CELEX: 31975R2033
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2033/75 of the Commission of 5 August 1975 amending the definition as laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75 (EXIM) of products falling within CCT subheading 16.02 B III b) 1

No L 207/ 8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               6 . 8 . 75
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 2033/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 5 August 1975
                 amending the definition as laid down in Regulation ( EEC) No 1090/75 (EXIM) of
                                 products falling within CCT subheading 16.02 B III b) 1
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                               Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                                 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75 is amended
                                                                      to read as follows :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                            'Article 1
 805/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular                     1 . The products referred to Article 1 (c) of Regu­
Article 21 (2) thereof ;                                                   lation (EEC) No 805/68, with the exception of
                                                                           those specified in paragraph 2 hereof, shall be
                                                                           subject to the arrangements concerning import
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                     licences laid down in Article 15 of that Regula­
 1 090/75 (3 ) of 23 April 1975 on the issue by way of                     tion .
 protective measures of import licences for certain beef
and veal products (EXIM), as last amended by Regula­                       2.     No import licence shall be required in
 tion (EEC) No 1 585/75 (4), laid down special import                      respect of the following products falling within
arrangements in respect of the beef and veal sector ;                      subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 :
                                                                           (a) prepared or preserved beef and veal or beef and
Whereas the protective measures provided for have                               veal offal put up in hermetically sealed
been extended, in accordance with Article 1 of the                              containers weighing not more than 5 kg net ;
said Regulation , to imports of certain- products falling                  (b) cooked and frozen beef and veal put up in
within subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 which were used                              hermetically sealed containers weighing not
 to replace meat for processing ; whereas it has                                more than 7 kg net ;
 however become possible to allow limited quantities
of these products to be imported ;
                                                                           3.     For the purposes of this Regulation the
                                                                           following shall be regarded as cooked and frozen
Whereas the conditions on the Community market                             meat : meat which, prior to freezing, has been
which led to the application of protective measures                        subjected to sufficient heat to prevent the growth
                                                                           of Clostridium botulinium and which has, in addi­
continue to obtain ; whereas the Community market
 in beef and veal continues to be threatened as a result                   tion , the following characteristics :
of imports by serious disturbances which are likely to                     — no trace of pinkish liquid on the surface of a
jeopardize the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty ;                         cross section of meat which, after being
                                                                                completely defrosted, is cut at its thickest
                                                                                point ;
Whereas there has been a steady growth in the impor­
tation of seasoned meats exempted under subheading                         — a pH equal to or greater than 5-5.
 16.02 B III b) 1 from the protective measures ;
whereas the total imports effected and to be effected                      4. Meat and offal which has been subject to
have reached a level incompatible with sound manage­                       seasoning (with pepper and salt, for example),
 ment of the market in beef and veal ;                                     whether minced, cut up or in a single piece shall
                                                                           not be regarded as falling under paragraph 2 (a)
                                                                           above, irrespective of the type of packing in which
Whereas it therefore appears that seasoned meats                           it is put up .'
should no longer be exempted from the arrangements
laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75,
                                                                                               Article 2
(')  OJ No   L  148 ,  28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24 .
(-)  OJ No   L  1 95 , 18 . 7. 1974,  p. 14 .
H    OJ No   L  108 ,  26 . 4. 1975,  p. 1.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
(4 ) OJ No   L  162,   25 . 6. 1975 , p. 7.                            1 975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 5 August 1975.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission