CELEX: 31968R1573
Language: en
Date: 1968-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1573/68 of the Commission of 9 October 1968 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 as regards the levy on frozen beef and veal in the form of 'compensated quarters'

464                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
  No L 247/8                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                  10.10.68
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1573/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 9 October 1968
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 as regards the levy on frozen beef and veal
                                        in the form of 'compensated quarters'
 THE      COMMISSION      OF   THE   EUROPEAN       COM­        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 MUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Beef and Veal ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organis­                                            Article 1
 ation of the market in beef and veal, and in particular
 Article 13 (5) thereof;                                        The following Article 6a shall be added to Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 1072/68 :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 provides for,
 among other things, a levy on frozen beef and veal                  'Article 6a
in the form of compensated quarters ; whereas there
 is no definition of this cut; whereas to avoid difficult­           For the application of the levy provided for in
ies over tariffs which could arise from this fact,                   Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , "com­
provision should be made for such a definition based                 pensated quarters" means either :
on that contained in Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1025/682 of 22 July 1968 fixing the coefficients                  ( a) forequarters comprising all the bones and the
for calculating the levy on beef and veal other than                       scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the tenth
 frozen ;                                                                  rib ; and hindquarters comprising all the bones
                                                                           and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the third
                                                                           rib ; or
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 3 fixed the
coefficients for calculating the levy applicable, in                 (b) forequarters comprising all the bones and the
particular, to boned cuts of frozen meat; whereas                          scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the fifth
for these cuts different coefficients have been laid                       rib, with the whole of the flank and breast
down to take account of differences in price ;                             attached; and hindquarters comprising all the
whereas boned compensated quarters can, in respect                       ' ribs and the thigh and sirloin, cut at the
of their value, be included with the products listed                       eighth cut rib.'
under sub-heading No 02.01 A 11 (a) 2 (dd) 22
(aaa); whereas, consequently, it is necessary to clarify        The forequarters and hindquarters composing 'com­
Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 in this respect;                    pensated quarters' must be imported at the same
                                                                time and in equal numbers .
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 805/68, the nomenclature pre­                                               Article 2
scribed in this Regulation is to be included in the
Common Customs Tariff;                                          The following shall be substituted for the description
                                                                of the products listed under sub-heading No 02.01
                                                                A II ( a) 2 ( dd) 22 (aaa) in the Annex to Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 1072/68 :
1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.
8 O] No L 174, 23.7.1968, p. 9.                                     'Forquarters, cut into a maximum of five pieces,
3 OJ No L 180, 26.7.1968, p. 21.                                    in an single frozen block; "compensated quarters"
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in two frozen blocks, one of which contains the                                Article 3
forequarter cut into a maximum of five pieces,
and the other, the hindquarter, excluding the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November
tenderloin, in one piece.'                               1968 .
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 9 October 1968 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                                Jean REY