CELEX: 31974R0323
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 323/74 of the Commission of 7 February 1974 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

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                             REGULATION (EEC) No 323/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 7 February 1974
                fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                        other than frozen
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                               Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
                                                                    provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 72/74 to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       the quotations and other information known to the
 805/68 ( !) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                Commission that the levies at present in force should
 tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended               be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
 the second line of Article 10(7), and Article 12(7)
 thereof ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                Article 1
 Committee ;
                                                                   The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
 Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine               tion (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
 animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                the Annex to this Regulation .
 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                  72/74 (3)   and
 subsequent amending Regulations ;                                                           Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                To be classified as products falling within subheadings
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :               Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 products must correspond to the definition contained
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                  in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (4).
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                                             Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 February
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each               1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 February 1974.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p . 23 .
(') OJ No L 9 , 11 . 1 . 1974, p . 24.                             (4) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973, p . 15.
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                                                             ANNEX
               Levies applicable from 11 February 1974 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                            (in u.aJlOO k%)
      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                                                                  0(b )              0(b )
                     b ) Other :
                         1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat .of which is
                             intended for processing (a)                                       0-402
                         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                                 2-010
                                   female animals (c)
                             bb ) Other                                                        2-680 ( b)         2-680 ( 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 domestic bovine animals :
                     a) Of domestic bovine animals :
                         1 . Fresh or chilled :
                              aa ) Of calves :
                                    11 . Carcases and half-carcases                               0                  0
                                   22 .  Separated or unseparated forequarters                    0                  0
                                   33 .  Separated or unseparated hindquarters                    0                 0
                             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)                            3-819
                                         bbb) Other                                             5-092             5-092
                                    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)                                             3-055
                                         bbb) Other                                             4-074             4-074
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                                                                                                                                           (in u.a. 1100 kg)
         CCT                                                                                                                Austria
                                                                                                                                             Other third
       heading                                             Description of goods     '                                       Sweden
                                                                                                                          Switzerland         countries
         No
                                                                                                                                    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)                                                                           4-583
                                                    bbb) Other                                                               6-110              6-110
                                           cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                               11 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                      7-638               7-638
                                               22 . Boned or boneless                                                        8-737              8-737
02.06                        Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                            dried or smoked :
                             C. Other :
                                1 . Of domestic bovine animals :
                                    a) Meat :
                                       1 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                                7-638              7-638
                                       2 . Boned or boneless                                                                 8-737              8-737
 (J) Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products origina­
     ting in the AASM and OCT.
 (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determl ned by the competent authorities and to the special conditions at pre­
      sent applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Com­
      munities 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 No 1 annex I to the
      trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .