CELEX: 31973R0519
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 519/73 of the Commission of 22 February 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

23 . 2. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 50/21
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 519/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 22 February 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 it follows from applying the rules and other
COMMUNITIES,                                                       provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 321/73
                                                                   to the quotations and other information known to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 the Commission that the levies at present in force
pean Economic Community ;                                          should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                   Regulation ;
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular
Articles 10 (6) and 12 (7) thereof ;                                                        Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
Committee ;                                                        lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine               the Annex to this Regulation.
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 321 /73 (3) and sub­                                           Article 2
sequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                   To be classified as products falling within subhead­
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1
levies should be calculated on the basis of an                     bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies            tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
which are floating or whose central rate differs from              1025/68 (4).
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                                           Article 3
central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
the US dollar, on the change in parity announced                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February
on 13 February 1973 :                                              1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 February 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
0 ) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24 .
(2) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 23 .
(s) OJ No L 36, 8 . 2 . 1973 , p. 24 .                             (4) OJ No L 174, 23 . 7. 1968, p. 9.
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                                                              ANNEX
                     Levies applicable from 26 February 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 net 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. /lOO 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
            02.06            Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                             dried or sinoked :
                             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 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 .