CELEX: 31974R0265
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 265/74 of the Commission of 30 January 1974 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

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                              REGULATION (EEC) No 265/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 30 January 1974
              fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                       other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                       in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                              Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
                                                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 72/74 to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      the quotations and other information known to the
805/68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                Commission that the levies at present in force should
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended             be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular
the second line of Article 10(7), and Article 12(7)
thereof ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                  The levies referred to in Articles 1 0 and 1 2 of Regula­
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine              tion (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were               the Annex to this Regulation .
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                   72/74 (3)  and
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                                           Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,               To be classified as products falling within subheadings
levies should be calculated on the following basis :              Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in               products must correspond to the definition contained
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                 in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (4).
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                                            Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each              1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 January 1974.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
0 OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 23.
(3) OJ No L 9, 1 1 . 1 . 1 974, p. 24.                            (4) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15.
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                                                           ANNEX
                 Levies applicable from 1 February 1974 to imports from third countries (')
                                                                                                          (in u.a . 1100 k'jj
      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
                                                                                             0-470
                             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                               0-940
                                  female animals (c)
                             bb ) Other                                                      0-940 ( b )       0-940 ( 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)                            1-786
                                       bbb) Other                                            1-786             1-786
                                  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)                                             1-429
                                       bbb) Other                                            1-429             1-429
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                                                                                                                                          (in u. a. /100 kg)
        CCT                                                                                                                Austria
                                                                                                                           Sweden
                                                                                                                                            Other third
       heading                                            Description of goods                                                               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)                                                                        2-143
                                                    bbb ) Other                                                            2-143              2-143
                                           cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                               11 . Unboned (bone-in )                                                     2-679              2-679
                                               22. Boned or boneless                                                       3-064              3-064
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)                                                                2-679              2-679
                                      2 . Boned or boneless                                                                3-064              3-064
(') 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 I to the
     trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .