CELEX: 31974R0129
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 129/74 of the Commission of 17 January 1974 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

18 . 1 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 15/25
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 129/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 17 January 1974
               fixing the import levies on calves1 and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                      other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
COMMUNITIES,                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Economic Community ;                                              provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 72/74 tb
                                                                  the quotations and other information known to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Commission that the levies at present in force should
805/68 ( !) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­               be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
the second line of Article 10(7), and Article 12(7)               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
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) ;
                                                                                            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 subheadings
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in               Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                 products must correspond to the definition contained
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based           in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (4).
     on their effective parity ;
                                                                                            Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each             This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in           1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 January 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 .
(3) 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 21 January 1974 to imports from third countries (x )
                                                                                                                (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                                                                   0(b )             0(b )
                       b ) Other :
                            1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                                                                                   0-376
                                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                                 0-705
                                     female animals ( c)
                                bb ) Other                                                         0-940 ( b )       0-940 (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 :                                        i
                           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)                            1-340
                                          bbb ) Other                                             1-786             1-786
                                    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 )                                             1-072
                                          bbb) Other                                              1-429            1-429
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                                                                                                                                           (in u.a.HOO 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)                                                                          1-607
                                                     bbb) Other                                                             2-143              2-143
                                            cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                     2-679              2-679
                                                22 . Boned or boneless                                                      3-064              3-064
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)                                                               2-679              2-679
                                        2 . Boned or boneless                                                               3-064              3-064
 (') 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 annex I to the
       trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .