CELEX: 31973R3487
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3487/73 of the Commission of 27 December 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 357/ 22                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                     28 . 12 . 73
                            REGULATION              EEC   No 3487 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 27 December 1973
               fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                        other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
COMMUNITIES,                                                              in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Economic Community ;                                                 provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC) No 2493 /73
                                                                     to the quotations and other information known to the
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        Commission that the levies at present in force should
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                   be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ,
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
Articles 10(6) and 12(7) thereof ;                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                                Article 1
Committee ;
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                 The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                  tion (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No                 2493/73 (3 ) and       the Annex to this Regulation .
subsequent 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 subheadings
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
      relation to each other, at any given moment,                   products must correspond to the definition contained
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2249 /73 (4).
      on their effective parity ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each               This     Regulation    shall    enter       into force    on   31
      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in            December 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels , 27 December 1 973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Coin mission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .
(-) OJ No L 25, 30 . I. 1 973 , p . 23 .
(3 ) OJ No L 257, 14 . 9 . 1973 , p . 19 .                           (4 ) OJ No L 230 , 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                Levies applicable from 31 December 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                           (in u.a . 1100 kg)
      CCT                                                                                   Austria
                                                                                                             Other third
    heading                                    Description of goods                         Sweden
                                                                                                               countries
      No                                                                                   Switzerland
                                                                                                    Live ■right
01.02        Live animals of the bovine species :
             A. Domestic species :
                 II . Other :
                      a) Calves                                                                0(b )              0(b )
                      b ) Other :
                          1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is             0·188
                              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                               0·470
                                   female animals ( c )
                              bb ) Other                                                   0·705 (b)            0·705 (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 domestic 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 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 )                          0·893
                                        bbb ) Other                                          1·340              1·340
                                   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)                                            0·714
                                        bbb ) Other                                          1-072              1-072
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                                                                                                                                          (in u.a. /100 kg)
        CCT                                                                                                           I     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)                                                                           1-072
                                                    bbb ) Other                                                              1·607              1·607
                                           cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                               11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                      2-009              2-009
                                               22 . Boned or boneless                                                        2-298              2-298
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 )                                                                2-009              2-009
                                       2. Boned or boneless                                                                  2-298              2-298
 (') 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 determi ned 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 re funded 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 annex I to the
      trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .