CELEX: 31973R2357
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2357/73 of the Commission of 30 August 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

31 . 8 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 243 /29
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2357/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 30 August 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 2194/73
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                  to the quotations and other information known to
68 (*) 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 thi«
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               The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were
                                                                   lation ( EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2194/73 (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 3 Sep­
     each of these currencies recorded for a given                 tember 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 30 August 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 223 , 11 . 8 . 1973 , p . 13 .                         (') OJ No L 174. 23 . 7. 1961. p . f.
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                                                             ANNEX
                   Levies applicable from 3 September 1973 to imports from third countries (x)
                                                                                                                (in u.a.1100 kg)
      CCT                                                                                      Austria
                                                                                                                  Other third
    heading                                     Description of 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                     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                    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 :
              A. 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                    o                    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 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)            o         !          0
                                         bbb) Other                                               0                    o "    ·
                                    22 . Forequarters :
                                         aaa) Of a weight of not less than 45 kg bui                        I
                                                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                    0
                                         bbb) Other                                         |    0                    0
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                                                                                                                                        (in u.a. 1100 kg)
        CCT
      heading
         No                                              Description of goods                                       j     Austria
                                                                                                                         Sweden
                                                                                                                       Switzerland
                                                                                                                                          Other third
                                                                                                                                           countries
                                                                                                                                  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                  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 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                  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 determi ned 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 annexed to the
     trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .