CELEX: 31973R3228
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3228/73 of the Commission of 29 November 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

30 . 11 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 330 / 19
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 3228 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 29 November 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 ( 1 ) 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 (-'), 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 (-') and                      the Annex to this Regulation .
 subsequent amending Regulations ;
                                                                                                  Art ide 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),
                                                                      products must correspond to the definition contained
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                      in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2249/73 (4 ).
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
      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 3 December
      of these currencies recorded for a given period , in             1 973 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels , 29 November 1 973 .
                                                                                   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 .
(3 ) OJ No L 257, 14 . 9 . 1973 , p . 19 .                           ( 4 ) OJ No L 230 , 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
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                                                                       ANN I X
                      Levies applicable from 3 December 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                                      -/;/ u a  100 k't
       CCI                                                                                               Austria
                                                                                                                         Other third
      heading                                           Description of goods                            Sweden
                                                                                                                          countries
        No                                                                                          Switzerland
                                                                                                                Ine weight
 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· 1 SS
                                     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 veight
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 :
                              I . Fresh or chilled :
                                    aa ) Of calves :
                                         11 . (. arcases and halt-carcases                                0                  0
                                         22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters                       0                  0
                                         31 Separated or unseparated hindquarters                         0                 0
                                   bb ) Of adult animals :
                                         11 . Carcases , half-carcases or compensated ' quar­
                                               ters :
                                               aaa ) (. arcases of a weight of not less than ISO
                                                       kg but not more than 270 kg and half­
                                                      carcases or ' compensated " quarters ' of a
                                                       weight of noi less than 90 kg but not
                                                      more than 135 kg , with a low degree of
                                                      ossification of the cartilages ( more es
                                                      peci a 1 1 y 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-X93
                                              bbb ) Other                                            I - 340              1-340
                                        22 . Forequarters :
                                              aaa ) Of a weight of not less than 45 kg but
                                                      not more than 6 X 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
                                                    ·. ellow in colour ( c )                                            0-714
                                             bbb ) Other                                            I - 072             1-072
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                                                                                                                                              ( in u. a J 100 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 )                                                                          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 .ire 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 1 to the
        trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .