CELEX: 31973R1955
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1955/73 of the Commission of 19 July 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

20 . 7 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 200/27
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1955/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 19 July 1973
              fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other
                                                            than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             period, in relation to the Community currencies
COMMUNITIES,                                                             , referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
pean Economic Community ;                                            provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1213/73
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                    to the quotations and other information known to
68 i1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   the Commission that the levies at present in force
                                                                     should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular                    Regulation ;
Articles 10 (6) and 12 (7) thereof ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                  The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
                                                                     lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1213 /73 (3) and sub­                   the Annex to this Regulation .
sequent 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 subhead­
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                  ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                    bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­
     within a band of 2.25 °/o, a rate of exchange                   tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
     based on their effective parity ;                                1025/68 (4).
                                                                                               Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on
     the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 July
     each of these currencies recorded for a given                   1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 19 July 1973 .
                                                                                 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 .
(•) OJ No L 125 . 11. 5 . 1973 , p . 19 .                            (<) O J No L 174, 23 . 7. 196*, n . f.
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                                                               ANNEX
                      Levies applicable from 23 July 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                CCT                                                                                     Levy in
              heading                                   Description of goods                         u.a./100 kg
                No
                                                                                                     Live weight
            01.02        Live animals of the bovine specie^ :
                         A. Domestic species :
                            II. Other :
                                 a) Calves                                                            0     .( b)
                                 b) Other :
                                    1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                        intended for processing (a)                                   0
                                    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
                                            female animals (c)                                        0
                                        bb) Other                                                     0      ( b)
                                                                                                     Net weight
                         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 animals :
                                 a) Of domestic bovine animals :
                                    1 . Fresh or chilled :
                                        aa) Of calves :
                                            11 . Carcases and half-carcases                               o
                                            22.  Separated or unseparated forequarters                    o
                                            33.  Separated or unseparated hindquarters                    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
                                                 bbb) Other                                               0
                                            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
                                                 bbb) Other                                               0
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                CCT                                                                                                 Levy m
              heading                                     Description of goods                                    u.a./100 kg
                 No
                                                                                                                  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)                                                  0
                                                    bbb) Other                                                         0
                                           cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                               11 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                 0
                                               22 . Boned or boneless                                                  0
          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 )                                                         0
                                       2 . Boned or boneless                                                           0
          (') Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas
              departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT.
          (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities and to
               the special conditions at present applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for
                the food processing industry between the European Communities 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 refunded 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 annexed to the trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of
              Yugoslavia .