CELEX: 31973R3433
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3433/73 of the Commission of 20 December 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

21 . 12 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 352/ 19
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 3433/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 20 December 1973
               fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                          other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                               relation to the Community currencies referred to
COMMUNITIES,                                                                in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
Economic Community ;                                                  provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC) No 2493 / 73
                                                                      to the quotations and other information known to the
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                         Commission that the levies at present in force should
80.5/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                   be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ,
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/ 73 (2), and in particular
Articles 10(6) and 12(7) thereof ;                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                                   Article 1
Committee ;
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                  The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                   tion ( EEC) No 805/ 68 are hereby fixed as shown in
fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 2493 /73 (3 ) and                       the Annex to this Regulation .
subsequent 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 subheadings
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
                                                                      products must correspond to the definition contained
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2249/73 (4 ).
      on their effective parity ;
                                                                                                   Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each                This       Regulation    shall   enter into force on  24
      of these currencies recorded for a given period , in             December 1 973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels , 20 December 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Co»imission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2 ) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1 973 , p. 23 .
(J ) O ] No L 257, 14 . 9 . 1973 , p. 19 .                            ( 4 ) OJ No L 230 , 18 . 8 . 1973 , p. 15 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                Levies applicable from 24 December 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                            (in u.a. / lOO kg)
      CCT                                                                                    Austria
                                                                                                               Other third
    heading                                    Description of goods                          Sweden
                                                                                                                countries
       No                                                                                   Switzerland
                                                                                                     Live weight
01.02        Live animals of the bovine species :
             A. Domestic species :
                 II . Other :
                      a) Calves                                                                 0(b )               0(b )
                      b ) Other :
                          1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                                                                              0-188
                              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                                0-470
                                   female animals ( c)
                              bb ) Other                                                    0-705 ( b )           0-705 (b)
                                                                                                      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 domestic 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 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 )                          0-893
                                        bbb ) Other                                           1-340              1-340
                                   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 )                          _
                                                                                                                 0-714
                                        bbb ) Other                                           1-072       ;      1-072
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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)                                                                          1-072
                                                     bbb ) Other                                                            1-607               1-607
                                            cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                    2-009               2-009
                                                22 . Boned or boneless                                                      2-298               2-298
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 )                                                             2-009               2-009
                                        2 . Boned or boneless                                                               2-298               2-298
 (') 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 annex 1 to the
      trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .