisnottobeusedforcalcula­
tingthespeciallevyunlessitisatleastECU1,21per100
kilogramsofliveweightmorethanthefree-at-frontier
offerpricedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle10(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No805/68;
WhereasiftheaveragepricediffersbylessthanECU0,60
per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthatpreviously
usedtocalculatethelevy,thelattermayberetained;
Whereasincaseswhereoneormoreoftheabovemen­
tionedthirdcountriesadopt,forreasonsofhealthforWhereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets;whereas,forrepresentative marketsheld
severaltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceof
eachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearithmeticmean
ofthepricesrecordedoneachmarketday;whereasin
respectofItalythepriceofeachcategoryandquantityis
equaltotheaverage,weightedbythespecialweighting
coefficientsfixedinAnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No
610/77,ofthepricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficit
zones;whereasthepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedon
eachofthemarketswithinthatzone;whereasinrespect
oftheUnitedKingdomtheweightedaveragepricesof
adultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentative
marketsofGreatBritainontheonehandandNorthern
Irelandontheotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixed
intheabovementioned AnnexII;
Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax'aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex;
WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarketsthe
(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.14.0OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.7.
(3)OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.16.0OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.(jOJNoL143,15.6.1993,p.5.

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WhereasCouncilRegulations(EC)No3491/93(8)and
(EC)No3492/93(9),oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpart(10),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2235/93(n),andinparticularArticle1thereofintroduce
arrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2697/93(12),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No3358/93
(13),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingtheimport
arrangementsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregards
beef;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(H)and
(EC)No3642/93(1J)oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,oftheonepart,
andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No346/94(16)
laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrangements
providedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity (17)noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
Whereasthevariouscutsofbeefandvealaredefinedin
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Communitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
Whereasforsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentativeCommunitymarkets
differsbylessthanECU0,24per100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedbythe
Communitycontinuetobefulfilled;whereasthelevies
fixedmustbeconsistentwithinterimagreementsentered
intobytheCommunity ;whereasaccountshouldalsobe
takenofCouncilRegulation(EC)No3698/93of22
December1993concerningthearrangementsapplicable
totheimportintotheCommunityofproductsorigina­
tingintheRepublicsofBosnia-Herzegovina ,Croatiaand
SloveniaandtheformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedo­
nia('),whichprovidesforreductionsinthelevieson
certainproductsofthebeefandvealsectorimportedinto
theCommunity ;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)
No250/94(2)establishesdetailedrulesfortheimporta­
tionoftheseproducts;
Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofDecision
94/1/ECSC,ECoftheCouncilandCommission (3),
concerningtheconclusionoftheAgreementsonthe
EuropeanEconomicArea,betweentheEuropean
Community,theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
andtheirMemberStates,ontheonehand,andAustria,
Finland,Iceland,Norway,SwedenandLiechtenstein ,on
theotherhand,hereafterreferredtoasthe'EEAAgree­
ment';whereastheBilateralAgreementsonagriculture
betweentheCommunity,ontheonehand,andAustria
andFinland,ontheotherhand,enterintoforceatthe
sametimeastheEEAAgreement;whereasCommission
Regulation(EC)No266/94(4),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No394/940,laysdownfor1994detailedrulesfor
theapplicationoftheimportarrangementsforthese
productsoriginatinginSweden;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No235/94Q,laysdownthe
arrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
States:Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporatedinthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereastheleviesandspecialleviesarefixedbeforethe
27thdayofeachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirst
Mondayofthefollowingmonth;whereastheselevies
maybealteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswhere
thebasiclevyorspecialbasiclevyisaltered,orinthecase
ofchangesinthepricesrecordedonCommunityrepre­
sentativemarkets;
(8)OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.1.0OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.4.
HOJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(")OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.
(t2)OJNoL245,1.10.1993,p.75.
HOJNoL324,24.12.1993,p.38.
(14)OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16.
HOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17.(')OJNoL344,31.12.1993,p.1.0OJNoL31,4.2.1994,p.8.
(3)OJNoL1,3.1.1994,p.1.
(4)OJNoL32,5.2.1994,p.9.0OJNoL53,24.2.1994,p.13.
(4OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
0OJNoL30,3.2.1994,p.12.(16)OJNoL44,17.2.1994,p.15.
(17)OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.

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WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92('),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(2),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(3),amendedbyREgulation(EC)
No547/94(4);
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulation,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission,thelevieson
livecattleandbeefandvealotherthanfrozenmeat
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonlivecattleandbeefandvealother
thanfrozenmeatshallbeassetoutintheAnnextothe
presentRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4April1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(<)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
ROJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(3)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
MOJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

NoL87/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.94
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1994fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleand
onbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeCroatia/Slovenia/
Bosnia-Herzegovina /
FormerYugoslav
RepublicofMacedonia(3)Austria(4) Sweden/Switzerland Otherthirdcountries(2)
—Liveweight
01029005 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029021 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029029 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029041 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')(6)
01029049 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')(6)
01029051 23,058 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029059 23,058 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029061 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029069 — 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029071 23,058 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
01029079 23,058 17,086 0,000 131,433(')
—Netweight—
02011000 43,811 32,464 0,0000 249,723(')0
02012020 43,811 32,464 0,000Q 249,723(')0
02012030 35,049 25,971 0,0000 199,77800
02012050 52,573 38,957 0,0000 299,66700
02012090 — 48,696 0,0000 374,583(')0
02013000 — 55,701 0,0000 428,47100
02061095 — 55,701 0,000 428,4710
02102010 — 48,696 0,000 374,583
02102090 — 55,701 0,000 428,471
02109041 — 55,701 0,000 428,471
02109090 — 55,701 0,000 428,471
16025010 — 55,701 0,000 428,471
16029061 — 55,701 0,000 428,471
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectlyintotheFrenchoverseasdepartments,
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(3)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EC)No250/94,
(4)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsoftheAgreementbetweentheEECandAustria(OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.21).
(*)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandandHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunityand
theInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublic,BulgariaandRomaniaandtheCommunityandtheInterimAgreements
betweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublic,BulgariaandRomaniaandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccor­
dancewithCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2697/93,amended,orRegulation(EC)No346/94havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviesforeseenin
thoseRegulations .
(6)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandorHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunityand
theInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublicandtheCommunity ,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedin
accordancewithCommissionRegulation(EEC)No358/94(OJNoL46,18.2.1994,p.34)havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviesforeseeninthat
Regulation.
(JThelevymaybereducedinaccordancewiththeAgreementbetweentheCommunityandSweden(OJNoL346,31.12.1993,p.36)andRegulation(EC)
No266/94.