CELEX: 31973R2768
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2768/73 of the Commission of 11 October 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

12 . 10. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 285/ 19
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2768/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 11 October 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 currencics
                                                                         referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2493/73
pean Economic Community ;                                           to the quotations and other information known to
                                                                    the Commission that the levies at present in force
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                   should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   Regulation ;
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by
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
                                                                                              Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                    The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                lation (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 2493/73 (3) and sub­
sequent amending Regulations ;                                                                Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  To be classified as products falling within subhead­
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                 ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                 bb ), products must correspond to the definitions con­
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                   tained in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
     within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange                  2249/73 (4).
     based on their effective parity ;
                                                                                              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 15 October
     each of these currencies recorded for a given                   1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 11 October 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (') O J No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 24.
 (•) Oj No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973, p. 23.
 (•) OJ No L 257, 14. 9. 1973 , p. 19 .                              (*) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                  Levies applicable from 15 October 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                                (in H.a . JlOO kg)
       CCT                                                                                         Austria
                                                                                                                  Other third
    heading                                        Description of goods                           Sweden
                                                                                                                   countries
       Ho                                                                                        Switzerland
                                                                                                          Live weight
01.0 ?       Live animals of the bovine species :
             A. Domestic species :
                 II . Other :
                                                                                                     0(b )             0(b)
                       a ) Calves
                       b) Other :
                            I. Cows for immediate slaughter, the ment 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 )             0(b)
                                bb) Other
                                                                                                           Net weight
0MI1
             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 ·
                             I. 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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                                                                                                                                          (Itt H .a. /100 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)                                                                             0
                                                     bbb ) Other                                                              0                    0
                                           cc ) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                      0                    0
                                                22 . Boned or boneless                                                        0                    n
o ; ( w>                     Ment and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted , in brine ,
                            dried or sirioked :
                            C. Other :
                                I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                   n ) Meat :
                                       1 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                                 0                    0
                                       2 . Boned or boneless                                                                  0                    0
 (') 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 deternii ned by the competent authorities anil 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 .