CELEX: 31976R0421
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 421/76 of 26 February 1976 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

27. 2. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 52/9
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 421 /76
                                                     of 26 February 1976
              fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal
                                                      other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                 tion (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
 of the market in beef and veal ( J), as last amended by           the Annex to this Regulation .
 Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), and in particular the
 second line of Article 10 (7), and Article 12(7) thereof,                                  Article 2
 Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine
 animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were              To be classified as products falling within subheadings
 fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2070/75 (3), as last                 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb), products
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 356/76 (4) ;                       must correspond to the definition contained in Article
                                                                   2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (5).
Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
 provisions contained in amended Regulation (EEC)
 No 2070/75 to the quotations and other information                                         Article 3
 known to the Commission that the levies at present in
 force should be altered as shown in the Annex to this            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
 Regulation,                                                       1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 February 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.
(2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p . 14.
(3) OJ No L 210, 8 . 8 . 1975, p. 9 .      '
(«) OJ No L 44, 20 . 2. 1976, p. 9.                               (s) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15.
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                                                          ANNEX
                   Levies applicable from 1 March 1976 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                           (in u.a. / lOO fe« J
      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                                                               36-281 (b )        48-460 (b)
                    b) Other :
                       1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                            intended for processing (a)                                     36-281               —
                       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
                                 female animals (c)                                                            48-460
                            bb ) Other                                                      36-281 ( b )       48-460 (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 animals :
                    a) Of domestic bovine animals :
                        1 . Fresh or chilled :
                            aa) Of calves :
                                 11 . Carcases and half-carcases                            68-934             92-074
                                 22. Separated or unseparated forequarters                  55-147             73-659
                                 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                 82-721            110-489
                            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)                            92-074
                                      bbb) Other                                             68-934            92-074
                                  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)                                              73-659
                                       bbb) Other                                            55-147            73-659
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                                                                                                                                       (in u.aJlOO 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)                                                                      110-489
                                                   bbb) Other                                                            82-721          110-489
                                       cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                             11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                    103-401           138-111
                                            22. Boned or boneless                                                      118-276           157-980
02 06                    Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                         dried or smoked :
                         C. Other :
                             I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                a) Meat :
                                   1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                               103-401           138-111
                                   2. Boned or boneless                                                                118-276           157-980
(') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 , amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3329/75, provides that the levies are not applied to imports
    into the French overseas departments of products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and
    territories '.
(•) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities and to the special conditions at present
    •pplicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Communities
    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 1 , Annex I to the
    trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.