CELEX: 31969R1972
Language: en
Date: 1969-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1972/69 of the Commission of 6 October 1969 supplementing Regulations (EEC) No 1025/68 and (EEC) No 1072/68 as regards certain definitions for beef and veal

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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1972/69 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 6 October 1969
               supplementing Regulations (EEC) No 1025/68 and (EEC) No 1072/68 as regards certain
                                              definitions for beef and veal
THE    COMMISSION        OF     THE EUROPEAN       COM­         Whereas, in the Italian version of Article 2 (9) of
MUNITIES ,                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1025/68 and Article 6 (3 ) of
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68, 'garretto' does not
                                                                have the same meaning as the expressions used in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    other languages ; whereas it is therefore necessary to
European Economic Community;                                    amend it;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
805 /68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation            are in accordance with the Opinion of the
of the market in beef and veal, as amended by                   Management Committee for Beef and Veal;
Regulation (EEC) No 1398/69,2 and in particular
Articles 12 (5 ) and 13 (5 ) thereof;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1025 /683                                         Article 1
of 22 July 1968 fixing the coefficients for calculating
the levy on beef and veal other than frozen, as                 The following Article la shall be added to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 642/69,4 as well as
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 1025/68 :
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1Q72/685 of 25
July 1968 determining the bases for calculating the                 'For the purposes of this Regulation :
levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 643 /69® defined                     ( a) "carcase of a domestic bovine animal" means
certain cuts of beef and veal to which the coefficients                  the entire body of the slaughtered animal' as it
to be used for the calculation of the levy apply ;                       appears after bleeding, gutting and skinning,
whereas there is no definition of carcase or half                        with or without the head, with or without the
carcase of domestic bovine animals ; whereas a                           feet, and with or without kidneys and kidney
definition should be laid down to avoid difficulties                     fat, but excluding other offal.
over tariffs which could result from this situation ;                    When the carcase is presented without the
                                                                         head, the latter must be separated at the
Whereas, for the same reason, the definitions of                         atloido-occipital joint. When presented
'unseparated calf hindquarters' and 'separated calf                      without the feet, these must be cut off at the
hindquarters' in Article 2 (5 )- and (6) of Regulation                   carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints ;
(EEC) No 1025/68 should be supplemented ; whereas
for this purpose they should be harmonised with the                 (b ) "half carcase of a domestic bovine animal"
definition of 'hindquarters of adult bovine animals' in                  means the product obtained by symmetrical
section 9 of that Article ;                                              dissection of the whole carcase through the
                                                                         middle of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and
                                                                         sacral1 vertebra and through the middle of the
                                                                         breast-bone and the ischio-pubic symphysis.'
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 24.                                                       Article 2
2 OJ No L 179, 21.7.1969, p. 13 .
3 OJ No L 174, 23.7.1968 , p. 9.                                The words 'with or without kidneys and kidney fat
4 OJ No L 83, 4.4.1969, p. 16.                                  but excluding other offal' shall be deleted from
5 OJ No L 180 , 26.7.1968 , p. 21 .                             Article 2 ( 1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
6 OJ No L 83 , 4.4.1969, p. 17.                                 1025 /68 .
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                       Article 3                                                      Article 5
The following shall be added to the end of the first          The words 'la tibia e il muscolo aderente' shall be
sentence of Article 2 (5 ) and (6) of Regulation (EEC)        substituted for 'il garretto' in the Italian texts of
No 1025 /68 :                                                 Article 2 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 1025 /68 and of
    'with or without the shin and with or without the         Article 6 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 .
    thin flank.'
                                                                                      Article 6
                       Article 4
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October
The words 'within the meaning of Article la of                1969 . *
Regulation (EEC) No 1025/68' shall be added after
'half carcase' in Article 6 (2) and (3 ) of Regulation        Articles 3 and 5 shall, however, take effect from 29
(EEC) No 1072/68 .                                            July 1968 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 6 October 1969.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                        Jean REY