CELEX: 31977R0928
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 928/77 of 29 April 1977 laying down special rules for the application of accession compensatory amounts with a view to preventing deflections of trade in beef and veal

30 . 4. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 109/9
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 928/77
                                                      of 29 April 1977
                laying down special rules for the application of accession compensatory
                    amounts with a view to preventing deflections of trade in beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   aligned as necessary on those for carcases and half-car­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    cases of adult bovine animals ;
 Having regard to the Treaty of Accession,                       Whereas these special arrangements should be conti­
                                                                 nued and the text of the relevant provisions aligned
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    with the new rules of Regulation (EEC) No 430/77
 430/77 of 14 February 1977 laying down general rules            applicable since the beginning of the 1977/78
 for the system of compensatory amounts for beef and
                                                                 marketing year, Regulation (EEC) No 644/77 being
veal ('), and in particular the first paragraph of Article       accordingly repealed ;              '
 1 0 thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 430/77 the               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
accession compensatory amounts for beef and veal are             ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
calculated in accordance with the rules for calculating
the levies ; whereas that Regulation replaced Council
Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 of 23 January 1973                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
laying down general rules for the system of compensa­
tory amounts for beef and veal (2) ;                                                     Article 1
Whereas the amounts applicable to carcases and quar­
ters of adult bovine animals are much lower than                 Until 31 December 1977 the accession compensatory
                                                                 amounts for products falling within subheadings 02.01
those applicable to cuts of meat, particularly boned             A II a) 4, 02.01 A II b) 4 (aa) and (bb) 33, 02.06 C I a)
cuts ;
                                                                 and 16.02 B III b) 1 (aa) of the Common Customs
Whereas, since the latter products may readily be                Tariff shall, to the extent necessary to prevent deflec­
obtained from the former, the desire to take advantage           tions of trade or artificial trade flows, be fixed, by
of the difference in compensatory amounts created                alignment on the amounts for carcases and half-car­
artificial trade flows and thereby deflected trade to the        cases of adult bovine animals, at levels below those
financial detriment of the Community ;                           obtained by application of the rules laid down for the
                                                                 calculation of the levy.
Whereas in these circumstances the requisite
measures were taken by Commission Regulation                                             Article 2
(EEC) No 644/77 of 29 March 1977 laying down
special rules for the application of accession compen­           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 644/77 is hereby
satory amounts with a view to preventing deflection of           repealed.
trade in beef and veal (3), to put an end to such prac­
tices, the compensatory amounts for cuts and for                                         Article 3
meat, salted or in brine, as well as for other prepared
or preserved meat or meat offal, uncooked, being                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 May 1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 April 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3. 1977, p. 20 .
0 OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 9.
P) OJ No L 81 , 30 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 .