CELEX: 31968R1072
Language: en
Date: 1968-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 of the Commission of 25 July 1968 determining the bases for calculating the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal

356                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
26.7.68                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 180/ 21
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1072/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 25 July 1968
               determining the bases for calculating the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal
 THE     COMMISSION      OF     THE EUROPEAN       COM­        markets of each Member State for the qualities in
MUNITIES,                                                      question, account being taken of the relative
                                                               magnitude of the bovine stock of each Member State
                                                               over a period which is sufficiently representative
Having regard to . the Treaty • establishing the               of the Community market situation ;
 European Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas that average may be based on the average
 805/681 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation            prices recorded on the representative market or
of the market in beef and veal, and in particular              markets of each Member State, weighted by
Articles 13 (5) and 25 thereof;                                coefficients expressing the relative magnitude of the
                                                               bovine stock of each Member State;, whereas the
                                                               price recorded on the representative market or
Whereas the coefficient referred to in Article 13
                                                               markets of each Member State may be based on
 (2) ( a) of Regulation (EEC ) No 805/68 must express          the weighted average of the prices obtaining during
the ratio existing in the Community between the                a period which is sufficiently representative of the
price of fresh meat of a quality competitive with              Community market situation ; whereas such weighting
the frozen meat in question, presented in the same             should take the form of coefficients expressing the
form, and the average price of adult bovine animals ;          proportions of each quality in the quantities coming
                                                               on the market;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 990/682 of 15 July 1968 on                 Whereas the above-mentioned representative market
general rules for fixing the levy on certain kinds of          or markets     are   those   set out in    Annex   II to
frozen beef and veal, the price of fresh meat of a             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1027/683 of 22
quality competitive with frozen meat must be deter­            July 1968 on the determination of the prices of
mined on the basis of the price resulting from                 calves   and   adult    bovine     animals recorded   on
averaging the prices of' representative qualities,             representative Community markets ; whereas the
converted into prices for carcases or half carcases,           coefficients expressing the relative magnitude of the
                                                               bovine stock of each Member State are those set
 (a) of adult bovine animals for processing in the             out in Annex      I to that Regulation; whereas it is
     Community, and
                                                               appropriate to    regard the period of twelve months
 (b) of adult bovine animals for direct consumption            corresponding    to the year 1967 as a period which
     in the Community,                                         is sufficiently    representative of the Community
                                                               market situation;
such average being weighted by means of fixed
coefficients which take account of the quantitative
                                                               Whereas the conversion coefficient for prices of adult
ratio existing on importation for frozen meats for             bovine animals for processing may be put at 21 ;
the same uses as those indicated in ( a) or ( b );
                                                               whereas that for prices of adult bovine animals for
                                                               direct consumption may be put at 19 ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (3 ) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 990/68, the average of the prices
for adult bovine animals mentioned in paragraph 2              Whereas in the light of experience in 1967 the
of that Article must be determined on the basis of             quantitative ratio existing on importation between
prices recorded on the representative market or                products for processing and products for direct
                                                               consumption may be put at 31 ;
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24.
2 OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968 , p. 12.                              3 OJ No L 174 , 23.7.1968 , p . 14.
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Whereas the average price of adult bovine animals               carcases and forequarters, cut in each case into a
referred to in Article 13 (2) ( a) of Regulation (EEC )         maximum of five pieces and presented in a single
No 805/68 must be the price fixed in accordance                 block, and on the other hand other boned cuts ;
with Article 10 (4) of that Regulation for the
above-mentioned period ; whereas that price is                  Whereas provision should be made for fixing the
DM 251-68 ; whereas the coefficient mentioned in                levy at regular intervals; whereas in the case of
Article 13 (2) (a ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is            substantial price variations, however, it must be
therefore 1*53 ;                                                possible to make consequential alterations to the
                                                                levy in force;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation
(EEC) No 990/68, the most favourable purchasing                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
opportunities among those which are most represen­              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
tative, as regards quality and quantity, of the trend           ment Committee for Beef and Veal;
of the world market, as mentioned in Article 13 (2)
( b) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, should be
determined in the first place with reference to free­           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
at-Community-frontier offers or where such offers
are not sufficiently representative of the market
situation, to world market offers delivered free-at­                                      Article 1
Community-frontier, for each of the products listed
in section (c) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)                 The coefficient mentioned in Article 13 ( 2) ( a) of
No 805 / 68 ;                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 1-53 .
Whereas where it appears, from information                                                Article 2
available to the Commission, that particular offers             When fixing the world market price for frozen meat
do not correspond to real purchasing opportunities,             mentioned in Article 13 (2) ( b) of Regulation ( EEC)
are not representative of real price trends, do not             No 805 /68 the following shall not be taken into
relate to representative quantities or relate to qualities      account :
differing appreciably from those of the majority of
the products entering world trade, such offers must             ( a) offer prices which do not correspond to real
be set aside;                                                         purchasing opportunities ;
                                                                ( b ) offer prices which the Commission believes, in
Whereas, where world market offers are to be                          view of general price movements or information
converted into free-at-Community-frontier offers, the                 available to it, not to be representative of real
normal transport and insurance costs involved of                      price trends in the country of origin ;
which the Commission has knowledge should, be
taken into account;                                             (c) offer prices for a small, unrepresentative quantity;
                                                                ( d) offer prices for qualities which differ appreci­
Whereas the fixed amount mentioned in Article 13                      ably from those of the majority of the products
(2) (b ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 must                          entering world trade.
 represent the specific costs incurred in the importation
of frozen meat; whereas such costs are, in particular                                     Article 3
those arising from transport to and from the cold
storage depot and from weight loss;                             World market offers shall be converted into free -at­
                                                                Community-frontier offers by taking into account
Whereas, to avoid too frequent alteration of the                the normal transport and insurance costs involved
levy, provision should be made for a certain margin             of which the Commission has knowledge.
within which variations of the world market price
do not require the levy to be altered ;                                                   Article 4
                                                                The fixed amount - mentioned in Article 13 ( 2) (b )
Whereas the fixed coefficient for each of the products          of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 3 units of
in question in Article 13 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC )            account per 100 kilogrammes .
No 805/68 may be determined on the basis of the
value ratio between the product listed in section (c)                                     Article 5
of the Annex to that Regulation under sub-heading
No 02.01 A II (a) 2 (aa) and each of the other                  So long as the world market price for frozen meat
products in the same section ; whereas, however,                differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­
with regard to boned cuts, a distinction should be              grammes from the world market price previously
made, in view of the substantial price differences ,            used for the calculation of the levy, the , latter price
between on the one hand boned carcases , half                   shall continue to apply.
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                          Article 6                                     The levy applicable from 29 July 1968 shall be fixed
                                                                        not later than 26 July 1968 and shall remain valid
1 . The fixed ' coefficient for each of the products in                 until 1 September 1968.
question in Article 13 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
805 /68 shall be as shown in the Annex .
                                                                        2. However, the levy shall be altered in the inter­
2 . For the purposes of this Regulation 'forequarters'                  vening period if substantial variations are recorded
means the front part of a half carcase, comprising                      in the world market price previously used for the
all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with                    calculation of the levy.
a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of ten
whole or cut ribs .
                                                                                                 Article 8
3 . For the purposes of this Regulation 'hindquarters'                  Member States shall communicate to the Commission
means the rear part of a half carcase, comprising all                   by telex, on the fifth and twentieth of each month,
the bones and the thigh and sirloin, with a minimum                     details of prices made known to them during the
of three whole or cut ribs, with or without the shin                    fortnight preceding the day of communication,
and with or without the thin flank; the expression                      specifying the origin, quantity, quality and cut of the
is to be extended -to cover the front part of a half                    products listed in section ( c) of. the Annex to Regu­
carcase, comprising all the bones and including the                     lation (EEC) No 805/68 .
scrag, neck and shoulder, but with more than ten
ribs .                                                                  Member States shall communicate in the intervening
                                                                        period all information enabling the Commission to
                          Article 7                                     apply Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 .
1 . Subject to the provisions of Article 13 (4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the levy provided for                                               Article 9
in paragraph 1 of that Article shall be fixed before
the twenty-fifth of each month and apply from the                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July
first Alonday of the following month .                                   1968 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 25 July 1968 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                               The President
                                                                                                   Jean REY
                                                           • ANNEX
                      CCT
                                                             Description of
                    heading                                     goods                                   Coefficients
                       No
              02.01 A II (a) 2      Meat of domestic bovine animals , frozen :
                                    ( bb) Forequarters                                                     1-00
                                    (cc)  Hindquarters                                                     1-25
                                    ( dd) Other :
                                          11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                           1-50
                                          12 . Boned or boneless
                                                (aaa) Carcases, half carcases or forequarters
                                                       cut in each case into a maximum of
                                                       five pieces and presented in a single
                                                       block                                               1-25
                                                ( bbb) Other                                               1-79