CELEX: 31973R2234
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2234/73 of the Commission of 16 August 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

17. 8 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 229/21
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2234/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 16 August 1973
              fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other
                                                             than frozen
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           period, in relation to the Community currencies
 COMM UNITIES,                                                             referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
pean Economic Community ;                                              provisions contained in Regulation (EEC ) No 2194/73
                                                                      to the quotations and other information known to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                    the Commission that the levies at present in force
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                     should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
 of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by                    Regulation ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2 ), and in particular
 Articles 10 (6) and 12 (7) thereof ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                                                    Article 1
 Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                 The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                   lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
 fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 2194/73 ( 3) ;                         the Annex to this Regulation .
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                  To be classified as products falling within subhead­
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a ) 1
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                     bb ), products must correspond to the definitions con
     within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange                    tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No
     based on their effective parity ;                                 1025/68 (4).
                                                                                                Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on
     the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 August
     each of these currencies recorded for a given                    1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in nil Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 16 August 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .
(•) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 .
(■) OJ No L 223 , 11 . 8 . 1973 , p . 13 .                            (*) OT No I 174, 23 . 7 . 196 *. p . *.
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                                                            ANNEX
                    Levies applicable from 20 August 1973 to imports from third countries
                                                                                                         (in u.a.1100 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 :
                                                                                          0      1b )      0       (b)
                     a ) Calves
                     b ) Other :
                         1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is           0
                             intended for processing ( a)
                         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                                0
                                  female animals ( c)
                                                                                          0       (b)      o       (b)
                             bb) Other
                                                                                                   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                             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)                          0
                                       bbb ) Other                                           0                 0
                                  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)                                             0
                                       bbb ) Other                                           0                 0
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                                                                                                                                          (in u.a . /100 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)                                                                           0
                                                     bbb ) Other                                                              0                  0
                                            cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                     0                  0
                                                2?.. Boned or boneless                                                       0                  0
02 Of,                      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 )                                                              0                  0
                                        2 . Boned or boneless                                                                0                  0
                  I                                                                                                                   I
H 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 determi 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 annexed to the
     trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .