CELEX: 31973R2150
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2150/73 of the Commission of 6 August 1973 on the calculation of the special import price for adult bovine animals

7 . 8 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 219/ 15
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2150/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 6 August 1973
                   on the calculation of the special import price for adult bovine animals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas to prevent the levy from being altered too
COMMUNITIES,                                                        frequently a certain margin should be specified within
                                                                    which variations in the factors used to calculate the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               import price would not require any change in that
Economic Community ;                                                price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
805/68 ( ! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                are in accordance with the Opinion of the' Manage­
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended               ment Committee for Beef and Veal :
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
Article 10(6) thereof ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10(1 ) (a) of Regulation               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 805/68 , a special import price may be fixed
for calves and adult bovine animals originating in and
coming from third countries with a commercial struc­                                         Article 1
ture and systems of cattle production comparable to
those existing in the Community, on condition that
such countries keep a regular record of quoted prices ;             A special import price as referred to in Article 10 ( 1 )
                                                                    (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be fixed, in
Whereas a review of third-country markets has shown                 the matter provided in this Regulation, for adult
that a special import price may be applied in respect               bovine animals originating in and coming from
of adult bovine animals imported from Austria,                      Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
Sweden and Switzerland ; whereas the Governments of
 those countries have undertaken inter alia to notify
 regularly the prices recorded on the markets of their                                       Article 2
 countries ;
                                                                     1 . The special import price for adult bovine
 Whereas it is, therefore, necessary to lay down rules              animals shall be the average, as weighted by the coeffi­
 for determining prices and in particular to specify the            cients laid down in Annex I, of the quoted prices for
 most representative markets, the qualities to be taken             adult bovine animals in the third countries referred to
 into account, the weighting to be accorded to each                  in Article 1 .
 such quality and any corrective amounts required in
 order to make prices comparable ;                                   2.    Quoted prices for adult bovine animals in each
                                                                     of the third countries concerned shall be determined
 Whereas the prices thus determined for each of the                  having regard to the data indicated in Annex II .
 countries concerned should, moreover, be weighted
 according to the quantities generally imported into
 the Community from each such country ;                                                      Article 3
 Whereas, however, no special import price should be                 No special import price shall be fixed if such price
 fixed unless that price would be appreciably higher                 would exceed by less than 1 unit of account per 100
 than the import price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of            kilogrammes live weight the import price as fixed in
 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                        accordance with Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     805/ 68 .
 Whereas the third countries concerned may, in parti­
 cular because of health protection regulations, find it
  necessary to take measures affecting quoted prices ;                                       Article 4
 whereas in such cases it would not always be proper to
  take such prices into account as they would not reflect
  the normal trend of the market ; whereas criteria                  Should one or more of the third countries referred to
  should, therefore, be laid down which may be applied               in Article 1 take, in particular for health protection
  by the Commission in such a situation ;                             reasons, measures affecting the quoted prices recorded
                                                                     on their markets, the Commission may base itself on
 (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                            the prices last recorded on the market or markets in
   2 ) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 .                            question before such measures were put into effect.
                                                                                           A
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                       Article 5                             effect on the Monday following the day on which it
                                                             was fixed .
Where any special import price as calculated in accor­
dance with the foregoing Articles differs by less than
0-5 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes live weight                                   Article 7
from the price previously used to calculate the levy,
the latter price may continue to be applied.                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
                       Article 6                             the European Communities.                                 «
The special import price shall be calculated once            It shall apply for the first time for the calculation of
weekly and shall be used to calculate levies taking          levies from 13 August 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 6 August 1973 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                           The President
                                                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                       ANNEX 1
                   Coefficients to be used in calculating the import price for adult bovine animals :
                                        Austria                                72
                                        Sweden                                 25
                                        Switzerland                             3
                                                       ANNEX II
          A. Austria
             1 . Representative markets :
                 Linz, Salzburg, Vienna (arithmetic mean)
             2. Qualities and coefficients
                            Qualities                            Weighting '
                                                                coefficients
                 Stiere                                              53
                 Ochsen                                               4
                 Kalbinnen                                           10
                 Kiihe                                               33
          B. Sweden
             1 . Representative markets and weighting coefficients :
                 Stockholm (67), Goteborg (33)
             2. Qualities and coefficients
                            Qualities                         Coefficients for           Weighting
                                                              conversion into           coefficients_
                                                                live weight
                 Ko och aldre tjur    klass  1                       49                    13-5
                 Ko och aldre tjur    klass  1 —                     47                    15-8
                 Ko och aldre tjur    klass  2                       46                      8-4
                 Kviga + kokviga      klass  1                       51                    13-3
                 Kviga + kokviga      klass  1 —                     49                      7-1
                 Stut                  klass 1 +                     53                      4-1
                 Stut                  klass 1                       51                      4-4
                 Ungtjur               klass 1 -f                    55                    18-2
                 Ungtjur               klass 1                       53                    15-2
             3. Corrective amounts to be added to the quotations recorded
                 Ko och aldre tjur      : 72-00 Skr 100  kg,
                 Kviga + kokviga        : 78-00 Skr/100  kg,
                 Stut                   : 85-00 Skr/100  kg,
                 Ungtjur                : 92-00 Skr/100  kg.
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           C. Switzerland
              1 . Representative market (Quotation centre) :
                  Berne.
              2. Qualities and coefficients :
                            Qualities                         weighting
                                                             coefficients
                  Génisses et boeufs A                          18-8
                  G6nisses et boeufs B                            9-9
                  Genisses et boeufs C                            2-6
                ' Genisses et boeufs D                            1-7
                  Vaches A                                        4-7
                  Vaches B                                        3-1
                  Vaches C                                      14-6
                  Vaches D     "                                14-0
                  Vaches E              *                       15-6
                  Taureaux A 1                       .            7-5
                  Taureaux A 2                                    2-4
                  Taureaux B 1                                    2-0
                  Taureaux B 2                                    1-2
                  Taureaux C                                      1-0
                  Taureaux D                                      0*5
                  Taureaux E                                      0-4