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Date: 1973-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 October 1973 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced

No L 320/ 10                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              21 . 11 . 73
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                                                       COMMISSION
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 26 October 1973
              fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and
                                                        veal are to be reduced
                                                              (73/346/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
1225/73 (2) ;                                                          compensatory amounts are to be reduced ;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 1463/73 (3) of 30 May 1973, as to the detailed rules for              Whereas the amounts fixed in accordance with this
applying the monetary compensatory amounts, as last                    rule are periodically altered when changes in the tax
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2575/73 (4), and in                     on imports from third countries make this necessary ;
particular Article 5 (2) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1695/73 (7) of
Committee ;                                                            25 June 1973, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1824/73 (8), has determined to what extent the mon­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                 etary compensatory amounts applicable to beef and
2102/73 (5) of 31 July 1973, as last amended by Regu­                  veal by reason of the depreciation of a currency may
lation (EEC) No 2930/73 (6) fixed the monetary                         be higher than the chaige on imports from third coun­
compensatory amounts to be applied from 29 October                      tries ;
 1973 ;
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 :
  i) OJ No  L  106,  12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .                               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
(2)  OJ No  L  125,  11 . 5 . 1973, p. 49 .                                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
(3)  OJ No  L  146, 4. 6. 1973, p. 1 .
(<)  OJ No  L 266,  22. 9. 1973, p. 14.
(5)  OJ No  L 213,   1 . 8 . 1973, p. 1 .                               (7) OJ No L 173, 28 . 6. 1973, p. 1 .
(«)  OJ No  L 300,  29 . 10 . 1973, p. 1 .                              (») OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 1 .
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     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
     on their effective parity ;
                                                                                    Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each        With effect from 29 October 1973 the amounts by
     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in     which the monetary compensatory amounts appearing
     relation to the Community currencies referred to         in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2102/73, as last
     in the previous subparagraph ;                           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2930/73 must be
                                                              reduced in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
Whereas, pursuant to the second subparagraph of              (EEC) No 1463/73, are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 , if the
monetary compensatory amount for certain products                                   Article 2
has to be reduced by a higher amount in the United            This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
Kingdom than in Ireland, the amount of the reduc­
tion fixed for the United Kingdom shall apply to
Ireland .                                                     Done at Brussels, 26 October 1973 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
Whereas application of the said criteria results in a
fixing of the amounts by which the monetary compen­                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
satory amounts are to be adjusted to the level
appearing in the Annex hereto,                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                    Amounts to be deducted from the monetary compensatory amounts
                                                                                  Italy                       Ireland   United Kingdom
                           CCT heading No                                    ( Lit/ 100 kg)                ( £/ 100 kg)    (£/ 100 kg)
                                                                                                   - Live weight —
          ex  01.02  A  II a) (»)                                                    0                            0              0
          ex  01.02  A  II a) (*)                                                    0                         4·987         4·987
          ex  01.02  A  II b) (s )                                               1 060                            0              0
          ex  01.02  A  II b) (<)                                                1 060                         4·325         4·325
                                                                                                   — Net weight —
              02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 11                                                 0                         6·568         6·568
              02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 22                                                 0                         4·940         4·940
              02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 33                                                 0                         8·197         8·197
              02.01 A II a) 1 bb) 11                                                 0                         7·088         7·088
              02.01 A II a) 1 bb ) 22                                                0                         5·572         5·572
              02.01 A II a) 1 bb ) 33                                                0                         8·604         8·604
              02.01 A II a ) 1 cc) 11                                                0                         7·088         7·088
              02.01 A II a) 1 cc) 22                                                 0                         4·997         4·997
              02.01 A II a) 2 aa)                                                    0                         5·916         5·916
              02.01 A II a ) 2 bb )                                                  0                         4·635         4·635
              02.01 A II a ) 2 cc)                                                   0                         7·518         7·518
              02.01 A II a ) 2 dd) 11                                                0                         5·916         5·916
              02.01 A II a) 2 dd) 22 aaa)                                            0                         5·115         5·115
              02.01 A II a) 2 dd ) 22 bbb ) (5)                                      0                         5·115         5·115
              02.01 A II a) 2 dd) 22 ccc)                                            0                         5·115         5·115
              02.06 C I a) 1                                                         0                         6·448          6·448
              02.06 C I a) 2                                                         0                         3·514             0
 (') Calves for fattening weighing less than 80 kg.
(*) Calves other than those referred to in (') above .
     Entry in this subheading 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 (s) above .
      Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
(•) 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 .