CELEX: 31974R2513
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-04
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2513/74 of the Commission of 3 October 1974 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

4. 10 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 269/ 13
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2513/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 3 October 1974
                  fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                       other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN .                                   Whereas the guide prices for calves and adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                       animals valid from 1 April 1974 are fixed by Council
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 667/74 (3) and amended by
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2496/74 (4) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 218/73 (5)
                                                                   of 29 January 1973 on the determination of the
                                                                    import price and the special import price for calves
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       and adult bovine animals, provides that the import
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                 price is to be calculated in accordance with the
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended               method set out in Article 4 on the basis of all the
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular             representative free-at-frontier offer prices in the
the second subparagraph of Article 10 (7) and Article              Community established for each of the categories and
 12 (7) thereof ;                                                  cuts specified in Article 2, and ascertained in parti­
                                                                   cular from :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       (a) prices given in the customs documents accom­
Committee ;                                                              panying the products imported from such other
                                                                         third countries ;
                                                                   (b) other information concerning the export prices
Whereas Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                         ruling in such other countries ;
provides that, where the import price for calves or
adult bovine animals, after addition of the customs
duty, is      lower than the guide price, the difference           Whereas, however, offer prices which do not corres­
between      the latter price and the import price plus that       pond to actual purchasing possibilities are to be disre­
addition     is offset by a levy on imports of that product ;      garded , as are also offer prices relating to unrepresenta­
whereas,      however, such levy is to be fixed at :               tive quantities ; whereas offer prices which , because of
                                                                   the development of prices in general or from the infor­
— 75 % of the abovementioned difference, if it is                  mation available, do not seem to be representative of
       found that the price of the product in question on          the actual trend of prices in the exporting country
       the representative markets of the Community is              should also be disregarded ;
       more than the guide price but does not exceed
       102 % of that price ;
                                                                   Whereas, where no free-at-frontier offer price can be
— 50 % of the abovementioned difference, if it is                  recorded for one or more categories of live animals or
       found that the price of the product in question on          of meat, the last available price must be used for the
                                                                   calculation ;
       the representative markets of the Community is
       more than 102 % of the guide price but does not
       exceed 104% of that price ;                                 Whereas the import price must be calculated on the
                                                                   first and third Thursday of each month for the
— 25 % of the abovementioned difference , if it is
                                                                   purpose of calculating the levies valid from the
       found that the price of the product in question on          following Monday ; whereas, however, if circumstances
       the representative markets of the Community is              so require, the import price may be fixed on another
       more than 104 % of the guide price but does not             day of the same week ;
       exceed 106% of that price ;
— nil , if it is found that the price of the product in            Whereas        Commission           Regulation  (EEC)   No
       question on the representative markets of the               2150 /73 (b) of 6 August 1973 provides for the fixing of
       Community is more than 106 % of the guide
       price ;                                                     (3 ) OJ  No  L 85 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 59 .
                                                                   0)   OJ  No  L 268 , 3 . 10 . 1974 , p. 1 .
( i ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                        (5)  OJ  No  L 26, 31 .  1 . 1973 , p. 16 .
(*) OJ No L 195 , 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14 .                            ( b) OJ  No  L 219 , 7 . 8 . 1973 , p. 15 .
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 the special import price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) (a)     new Member States must be increased by the basic
 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 for adult bovine                   compensatory amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
 animals originating in and coming from Austria,                  Council Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 (3) of 23 January
 Sweden and Switzerland on the basis of quotations on              1973 laying down general rules for the system of
 representative markets in these third countries ;                compensatory amounts for beef and veal ;
 Whereas this special import price is calculated once a
 week and is used to calculate levies taking effect on            Whereas, where there are several representative
 the Monday following the day on which it is fixed ;              markets in a Member State, the price of each quality is
 whereas, however, no special import price is fixed if            the average of the quotations recorded on each of
 such price would exceed by less than 1 unit of                   these markets ; whereas, where in a Member State
 account per 100 kilogrammes live weight the import               there is a single representative market, held several
 price fixed, pursuant to Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation          times during the seven-day period, the price of each
 (EEC) No 805/68, as specified in Regulation (EEC)               quality is to be equal to the arithmetic mean of quota­
 No 218 /73 ;                                                     tions recorded at each market ; whereas, with regard to
                                                                  Italy, the price of each quality is the average, weighted
 Whereas, if one or more of the third countries                  by the special weighting coefficients laid down in
 referred to take, notably for health protection reasons,        Annex II to amended Regulation (EEC) No 320/73, of
 measures affecting prices quoted on their markets, the          the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit produc­
 Commission may base itself on the last prices                   tion areas ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus
 recorded before such measures were put into effect ;            production area is equal to the average of the quota­
                                                                 tions recorded on each of the markets within that
                                                                 area ; whereas for the United Kingdom the weighted
 Whereas, if the import price differs by less than 0-50          average of the prices recorded on the representative
 unit of account per 100 kg live weight from the                 markets in Great Britain and in Northern Ireland are
 import price previously used to calculate the levy, the         to be multiplied by the coefficient fixed in the said
 latter price must be maintained ;                               Annex II ;
 Whereas Article 10 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
 provides that the price recorded on the representative          Whereas, where these quotations do not relate to 'live
 markets of the Community is derived from the prices             weight excluding tax' prices, the quotations for the
 recorded on the representative market or markets of             different qualities are to be corrected by the live­
 each Member State for the various qualities — of                weight conversion coefficients laid down in Annex II
calves, adult bovine animals or the meat of these                to that Regulation and, in respect of Italy and the
animals, as the case may be — after taking into                  United Kingdom , are first increased or reduced by the
 account the relative quantity of each of such qualities         corrective amounts laid down in that Annex ; whereas
and the relative magnitude of the bovine stock of each           for Ireland the price per calf recorded on the represen­
Member State ;                                                   tative market is to be increased by the corrective
                                                                 amount fixed in that Annex and subsequently
                                                                 converted back into live weight per unit of weight by
Whereas the prices for calves and adult bovine                   applying the corrective coefficient fixed in that
animals, recorded on the representative market or                Annex ;
markets of each Member State, is equal to the average,
weighted by coefficients, of the prices for the qualities
of calves, adult bovine animals and meat of these
animals formed during a period of seven days in that             Whereas ,    if  one   or  more      Member   States  take
Member State at a standard wholesale stage ; whereas             measures, such as health protection measures, which
the representative markets, the qualities of the                 affect the normal development of quotations recorded
products and the weightings were fixed in Annex II to            on their markets, the Commission may either disre­
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 320/73 (•) of 31                  gard the quotations recorded on the market or
January 1973 on the determination of the prices for              markets in question or use the last quotations
calves and adult bovine animals on the representative            recorded on the market or markets in question before
markets of the Community, as last amended by Regu­               those measures were put into effect ;
lation ( EEC) No 646/74 (2) ;
Whereas the prices of calves and adult bovine animals
so established on the market or markets of each of the           Whereas, where information is not available , the quota­
                                                                 tions recorded on representative Community markets
(') OJ No L 36 , 8 . 2. 1973 , p. 13 .
(A OJ No L 78, 23. 3. 1974, p. 20.                               H OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 9 .
