CELEX: 31973R2493
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2493/73 of the Commission of 13 September 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

14. 9 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 257/ 19
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2493/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 13 September 1973
              fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other
                                                           than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 218/
COMMUNITIES,                                                        73 (4) of 29 January 1973 on the determination
                                                                    of the import price and the special import price for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  calves and adult bovine animals provides that the
pean Economic Community ;                                           import price is to be calculated in accordance with
                                                                    the method set out in Article 4 on the basis of all
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                   the representative free-at-frontier offer prices in the
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                   Community established for each of the categories
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by                  and cuts specified in Article 2, and ascertained in par­
Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular                   ticular from :
the second subparagraph of Article 10 (7) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        ( a) prices given in the customs documents accom­
 Committee ;                                                               panying the products imported from such other
                                                                           third countries ;
Whereas Article 10 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 provides that, where the import price for
                                                                    (b) other information concerning the export prices
calves or adult bovine animals, after addition of the
                                                                           ruling in such other countries ;
customs duty, is lower than the guide price, the dif­
ference between the latter price and the import price
plus that addition is offset by a levy on imports of                Whereas, however, offer prices which do not corres­
that product ; whereas, however, such levy is to be                 pond to actual purchasing possibilities are to be dis­
fixed at :                                                          regarded, as are also offer prices relating to unrepre­
                                                                    sentative quantities ; whereas offer prices which,
— 75 °/o of the abovementioned difference, if it is                 because of the development of prices in general or
     found that the price of the product in question on             from the information available, do not seem to be
     the representative markets of the Community is                 representative of the actual trend of prices in the
     more (than the guide price but does not exceed                 exporting country - should also be disregarded ;
     102 °/o of that price ;
                                                                    Whereas, where no free-at-frontier offer price can
— 50 °/o of the abovementioned difference, if it is
                                                                    be recorded for one or more categories of live ani­
     found that the price of the product in question on             mals or of meat, the last available price must be
     the representative markets of the Community is                 used for the calculation ;
     more than 102 °/o of the guide price but does not
     exceed 104 °/o of that price ;
                                                                    Whereas the import price must be calculated on the
— 25 %> of the abovementioned difference, if it is                   first and third Thursday of each month for the pur­
     found that the price of the product in question on              pose of calculating the ' levies valid from the follow­
     the representative markets of the Community is                  ing Monday ; whereas, however, if circumstances so
     more than 104 °/o of the guide price but does not               require, the import price may be fixed on another
     exceed 106 °/o of that price ;                                  day of the same week ;
 — nil, if it is found that the price of the product in             Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2150/
     question on the representative markets of the
                                                                    73 (5 ) of 6 August 1973 provides for the fixing of
      Community is more than 106 °/o of the guide                   the special import price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 )
     price ;
                                                                     ( a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 for adult bovine
 Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1192/73 (3 ),                  animals originating in and coming from Austria,
 fixed the guide prices for calves and adult bovine                  Sweden and Switzerland on the basis of quotations
 animals valid for the 1973/74 marketing year ;                      on representative markets in these third countries
 (*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
 (2) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973, p. 23 .                               (4 ) OJ No L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1973 , p . 16.
 (») OJ No L 122, 9 . 5 . 1973 , p. 6 .                               (5) OJ No L 219, 7. 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
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 Whereas this special import price* is calculated once              Whereas, where there are several representative mar­
 a week and is used to calculate levies taking effect               kets in a Member State, the price of each quality is
 on the Monday following the day on which it is                     the average of the quotations recorded on each of
 fixed ; whereas, however, no special import price is               these markets ; whereas, where in a Member State
 fixed if such price would exceed by less than 1 unit               there is a single representative market, held several
of account per 100 kilogrammes live weight the                      times during the seven-day period, the price of each
import price fixed, pursuant to Article 10 ( 1 ) of                 quality is to be equal to the arithmetic mean of quo­
Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 ; as specified in Re­                   tations recorded at each market ; whereas, with
gulation (EEC) No 218 /73 ;                                         regard to Italy, the price of each quality is the aver­
                                                                    age, weighted by the special weighting coefficients
                                                                    laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 320/
Whereas, if one or more of the third countries                      73, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
referred to take, notably for health protection                     production areas ; whereas the price recorded in the
reasons, measures affecting prices quoted on their                  surplus production area is equal (to the average of the
markets, the Commission may base itself on the last                 quotations recorded on each of the markets within
prices recorded before such measures were put into                  that area ; whereas for the United Kingdom the
effect ;                                                            weighted average of. the prices recorded on the repre­
                                                                    sentative markets in Great Britain and in Northern
Whereas, if the import price differs by less than 0-50              Ireland are to be multiplied by the coefficient fixed
 unit of account per 100 kg live weight from the                    in the said Annex II ;
import price previously used to calculate the levy,
the latter price must be maintained ;
                                                                    Whereas, where these quotations do not relate to
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       'live weight excluding tax' prices, the quotations for
805/68 provides that the price recorded on the repre­               the different qualities are to be corrected by the
sentative markets of the Community is derived from                  live-weight conversion coefficients laid down in Annex
the prices recorded on the representative market or                 II to that Regulation and, in respect of Italy and the
markets of each Member State for the various quali­                 United Kingdom, are first increased or reduced by the
ties — of calves, adult bovines animals or the meat                 corrective amounts laid down in that Annex ; where­
of these animals, as the case may be — after taking                 as for Ireland the price per calf recorded on the
into account the relative quantity of each of such                  representative market is to be increased by the correc­
qualities and the relative magnitude of the bovine                  tive amount fixed in that Annex and subsequently
stock of each Member State ;                                        converted back into live weight per unit of weight
                                                                    by applying the corrective coefficient fixed in that
                                                                    Annex ;
Whereas the prices for calves and adult bovine ani­
mals, recorded on the representative market or mar­
kets of each Member State, is equal to the average,
weighted by coefficients, of the prices for the quali­              Whereas, if one or more Member States take mea­
ties of calves, adult bovine animals and meat of                    sures, such as health protection measures, which
these animals formed during a period of seven days                  affect the normal development of quotations re­
in that Member State at a standard wholesale stage ;                corded on their markets, the Commission may either
whereas the representative markets, the qualities of                disregard the quotations recorded on the market or
the products and the weightings were fixed in                       markets in question or use the last quotations
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 320/                     recorded on the market or markets in question
73 (*) of 31 January 1973 on the determination of                  before those measures were put into effect ;
the prices for calves and adult bovine animals on
the representative markets of the Community ;
                                                                    Whereas, where information is not available, the
Whereas the prices of calves and adult bovine ani­                  quotations recorded on representative Community
mals so established on the market or markets of
                                                                   markets are to be determined with particular refer­
each of the new Member States must be increased by                 ence to the latest known quotations ;
the basic compensatory amount provided for in Art- ,
icle 1 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC ) No
181 /73 (2) of 23 January 1973 laying down general
rules for the system of compensatory amounts for                   Whereas, for as long as the price recorded for
beef and veal :                                                     calves and adult bovine animals on the representa­
                                                                    tive Community markets differs by less than 0-20
                                                                    unit of account per 100 kg live weight from the
H OJ No L 36, 8 . 2 . 1973 , p . 13 .                              price previously used, the latter price is to be main­
(*) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 9 .                           tained ;
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Whereas Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas, iiv accordance with Article 33 (2) of Regu­
805/68 provides that if a levy is charged on                          lation ( EEC) No 805/68, the nomenclature provided
calves or adult bovine animals, a levy is also to be                  for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Com­
charged on imports of the meat of calves or adult                     mon Customs Tariff ;
bovine animals as listed in Section (a) of the Annex                  Whereas the levies must be fixed once each week
to that Regulation under tariff subheadings Nos                       and be valid from the following Monday ;
02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb ) ; where­
as this levy is equal to the levy charged on calves                   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
or adult bovine animals, as the case may be,                          levies should be calculated on the following basis :
adjusted by a coefficient expressing the value ratio                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
between the meat in question on the one hand and
