CELEX: 31976R0659
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 659/76 of 25 March 1976 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

26. 3 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 80/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 659/76
                                                       of 25 March 1976
             fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                       other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establisning the European                                        Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                  The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       tion (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  the Annex to this Regulation .
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular the
second line of Article 10(7), and Article 12(7) thereof,                                     Article 2
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine              To be classified as products falling within subheadings
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb), products
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 58 5/76 (3), as amended               must correspond to the definition contained in Article
by Regulation (EEC) No 613/76 (4) ;                                2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (5).
Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 585/76                                           Article 3
to the quotations and other information known to the
Commission that the levies at present in force should             This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 March
be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,               1976 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
              Done at Brussels, 25 March 1976 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ  No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 28 .
(J) OJ  No L 69, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 38 .
(4) OJ  No L 73, 19 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 .                             (5) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                  Levies applicable from 29 March 1976 to imports from third countries C)
                                                                                                           (in u.s . / 100 kg)
      CCT                                                                                   Austria
                                                                                                             Other third
    heading                                   Description of goods                          Sweden
                                                                                                              countries
       No                                                                                 Switzerland
                                                                                                    Live weight
01.02       Live animals of the bovine species :
            A. Domestic species :
                II. Other :
                     a) Calves                                                              44-352 (b )        51-460 (b)
                     b) Other :
                        1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                            intended for processing (a)                                     44-352                __
                        2. Other :
                            aa) Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a weight
                                 of not less than 350 kg but not more than 450 kg
                                 in the case of male animals, or of not less than
                                 320 kg but not more than 420 kg in the case of
                                 female animals (c)                                                            51-460
                            bb) Other                                                       44-352 (b)         51-460 (b)
                                                                                                    Net weight
02.01       Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
            01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :
            A. Meat :
                II . Of bovine animals :
                     a) Of domestic bovine animals :
                        1 . Fresh or chilled :
                            aa ) Of calves :
                                  11 . Carcases and half-carcases                           84-269             97-774
                                  22.  Separated or unseparated forequarters                67-415             78-219
                                 33 .  Separated or unseparated hindquarters               101-123            117-329
                            bb) Of     adult animals :
                                 11 .  Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quar­
                                       ters :
                                       aaa) Carcases of a weight of not less than 180
                                              kg but not more than 270 kg and half­
                                              carcases or 'compensated' quarters of a
                                              weight of not less than 90 kg but not                                 '
                                              more than 135 kg, with a low degree of
                                              ossification of the cartilages ( more es­
                                              pecially those of the symphysis pubis and
                                              the vertebral apophyses), the meat of
                                              which is of a light pink colour and the
                                              fat of which , of extremely fine structure,
                                              is white to light yellow in colour (c)                           97-774
                                       bbb) Other                                           84-269             97-774
                                  22. Forequarters :
                                       aaa) Of a weight of not less than 45 kg but
                                              not more than 68 kg, with a low degree
                                              of ossification of the cartilages (more
                                              especially those of the vertebral apo­
                                              physes), the meat of which is of a light
                                              pink colour and the fat of which, of
                                              extremely fine structure, is white to light
                                              yellow in colour (c)                                             78-219
                                       bbb) Other                                           67-415             78-219
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                                                                                                                                        (in Μ.Λ./100 kg}
        CCT                                                                                                              Austria
                                                                                                                        Sweden
                                                                                                                                          Other third
      heading                                           Description of goods                                                               countries
         No                                                                                                           Switzerland
                                                                                                                                 Net weight
02.01                                        33. Hindquarters :
(cont'd)
                                                   aaa) Of a weight of not less than 45 kg but
                                                         not more than 68 kg (not less than 38 kg
                                                         but not more than 61 kg in the case of
                                                         'Pistola' cuts), with a low degree of
                                                         ossification of the cartilages (more es­
                                                        pecially those of the vertebral apophyses),
                                                         the meat of which is of a light pink
                                                         colour and the fat of which, of extremely
                                                         fine structure, is white to light yellow in
                                                        colour (c)                                                                        117-329
                                                   bbb) Other                                                          101-123            117-329
                                       cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                            11. Unboned (bone-in)                                                      126-403            146-661
                                            22. Boned or boneless                                                      144-588            167-760
02.06                    Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                         dried or smoked :
                         C. Other :
                             I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                a) Meat :
                                   1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                               126-403            146-661
                                   2. Boned or boneless                                                                144-588            167-760
(') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3329/75, provides that the levies are not applied to imports
    into the French overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and
    territories'.
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities and to the special conditions at present
    applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Communities
    and Austria .
(b) Where these products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and
    in the provisions adopted for its application , the levy is either refunded or not collccted in accordance with those provisions.
(c) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of the certificate referred to in paragraph 2 (c) of Protocol 1 , Annex I to the
    trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.