CELEX: 31973R1819
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1819/73 of the Commission of 5 July 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

6. 7 . 73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 184/ 19
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1819/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 5 July 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 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   the Commission that the levies 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 (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular                    Regulation ;
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 9 July
       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, 5 July 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 .                          (*) OJ No L 174, 23 . 7. 1968, p. 9.
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                                                            ANNEX
                       Levies applicable from 9 July 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                CCT
                                                                                                   Levy in
              heading                                Description of goods                        u.a./lOO 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 colour 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
          0 J. 06          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
                                       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 ana 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 .