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are to be determined with particular reference to the             Whereas the levies for calves and veal are identical
latest known quotations ;                                         with those applicable to adult bovine animals and beef
                                                                   in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1 100/74 (3) of 3 May 1974 ;
Whereas, for as long as the price recorded for calves
and adult bovine animals on the representative                    Whereas, in accordance with Article 33 (2) of Regula­
Community markets differs by less than 0-20 unit of                tion (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for
account per 100 kg live weight from the price previ­               in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
ously used, the latter price is to be maintained ;                 Customs Tariff ;
                                                                  Whereas the levies must be fixed once each week and
Whereas Article 12 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
                                                                  be valid from the following Monday ;
provides that if a levy is charged on calves or adult
bovine animals, a levy is also to be charged on
imports of the meat of calves or adult bovine animals             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
as listed in Section (a) of the Annex to that Regulation           levies should be calculated on the following basis :
under tariff subheading Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
02.01 A II a) 1 bb) ; whereas this levy is equal to the
                                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
levy charged on calves or adult bovine animals, as the
                                                                       within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
case may be, adjusted by a coefficient expressing the                  on their effective parity ;
value ratio between the meat in question on the one
hand and calves or adult bovine animals on the other ;            — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Whereas Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
provides that if the levy is charged on adult bovine                   in the previous subparagraph ;
animals, a levy is also to be charged on imports of the
meat listed in Section (b) of the Annex to that Regula­           Whereas it follows from the provisions of the above­
tion ; whereas this levy is equal to the levy charged on           mentioned Regulations and in particular from the
adult bovine animals, multiplied by a standard coeffi­            quotations and other information known to the
cient ;                                                           Commission that the levies on calves, adult bovine
                                                                  animals and on        beef and veal other than    frozen
                                                                  should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula­
Whereas Article 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68               tion ,
provides that the levy may be charged on imports of
the products listed in Section (a) of the Annex to that
Regulation under tariff subheading No 02.01 A II a) 1
cc) ; whereas this levy is equal to the highest levy               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
applicable to calves or adult bovine animals, multi­
plied by a standard coefficient ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas the standard coefficients referred to above
were fixed for each of the products in question in                The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         tion ( EEC) No 805/ 68 shall be as shown in the Annex
2249/73 (') of 17 August 1973 , fixing the coefficients            to this Regulation .
for calculating the levy on beef and veal other than
frozen ; whereas that Regulation also defines the
requirements to be met by certain products for which                                        Article 2
the levy has been fixed by means of these coeffi­
cients ;                                                          To be classified as products falling within subheading
                                                                   Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
                                                                   products must correspond to the definitions contained
Whereas levies must be fixed with due regard for obli­             in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2249 / 73 .
gations arising out of international agreements
concluded by the Community ; whereas Regulation
(EEC) No 2170/73 (-) of 31 July 1973 on the conclu­
                                                                                            Article 3
sion of the Trade Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­
blic of Yugoslavia should also be taken into account ;            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October
                                                                   1974 .
(') OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15 .
(2) OJ No L 224, 13 . 8 . 1973 , p. 1 .                           P ) OJ No L 122, 4 . 5 . 1974 , p. 25 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 3 October 1974.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
                     Levies applicable from 7 October 1974 to imports from third countries (')
                                                                                                              (in it a . / 100 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 :
                  If . Other :
                        a ) Calves                                                               35-210 ( b )      35-210 ( b )
                        b ) Other :
                             1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                                                                                 35-210
                                 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                             35-210
                                       female animals (c)
                                 bb ) Other                                                     35-210 ( b )      35-210 ( b )
                                                                                                        Ner 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                           66-899            66-899
                                      22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters                53-519            53-519
                                      33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                80-279            80-279
                                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 )                      66-899
                                           bbb ) Other                                         6 6-899           66-899
                                     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 cartilagcs ( 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)                                         53-519
                                           bbb ) Other                                          3 -> 19         53-519
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          CCT                                                                                                            Austria
                                                                                                                                            Other third
         heading                                            Description of goods                                         Sweden
                                                                                                                                              countries
           No                                                                                                          Switzerland
                                                                                                                                 Net weight
 02.01                                           33 . Hindquarters :
tcont'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)                                                                         80-279
                                                      bbb ) Other                                                       80-279                 80-279
                                             cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                 11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                              100-349               100-349
                                                 22 . Boned or boneless                                                114-785               114-785
( I / Of,                     Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted , in brine,
                              dried or smoked :
                              C. Other :
                                  I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                     n ) Meat :
                                         1 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                       100-349               100-349
                                         2 . Boned or boneless                                                         114-785              114-785
 (') 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 deternii ncd 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
       trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .