CELEX: 31976R0305
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 305/76 of 12 February 1976 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

13. 2. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 38 / 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 305/76
                                                    of 12 February 1976
             fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                     other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                tion (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
of the market in beef and veal (J), as last amended by           the Annex to this Regulation.
Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), and in particular the
second line of Article 10(7), and Article 12(7) thereof,                                   Article 2
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were              To be classified as products falling within subheadings
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2070/75 (3), as last                 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb), products
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 256/76 (4) ;                       must correspond to the definition contained in Article
                                                                  2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (5).
Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
provisions contained in amended Regulation (EEC)
No 2070/75 to the quotations and other information                                         Article 3
known to the Commission that the levies at present in
force should be altered as shown in the Annex to this            This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
Regulation,                                                       1976 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 12 February 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(!)  OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.   '
(2)  OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.
(J ) OJ No L 210, 8 . 8 . 1975, p. 9 .
(4)  OJ No L 32, 6. 2. 1976, p. 9 .                               (5) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15.
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                                                          ANNEX
                 Levies applicable from 16 February 1976 to imports from third countries (')
                                                                                                            (in u.a.1100 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 :
                      a) Calves                                                              37.709 (b)         48.460 (b)
                      b) Other :
                         1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                    \        intended for processing (a)                                     37.709               _
                         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)                                                             48.460
                             bb) Other                                                       37.709 (b )        48.460 (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                             71.647             92.074
                                 22.  Separated or unseparated forequarters                  57.318             73.659
                                 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                  85.977            110.489
                             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)                             92.074
                                      bbb) Other                                             71.647             92.074
                                  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)                                               73.659
                                      bbb) Other                                             57.318             73.659
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                                                                                                                                       (in u.s.1100 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)                                                                        110.489
                                                  bbb) Other                                                            85.977            110.489
                                        cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                             11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                    107.471            138.111
                                             22. Boned or boneless                                                     122.931            157.980
02 06                    Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                         dried or smoked :
                         C. Other :
                              I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                 a) Meat :
                                    1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                              107.471             138.111
                                    2 . Boned or boneless                                                              122.931             157.980
 (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3329/75, provides that the levies are not applied to imports
     into the French overseas departments of products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and
     territories'.
 (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 1 , Annex I to the
     trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .