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Date: 1974-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 January 1974 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced

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                                                   COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 25 January 1974
              fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and
                                                    veal are to be reduced
                                                          (74/49/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     States and third countries the compensatory amounts
COMMUNITIES,                                                       applicable because of a depreciation of the currency
                                                                   concerned cannot exceed the tax on imports from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              third countries ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas, in order that this rule may be observed,
974/71 (J) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of                   Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 has stated
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture                     that for the application of Article 4a (2) of Regulation
following the temporary widening of the margins of                 (EEC) No 974/71 to beef meat, the Commission shall
fluctuation   for the      currencies    of certain  Member        give notice of the amounts by which the monetary
States, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     compensatory amounts are to be reduced ; whereas the
3450/73 (2) ;                                                      amounts fixed in accordance with this rule are periodi­
                                                                   cally altered when changes in the tax on imports from
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    third countries make this necessary ;
1463/73 (3) of 30 May 1973, as to the detailed rules for
applying the monetary compensatory amounts, as last                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1695/73 (6) of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 214/74 (4), and in                  25 June 1973 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
particular Article 5 (2) thereof ;                                 1824/73 (7) has determined to what extent the mone­
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       tary compensatory amounts applicable to beef and
Committee ;                                                        veal by reason of the depreciation of a currency may
                                                                   be higher than the charge on imports from third coun­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 218/74 (5)                  tries ;
of 25 January 1974 fixed the monetary compensatory
amounts to be applied from 28 January 1974 ;                       Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, world
                                                                   market prices should be calculated on the following
Whereas these compensatory amounts have been                       basis :
fixed without taking account of Article 4a (2) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 974/71 which provides that in trade                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
among the Member States and between the Member                          relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                        within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange
(>) OJ No  L  106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .                                 based on their effective parity ;
(2) OJ No  L  353, 22. 12. 1973, p. 25.
(3) OJ No  L  146, 4. 6. 1973, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No   L 22, 26. 1 . 1974, p. 53 .                            (6) OJ No L 173, 28 . 6. 1973 , p. 1 .
(*) OJ No   L 24, 28 . 1 . 1974, p. 1 .                            (7 OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 1 .
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 218/74, must
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each       be reduced in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in    (EEC) No 1463/73, are fixed in the Annex hereto.
      relation to the Community currencies referred to
      in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas pursuant to the second subparagraph of                                     Article 2
Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 if the
monetary compensatory amount for certain products
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 ;
Whereas application of the said criteria results in a        Done at Brussels, 25 January 1974.
fixing of the amounts by which the monetary compen­
satory amounts are to be adjusted to the level
appearing in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                     For the Commission
                         Article 1
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
With effect from 28 January 1974 the amounts, by
which the monetary compensatory amounts appearing                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                     Amounts to be deducted from the monetary compensatory amounts
                                                                     United Kingdom            Ireland                Italy         France
                          CCT heading No                                (£/100 kg)           (£/100 kg)           (Lit/100 kg)    (FF/ 100 kg)
                                            '
                                                                                                    — Live weight —
          ex 01.02 A II a)   H                                            0                    0                        0               0
          ex 01.02 A II a)   (2)                                          2-467                2-467                    0               0
          ex 01.02 A II b )  (8)                                          0                    0                        0               0
          ex 01.02 A II b)   (4)                                          2-272                2-272                    0               0
                                                                                                    — Net weight —
               02.01 A II a) laa) 11                                      2-682                2-682                    0               0
               02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 22                                     1-950                 1-950                   0               0
               02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 33                                     3-414                3-414                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  1 bb ) 11                                   3-249                3-249                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  1 bb) 22                                    2-501                2-501                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  1 bb) 33                                    3-997                3-997                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  1 cc) 11                                    3-249                3-249                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  1 cc) 22                                    0-974                0-974                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  2 aa )                                      2-410                2-410                    0               0
               02.01 A II a)  2 bb )                                      1-830                 1-830                   0               0
               02.01 A II a)  2 cc)                                       3-135                3-135                    0               0
               02.01 A Ha )   2 dd ) 11                                   2-410                2-410                    0               0
               02.01 A II a ) 2 dd) 22 aaa)                               0-550                0-550                    0               0
               02.01 A II a) 2 dd ) 22 bbb ) (5 )                         0-550                0-550                    0               0
               02.01 A II a) 2 dd) 22 ccc)                                0-550                0-550                    0               0
               02.06 C I a ) 1                                            2-672                 2-672                   0               0
               02.06 C I a ) 2                                            0                     0                       0               0
(') Calves for fattening weighing less than 80 kg.
 (*) Calves other than those referred to in (') above . Entry in this subhea ding is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent
     authorities .
(s) Young male bovine animals for fattening of a minirr>um weight of 220 kg and a maximum weight of 300 kg.
 (4) Young male bovine animals other than those referred to in (3) ab ove . Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be deter­
     mined 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.