CELEX: 31973R2440
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2440/73 of the Commission of 6 September 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

7. 9 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 250/ 19
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2440/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 6 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 currencics
COMMUNITIES,                                                              referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
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 2194/73
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 thi »
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 :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                                     Article 1
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                 The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were
                                                                     lation ( EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2194/73 (3) and sub­                    the Annex to this Regulation .
sequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                  To be classified as products falling within subhead­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   ings Nos 02.01 A II a ) 1 aa ) and 02.01 A II a ) 1
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                    bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­
     within a band of 2-25 %>, a rate of exchange                    tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No
     based on their effective parity ;                                1025/68 ( 4 ).
                                                                                                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 10 Sep­
     each of these currencies recorded for a given                   tember 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Membci
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 6 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 223 , 11 . 8 . 1973 , p . 13 .                           (*) Ol No I. 174 . 23 7 . 1961 , p . 9 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                Levies applicable from 10 September 1973 to imports from third countries (1)
                                                                                                                 (in u.aJlOO kg)
      CCT                                                                                        Austria
                                                                                                                   Other third
    heading                                        Description of goods                          Sweden
                                                                                                                    countries
      No                                                                                        Switzerland
                                                                                                         Live weight
01 02       Live animals of the bovine species :
            Λ . Domestic species :
                11 . Other :
                                                                                                    0 (b)               0(b )
                      a ) Calves
                      h ) Other :
                           1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is                    0                  0
                                intended for processing (a)
                           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                 0                   0
                                      female animals ( c)
                                                                                                     0(b)               0(b )
                                bb) Other
                                                                                                          Net weight
o; m
            Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
            01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh , chilled or fro/en :
            A. Meat :
                 11 . 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 1 80
                                                    kg but not more than 270 kg and half­
                                                    carcases or ' compensated' quarters, of                    I
                                                    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                  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                  0
                                             bbb ) Other                                              0                  0
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                                                                                                                                         (in u.a.HOO kg)
         CCT                                                                                                              Austria
                                                                                                                                           Other third
       heading                                             Description of goods                                           Sweden
                                                                                                                                             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                   0
                                                     bbb ) Other                                                             0                   0
                                            cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                     0                   0
                                                2?.. Boned or boneless                                                       0                   0
02 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                  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 annexed to the
      trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .