No C 344/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 12. 87 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common 
organization of the market in beef and veal 
COM(87) 513 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 November 1987) 
(87/C 344/02) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas the Community is a contracting party to the 
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System, hereinafter referred to as 
'the harmonized system', which is intended to replace the 
Convention of 15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the 
Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs; 
Whereas, from 1 January 1988, there is established by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (]) a combined 
goods nomenclature based on the harmonized system 
which will meet the requirements both of the Common 
Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the 
Community; 
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the 
descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which 
appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (2), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (3), according to 
the terms of the combined nomenclature based on the 
harmonized system; 
Whereas edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal may 
be classified, according to their essential character, in 
various subheadings of heading No 02.06 of the Common 
Customs Tariff presently in force; whereas, in the 
combined nomenclature based on the harmonized system, 
by way of simplification, a single subheading has been 
established to cover all edible flours and meals of meat or 
meat offal; whereas it is desirable that the said edible flours 
and meals of meat or meat offal be covered by Regulation 
(EEC) No 805/68; 
Whereas certain homogenized preparations of meat, meat 
offal or blood, preparations of animal blood, and stuffed pasta containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and 
the like, meat and meat offal, including fats, are classified in 
subheadings of heading No 16.02 of the Common Customs 
Tariff presently in force, wich are covered by Regulation 
(EEC) No 805/68; whereas, in the combined nomenclature 
based on the harmonized system, by way of simplification, 
single subheadings have been established for each of the 
aforementioned preparations; whereas it is desirable that 
the said preparations be covered by Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common 
organization of the markets in pigmeat (4), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No 000/88; whereas, as a con­
sequence, they should no longer be covered by Regulation 
(EEC) No 805/68; 
Whereas numerous Regulations in the beef and veal sector 
must be adapted in the light of the new nomenclature; 
whereas, under Article 15 of Regulation' (EEC) No 2658/ 
87, the changes made may be of a technical nature only; 
whereas, accordingly, a provision should be introduced 
whereby all other adjustments to Council or Commission 
Regulations on the common organization of the market in 
beef and veal should be made in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 805/68, provided that such adjustments are required 
solely as a result of the introduction of the harmonized 
system. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 is amended as follows: 
(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 
' 1. The common organization of the market in beef 
and veal shall comprise a price and trading system 
and cover the following products: 
(!) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
(3) OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
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CN code 
(a) 0102 90 10^37 
0201 
0202 
0206 10 95 
0206 29 91 
0210 20 
0210 90 41 
0210 90 90 
1602 50 10 
1602 90 61 
(b) 0102 10 00 
0206 10 91 
0206 10 99 
0206 21 00 
0206 22 90 
0206 29 99 
0210 90 49 
1502 00 91 
1602 50 90 
1602 90 69 Description 
Live animals of the domestic bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding 
animals 
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 
Thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled 
Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen 
Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 
Thick skirt and thin skirt, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 
Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 
Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals, uncooked; 
mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal 
Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine meat or offal, uncooked; 
mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal 
Live bovine pure-bred breeding animals 
Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled, 
other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products 
Edible offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen, other 
than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products 
Edible meat offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than 
thick skirt or thin skirt 
Fats of bovine animals, raw or rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-
extracted 
Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of bovine animals, other than 
uncooked meat or meat offal and mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked 
meat or offal 
Other prepared or preserved meat containing bovine meat or offal, other than 
uncooked and mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal' 
(b) The text of paragraph 2 (a) is replaced by the 
following: 
'(a) "bovine animals" means live animals of the 
domestics bovine species other than pure-bred 
breeding animals falling within subheadings 
0102 90 10 to 0102 90 37 of the combined 
nomenclature;' subheadings 0201 10 and 0201 20 11 to 0201 20 59 shall 
be decided on by the Commission where, for the 
qualities or groups of qualities in question, the 
following two conditions are met simultaneously: 
— the average Community market price recorded on 
the basis of the Community grid for the classification 
of beef carcases is less than 91 % of the intervention 
price, 
2. The first subparagraph of Article 6 (1) is replaced by the 
following: 
'The intervention agencies designated by the Member 
States shall buy in fresh or chilled meat referred to in 
section (a) of the Annex, under subheadings 0201 20 11 
to 0201 20 59.' 
3. Article 6a (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. Buying-in by the intervention agencies in one or 
more Member States or in a region of a Member State in 
respect of one or more qualities or groups of qualities to 
be determined of fresh or chilled meat falling within the average market price recorded on the basis of the 
said grid in the Member State or States or the region 
of a Member State is less than 87 % of the 
intervention price.' 
4. The second subparagraph of Article 10 (2) is replaced 
by the following: 
'The free-at-Community-frontier offer price shall be 
established by reference to the most representative 
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
tity, recorded over a period to be fixed preceding the 
determining of the basic levy, for bovine animals and for 
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fresh and chilled meat of the types set out in subheadings 
0201 10 and 0201 20 11 to 0201 20 59 of section (a) of 
the Annex, and taking into account inter alia: 
(a) the supply and demand situation; 
(b)the world market prices for frozen meat of a 
category which is competitive with fresh or chilled 
meat; 
(c) past experience.' 
5. Article 11 is amended as follows: 
(a) In paragraph 2, the introductory phrase is replaced 
by the following: 
'This levy shall be determined for frozen meat of the 
types set out in subheadings 0202 10 00 and 
0202 20 10 of section (b) of the Annex, by reference 
to the difference between:' 
(b) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following text: 
'4. For frozen meat of the types set out in 
subheadings 0202 20 30, 0202 20 50, 0202 20 90, 
0202 30 and for thick skirt and thin skirt of 
subheading 0206 29 91 of section (b) of the Annex, 
the basic levy shall be equal to the basic levy 
determined for the product referred to in paragraph 
2, multiplied by a flat-rate coefficient fixed for each 
of the products in question.' 7. The first and second indents of Article 16 (2) are 
replaced by the following: 
'— products falling within heading No 0201 and 
subheading 0206 10 95 originating in and coming 
from non-member countries which, by reason of the 
length of the sea voyage involved, comply with an 
agreement concluded with the Community in this 
matter which provides for adequate safeguards, 
— products falling within heading No 0202 and 
subheading 0206 29 91 originating in and coming 
from non-member countries which comply with an 
agreement concluded with the Community in this 
matter which provides for adequate safeguards.' 
8. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
The Commission, in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, 
shall make the necessary adaptations to Council or 
Commission acts concerning the common organization of 
the market in beef and veal which result from the 
application of Article 1. 
Article 3 
In Article 14 (1), the introductory phrase is replaced by 
the following: 
'Frozen meat intended for processing and listed in 
section (b) of the Annex under subheadings 0202 20 30, 
0202 30 and thick skirt and thin skirt of subheading 
0206 29 91 shall qualify, under the conditions laid down 
in this Article:' This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
ANNEX 
'ANNEX 
CN code 
Section (a) 
0201 
0201 10 
0201 20 
0201 20 11 
0201 20 19 
0201 20 31 
0201 20 39 Description 
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: 
— Carcases and half-carcases 
— Other cuts, with bone in: 
— — 'Compensated' quarters 
Unseparated or separated forequarters 
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0201 20 51 
0201 20 59 
0201 20 90 
0201 30 
ex 0206 10 
0206 10 95 
Section (b) 
0202 
0202 10 00 
0202 20 
0202 20 10 
0202 20 30 
0202 20 50 
0202 20 90 
0202 30 
ex 0206 29 
0206 29 91 
Section (c) 
0210 
0210 20 
0210 20 10 
0210 20 90 
ex 0210 90 
0210 90 41 
0210 90 90 
Section (d) 
ex 1602 50 
1602 50 10 
ex 1602 90 
1602 90 61 Description 
Unseparated or separated hindquarters 
Other 
— Boneless 
Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled: 
Other: 
Thick skirt and thin skirt 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen: 
— Carcases and half-carcases 
— Other cuts, with bone in: 
'Compensated' quarters 
Unseparated or separated forequarters 
Unseparated or separated hindquarters 
— — Other 
— Boneless 
Other edible offal of bovine animals, frozen: 
Thick skirt and thin skirt 
Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and 
meals of meat or meat offal: 
— Meat of bovine animals: 
— — With bone in 
— — Boneless 
— Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal: 
Offal: 
Of bovine animals: 
Thick skirt and thin skirt 
— — Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 
Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals: 
Uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal 
— Other, including preparations of blood of any animal: 
— — Other: 
Other: 
Other: 
Containing bovine meat or offal 
Uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked 
meat or offal'