CELEX: 31973R1516
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1516/73 of the Commission of 7 June 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

8 . 6 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 152/ 19
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1516/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 7 June 1973
                fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other
                                                             than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         was requested ;
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 1213/73
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/                    to the quotations and other information known to
68 ( 1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   the Commission that the kvies at present in force
                                                                      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 :
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                                              Article 1
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1213 /73 (3) and sub­
sequent amending Regulations ;                                        The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
                                                                      lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   the Annex to this Regulation .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                                                 Article 2
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other, at any given moment,                      To be classified as products falling within subhead­
    within a band of 2-25 °/o, a rate of exchange                     ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a ) 1
    based on their effective parity ;                                 bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on                      tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No
    the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of                   1025/68 (4).
                                                                                                 Article 3
    each of these currencies recorded for a given
    period, in relation to the Community currencies                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June
    referred to in the previous subparagraph ;                        1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 7 June 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 125 , 11 . 5 . 1973 , p . 19 .                            (4) OJ No L 174 , 23 . 7 . 1968 , p . 9.
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                                                              ANNEX
                       Levies applicable from 11 June 1973 to imports from third countries (1)
                CCT                                                                                   Levy in
              heading                                  Description of goods                        u . a . /100 kg
                No
                                                                                                   Live weight
            01.02     Live animals of the bovine species :
                      A. Domestic species :
                          II . Other :
                               a) Calves                                                            0          ( b)
                               b) Other :
                                  1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                      intended for processing (a)                                   0
                                  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
                                           female animals (c)                                       0
                                      bb) Other                                                     0          ( 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 animals :
                               a) Of domestic bovine animals •
                                  1 . Fresh or chilled :
                                      aa) Of calves :
                                           11 . Carcases and half-carcases                                  0
                                           22.  Separated or unseparated forequarters                       0
                                           33.  Separated or unseparated hindquarters                       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 colbur and the
                                                       fat of which, of extremely fine structure,
                                                       is white to light yellow in colour (c)               0
                                                bbb ) Other                                                 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
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                 CCT                                                                                                 Levy in
              heading                                      Description of goods                                    u. a. /100 kg
                  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
                                           cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                               11 . Unboned ( bone-in)                                                    0
                                               22. Boned or boneless                                                      0
           02 06            Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                            dried or sinoked :
                            C. Other :
                                1 . Of domestic bovine animals :
                                    a) Meat :
                                       1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                              0
                                       2 . Boned or boneless                                                              0
           (') Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas
               departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT.
           (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities and to
               the special conditions at present applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for
                the food processing industry between the European Communities 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 .