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Date: 1974-02-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 February 1974 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced

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                                                       COMMISSION
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 7 February 1974
                 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and
                                                        veal are to be reduced
                                                              (74/64/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          among the Member States and between the Member
COMMUNITIES,                                                            States and third countries the compensatory amounts
                                                                        applicable because of a depreciation of the currency
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   concerned cannot exceed the tax on imports from
Economic Community ;                                                    third countries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
974/71 (•) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of                        Whereas, in order that this rule may be observed,
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture                          Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1463 /73 has stated
following the temporary widening of the margins of                      that for the application of Article 4a (2) of Regulation
fluctuation      for  the     currencies   of   certain  Member
                                                                        (EEC) No 974/71 to beef meat, the Commission shall
States, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                         give notice of the amounts by which the monetary
3450 / 73 (2 ) ;                                                        compensatory amounts are to be reduced ; whereas the
Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No                        amounts fixed in accordance with this rule are periodi­
 1463/73 (3 ) of 30 May 1973 , as to the detailed rules for             cally altered when changes in the tax on imports from
applying the monetary compensatory amounts, as last                     third countries make this necessary ;
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 214/74 (4), and in
particular Article 5 (2) thereof ;                                      Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1695/73 ( 7) of
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            25 June 1973 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Committee ;                                                             1 824/73 (8) has determined to what extent the mone­
                                                                        tary compensatory amounts applicable to beef and
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 21 8 / 74 (5 )                  veal by reason of the depreciation of a currency may
of 25 January 1974, as amended by Regulation (EEC)                      be higher than the charge on imports from third coun­
No 280/74 (6) fixed the monetary compensatory                           tries ;
amounts to be applied from 11 February 1974 ;
Whereas these compensatory amounts have been                            Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, world
fixed without taking account of Article 4a (2) of Regu­                 market prices should be calculated on the following
lation ( EEC) No 974/71 which provides that in trade                    basis :
(') OJ No L 106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .                               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
n Ol Nn [.            -) ~> 1 ? 197 } r, 7<i
(3j OJ No L 146, 4. 6. 1 973, p. 1 .                                          relation to each other, at any given moment,
(4 ) OJ No L 22, 26 . 1 . 1974, p . 53 .
(5 ) OJ No L 24, 28 . 1 . 1974, p . 1 .                                 ( 7) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6. 1973 , p . 1 .
(6) OJ No L 31 , 4 . 2 . 1974, p . 1 .                                  (s OJ No L 185, 7 . 7. 1973 , p . 1 .
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    within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange           in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 218 /74, as
     based on their effective parity ;                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 280/74, must be
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the         reduced in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each        ( EEC) No 1463/73, are fixed in the Annex hereto.
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas pursuant to the second subparagraph of
Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1463/73 if the
monetary compensatory amount for certain products            This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
has to be reduced by a higher amount in the United
Kingdom than in Ireland, the amount of the reduc­
tion fixed for the United Kingdom shall apply to
Ireland ;
                                                              Done at Brussels, 7 February 1974.
Whereas application of the said criteria results in a
fixing of the amounts by which the monetary compen­
satory amounts are to be adjusted to the level
appearing in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                     For the Commission
                        Article 1
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
With effect from 11 February 1974 the amounts, by
which the monetary compensatory amounts appearing                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                          Amounts to be deducted from the monetary compensatory amounts
                                                                    United Kingdom             Ireland                 Italy         France
                             CCT heading No                            ( £/ 100 kg)         { £/ 100 kg)           (Lit/ 100 kg)  ( FF/ 100 kg)
                                                                                                       Live weight
           ex   01.02 All  a)   (*)                                       0                    0                         0               0
           ex   01.02 All  a)   (2 )                                      2-139                2-139                     0               0
           ex   01.02 A II b)   (3 )                                      0                    0                         0               0
           ex   01.02 A II  b)  (4 )                                       1-955               1-955                     0               0
                                                                                                       Net weight
                02.01 A II a ) 1     aa ) 11                              2-210                2-210                     0               0
                 02.01 A II a ) 1    aa ) 22                              1-587                 1-587                    0               0
                02.01 A II a ) 1     aa ) 33                              2-834                2-834                     0               0
                02.01 A II a ) 1     bb ) 11                              2-665                2-665                     0               0
                02.01 Alia ) 1       bb ) 22                              2-035                2-035                     0               0
                02.01 A II a) 1      bb ) 33                              3-297                3-297                     0               0
                02.01 A II a ) 1     cc) 11                               2-665                2-665                     0               0
                02.01 A II a ) 1     cc) 22                               0-409                0-409                     0               0
                02.01 A II a ) 2     aa )                                 1-891                1-891                     0               0
                02.01 A II a ) 2     bb )                                 1-415                1-415                     0               0
                02.01  All a ) 2 cc)                                      2-487                2-487                     0               0
                02.01  A II a ) 2 dd ) 11                                 1-891                1-891                     0               0
                02.01  A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 aaa )                           0                    0                         0               0
                02.01  A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 bbb ) (5 )                      0                    0                         0               0
                02.01  A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 ccc)                            0                    0                         0               0
                02.06  CI a ) 1                                           2-106                2-106                     0               0
                02.06 C I a ) 2                                           0                    0                         0               0
(') Calves for fattening weighing less than 80 kg.
 (2) Calves other than those referred to in (') above. Entry in this subhea ding is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent
      authorities .
(') Young male bovine animals for fattening of a minimum weight of 220 kg and a maximum weight of 300 kg.
 (4) Young male bovine animals other than those referred to in (3) above . Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be deter­
     mined by the competent authorities .
 (5) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down by the competent authorities of
     the European Communities .