CELEX: 31973R2623
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2623/73 of the Commission of 27 September 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

28 . 9 . 73                         Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 271/19
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2623/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 27 September 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
   COMMUNITIES,
                                                                       referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                   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 (*), and in particular
  Articles 10 (6) and 12 (7) thereof ;                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION r
  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 (8) 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 %>, 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 1 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, 27 September 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 257, 14. 9. 1973, p. 19.                            (•) OJ No L 230, 18. 8. 1973, p. 15.
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                                                            ANNEX
                     Levies applicable from 1 October 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                              (in u.a. /100 kg)
      CCT                                                                                      ' Austria
                                                                                                 Sweden         Other third
    heading                                    Description of goods                                              countries
      No                                                                                      Switzerland
                                                                                                        Live weight
01 02        Live animals of the bovine species :
             A. Domestic species :
                 II. Other :
                                                                                                   0 (b)             0 (b)
                      a) Calves
                      b) Other :
                          1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is                   0
                              intended for processing (a)
                          2 . Other :
                              a?) 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
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
                                                                                                                         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                 0
 02 Oft                     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
(') 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 determined 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 .