CELEX: 31975R0486
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 486/75 of the Commission of 27 February 1975 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

28 . 2 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 53/ 15
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 486/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 27 February 1975
                fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                      other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereds the guide prices for calves and adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                     animals valid from 3 March 1975 are fixed by Council
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 463/75 (3) of 27 February 1975 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                             Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 218 /73 (4)
                                                                 of 29 January 1973 on the determination of the
                                                                  import price and the special import price for calves
                                                                  and adult bovine animals, provides that the import
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      price is to be calculated in accordance with the
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                method set out in Article 4 on the basis of all the
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
                                                                  representative free-at-frontier offer prices in the
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular            Community established for each of the categories and
the second subparagraph of Article 10 (7) and Article             cuts specified in Article 2, and ascertained in parti­
1 2 (7) thereof ;                                                 cular from :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      (a) prices given in the customs documents accom­
Committee ;                                                              panying the products imported from such other
                                                                         third countries ;
                                                                  (b) other information concerning the export prices
Whereas Article 10 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68                    ruling in such other countries ;
provides that, where the import price for calves or
adult bovine animals , after addition of the customs
duty, is    lower than the guide price, the difference            Whereas, however, offer prices which do not corres­
between    the latter price and the import price plus that        pond to actual purchasing possibilities are to be disre­
addition   is offset by a levy on imports of that product ;       garded , as are also offer prices re'ating to unrepresenta­
whereas,    however, such levy is to be fixed at :                tive quantities ; whereas offer prices which , because of
                                                                  the development of prices in general or from the infor­
— 75 % of the abovementioned difference, if it is                 mation available, do not seem to be representative of
     found that the price of the product in question on           the actual trend of prices in the exporting country
     the representative markets of the Community is               should also be disregarded ;
     more than the guide price but does not exceed
     1 02 % of that price ;
                                                                  Whereas, where no free-at-frontier offer price can be
— 50 % of the abovementioned difference, if it is                 recorded for one or more categories of live animals or
     found that the price of the product in question on           of meat, the last available price must be used for the
     the representative markets of the Community is               calculation ;
     more than 102 % of the guide price but does not
     exceed 1 04 % of that price ;
                                                                  Whereas the import price must be calculated on the
— 25 % of the abovementioned difference , if it is                first and third Thursday of each month for the
     found that the price of the product in question on            purpose of > ilculating the levies valid from the
     the representative markets of the Community is                following Monday ; whereas, however, if circumstances
     more than 104 % of the guide price but does not              so require, the import price may be fixed on another
     exceed 1 06 % of that price ;                                day of the same week ;
— nil , if it is found that the price of the product in
     question on the representative markets of the                Whereas         Commission          Regulation ( EEC)   No
     Community is more than 106 % of the guide                     2150 /73 (5 ) of 6 August 1973 provides for the fixing of
     price ;
                                                                  (3 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 3 .
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                         (4 ) OJ No L 26, 31 . 1 . 1973 , p. 16.
(2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14 .                           ( 5 ) OJ No L 219 , 7 . 8 . 1973 , p. 15 .
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 the special import price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) (a)   new Member States must be increased by the basic
 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 for adult bovine                compensatory amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
 animals originating in and coming from Austria,                Council Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 (3) of 23 January
 Sweden and Switzerland on the basis of quotations on           1973 laying down general rules for the system of
 representative markets in these third countries ;             compensatory amounts for beef and veal ;
 Whereas this special import price is calculated once a
 week and is used to calculate levies taking effect on         Whereas, where there are several representative
 the Monday following the day on which it is fixed ;            markets in a Member State, the price of each quality is
 whereas, however, no special import price is fixed if          the average of the quotations recorded on each of
 such price would exceed by less than 1 unit of                 these markets ; whereas, where in a Member State
 account per 100 kilogrammes live weight the import             there is a single representative market, held several
 price fixed, pursuant to Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation        times during the seven-day period, the price of each
 (EEC) No 805/68 , as specified in Regulation (EEC)            quality is to be equal to the arithmetic mean of quota­
 No 218 / 73 ;                                                 tions recorded at each market ; whereas, with regard to
                                                                Italy, the price of each quality is the average, weighted
 Whereas, if one or more of the third countries                by the special weighting coefficients laid down in
 referred to take, notably for health protection reasons,      Annex II to amended Regulation (EEC) No 320/73, of
 measures affecting prices quoted on their markets, the         the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit produc­
 Commission may base itself on the last prices                  tion areas ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus
 recorded before such measures were put into effect ;           production area is equal to the average of the quota­
                                                               tions recorded on each of the markets within that
                                                               area ; whereas for the United Kingdom the weighted
 Whereas, if the import price differs by less than 0-50        average of the prices recorded on the representative
 unit of account per 100 kg live weight from the                markets in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland are
 import price previously used to calculate the levy, the        to be multiplied by the coefficient fixed in the said
 latter price must be maintained ;                             Annex II ;
Whereas Article 10 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
 provides that the price recorded on the representative        Whereas, where these quotations do not relate to ' live
 markets of the Community is derived from the prices           weight excluding tax' prices, the quotations for the
 recorded on the representative market or markets of           different qualities are to be corrected by the. live­
 each Member State for the various qualities — of              weight conversion coefficients laid down in Annex II
 calves, adult bovine animals or the meat of these              to that Regulation and, in respect of Italy and the
 animals, as the case may be — after taking into                United Kingdom , are first increased or reduced by the
 account the relative quantity of each of such qualities       corrective amounts laid down in that Annex ; whereas
 and the relative magnitude of the bovine stock of each         for Ireland the price per calf recorded on the represen­
Member State ;                                                  tative market is to be increased by the corrective
                                                               amount fixed in that Annex and subsequently
                                                               converted back into live weight per unit of weight by
Whereas the prices for calves and adult bovine
                                                               applying the corrective coefficient fixed in that
 animals, recorded on the representative market or             Annex ;
 markets of each Member State, is equal to the average,
weighted by coefficients, of the prices for the qualities
 of calves , adult bovine animals and meat of these
 animals formed during a period of seven days in that          Whereas ,     if  one    or  more       Member States    take
Member State at a standard wholesale stage ; whereas
                                                                measures, such as health protection measures, which
 the representative markets, the qualities of the
 products and the weightings were fixed in Annex II to         affect the normal development of quotations recorded
                                                               on their markets, the Commission may either disre­
 Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 320/73 (') of 31
                                                               gard the quotations recorded on the market or
January 1973 on the determination of the prices for
calves and adult bovine animals on the representative           markets in question or use the last quotations
                                                                recorded on the market or markets in question before
 markets of the Community, as last amended by Regu­            those measures were put into effect ;
 lation (EEC) No 251 5/74 (-);
Whereas the prices of calves and adult bovine animals
so established on the market or markets of each of the         Whereas, where information is not available, the quota­
                                                               tions recorded on representative Community markets
(■) OJ No L 36, 8 . 2. 1973, p. 13 .
(2) OJ No L 269, 4. 10 . 1974, p. 22.                          (•') OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 9 .
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are to be determined with particular reference to the              Whereas the levies for calves and veal are identical
latest known quotations ;                                          with those applicable to adult bovine animals and beef
                                                                   in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1 100/74 (3 ) of 3 May 1974 ;
Whereas, for as long as the price recorded for calves
and adult bovine animals on the representative                     Whereas, in accordance with Article 33 (2) of Regula­
Community markets differs by less than 0.20 unit of                tion (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for
account per 100 kg live weight from the price previ­               in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
ously used, the latter price is to be maintained ;                 Customs Tariff ;
                                                                   Whereas the levies must be fixed once each week and
Whereas Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                   be valid from the following Monday ;
provides that if a levy is charged on calves or adult
bovine animals, a levy is also to be charged on
imports of the meat of calves or adult bovine animals              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
is listed in Section (a) of the Annex to that Regulation           levies should be calculated on the following basis :
under tariff subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
A. II a) 1 bb) ; whereas this levy is equal to the levy                 relation to each other, at any given moment,
charged on calves or adult bovine animals, as the case                  within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based
may be, adjusted by a coefficient expressing the value                  on their effective parity ;
ratio between the meat in question on the one hand
ind calves or adult bovine animals on the other ;                  — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Whereas Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
provides that if the levy is charged on adult bovine                     in the previous subparagraph ;
animals, a levy is also to be charged on imports of the
neat listed in Section (b) of the Annex to that Regula­            Whereas it follows from the provisions of the above­
 ion ; whereas this levy is equal to the levy charged on           mentioned Regulations and in particular from the
adult bovine animals, multiplied by a standard coeffi­             quotations and other information known to the
cient ;                                                            Commission that the levies on calves, adult bovine
                                                                   animals and on       beef and veal    other than  frozen
                                                                   should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
Whereas Article 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68               tion ,
provides that the levy may be charged on imports of
 he products listed in Section (a) of the Annex to that
Regulation under tariff subheading 02.01 A II a) 1 cc) ;
whereas this levy is equal to the highest levy appli­               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cable to calves or adult bovine animals, multiplied by
t standard coefficient ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the standard coefficients referred to above
were fixed for each of the products in question in                 The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
 Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          tion (EEC) No 805/68 shall be as shown in the Annex
2249/73 (') of 17 August 1973, fixing the coefficients             to this Regulation .
 or calculating the levy on beef and veal other than
 rozen ; whereas that Regulation also defines the
 equirements to be met by certain products for which                                        Article 2
 he levy has been fixed by means of these coeffi­
cients ;                                                           To be classified as products falling within subheadings
                                                                   02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb), products
                                                                    must correspond to the definitions contained in
 Whereas levies must be fixed with due regard for obli­            Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 .
 gations arising out of international agreements
 concluded by the Community ; whereas Regulation
 EEC) No 2170/73 (2) of 31 July 1973 on the conclu­                                         Article 3
  ion of the Trade Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­
 blic of Yugoslavia should also be taken into account ;            This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
                                                                    1975 .
 ') OJ No L 230 , 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15 .
 !) OJ No L 224, 13 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .                           (3 ) OJ No L 122, 4. 5. 1974, p. 25 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
                       Levies applicable from 3 March 1975 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                               (in u.a. /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                                                               43.820 (b)         43.820 (b)
                        b) Other :
                           1. Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                               intended for processing (a)                                      43.820               —
                           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)                                                              43-820
                               bb) Other                                                        43-820 ( b)        43-820 ( 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                              83-258             83-258
                                   22.  Separated or unseparated forequarters                   66.606             66.606
                                   33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                   99.910             99.910
                               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)                              83-258
                                        bbb) Other                                              83-258             83-258
     '
                                   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)                                                66.606
                                        bbb ) Other                                             66.606             66.606
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                                                                                                                                        (in u.a./100 kg)
         CCT                                                                                                              Austria
                                                                                                                                          Other third
       heading                                           Description of goods                                             Sweden
                                                                                                                                           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)                                                                         99.910
                                                   bbb) Other                                                             99.910             99.910
                                         cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                              11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                     124.887           124.887
                                              22. Boned or boneless                                                      142-853           142.853
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)                                                               124.887           124.887
                                     2. Boned or boneless                                                                142-853           142-853
C1) Regulation (EEC) No 521/70, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 241/ 75, provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French
     overseas departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT.
(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 collected 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.