                                                                          relation to each other, at any given moment,
calves or adult bovine animals on the other ;
                                                                          within a band of 2-25 %>, a rate of exchange
Whereas Article 12 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                             based on their effective parity ;
805/68 provides that if the levy is charged on adult
bovine animals, a ilevy is also to be charged on                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on
imports of the meat listed in Section (b ) of the                         the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
Annex to that Regulation ; whereas this levy is                           each of these currencies recorded for a given
equal to the levy charged on adult bovine animals,                        period, in relation to the Community currencies
multiplied by a standard coefficient ;                                    referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 12 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No                        Whereas it follows from the provisions of the above­
805/68 provides that the levy may be charged on                       mentioned Regulations and in particular from the
imports of the products listed in Section ( a) of the                 quotations and other information known to the
Annex to that Regulation under tariff subheading                      Commission that the levies on calves, adult bovine
                                                                      animals and on beef and veail other than frozen
No 02.01 A II a ) 1 cc) ; whereas this levy is equal to
the highest levy applicable to calves or adult bovine                 should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­
                                                                      lation ;
animals, multiplied by a standard coefficient ;
Whereas the standard coefficients referred to above                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
were fixed for each of the products in question in                                             Article 1
 Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC ) No 2249/
73 (*) of 17 August 1973 , fixing the coefficients for                The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
calculating the levy on beef and veal other than                      lation (EEC ) No 805 /68 shall be as shown in the
frozen ; whereas that Regulation also defines the re­                 Annex to this Regulation .
quirements to be met by certain products for which                                             Article 2
the levy has been fixed by means of these coefficients ;
                                                                      To be classified as products falling within subhead­
Whereas levies must be fixed with due regard for                      ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1
obligations arising out of international agreements                   bb ), products must correspond to the definitions
 concluded by the Community ; whereas Regulation                       contained in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No
 (EEC) No 2170/73 (2 ) of 31 July 1973 on the con­                     2249 / 73 .
 clusion of the Trade Agreement between the Euro­                                              Article 3
pean Economic Community and the Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia should also be taken into                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 Sep­
account ;                                                             tember 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 13 September 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
 H OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
(2 ) OJ No L 224 , 13 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                Levies applicable from 17 September 1973 to imports from third countries (')
                                                                                                          (tti u.a.flOO kg)
      CCT                                                                                    Austria
                                                                                                            Other third
    heading                                   Description pf goods                           Sweden
                                                                                                              countries
      No                                                                                  Switzerland
                                                                                                    Live weight
01.02       Live animals of the bovine species :
            Λ . Domestic species :
                II . Other :
                                                                                               0(b )              0(b)
                     a ) Calves
                     b ) Other :
                         1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is                0                  —
                             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
                                  female animals ( c)
                                                                                               0(b)               0(b)
                             bb) Other
                                                                                                     Net weight
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 :
            Λ . Meat :
                II . Of bovine animals :
                     a ) Of domestic bovine animals ·
                         1 . Fresh or chilled :
                             aa ) Of calves :
                                  11 . Carcases and half-carcases                              0                   0
                                  22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters                   0                   0
                                  33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                   0                   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 n
                                              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                   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                   0
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                                                                                                                                         (in u.a .1100 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 )                                                                         0
                                                     bbb) Other                                                               0                 0
                                            cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned ( bone-in)                                                      0                 0
                                                22 . Boned or boneless                                                       0                 0
 02 OA                      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                 0
                                        2 . Boned or boneless                                                                0                 0
(') Regulation (EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are 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 determined 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 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 annex I to the
     trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .