CELEX: 31970R0206
Language: en
Date: 1970-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 206/70 of the Commission of 4 February 1970 amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 1025/68 and 1072/68 in respect of the definition of beef and veal carcases

70                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
 5.2.70                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 28 /9
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 206/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 4 February 1970
                 amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 1025/68 and 1072/68 in respect of the definition of
                                                 beef and veal carcases
 THE    COMMISSION        OF    THE  EUROPEAN      COM­         July 1968 determining the bases for calculating the
 MUNITIES,     •                                                levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal, as last
                                                                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1972/69, should
Having regard to the Treaty . establishing the                  be amplified;
 European Economic Community ;
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the
 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation            Management Committee for Beef and Veal ;
 of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69,2 and in particular                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Articles 12 (5 ) and 13 (5 ) thereof;
                                                                                         Article. 1
Whereas Article la (a) of Commission Regulation '
 (EEC) No 1025/683 of 22 July 1968 fixing the                   The following shall be substituted for Article la ( a)
coefficients for calculating the levy on beef and veal          of Regulation (EEC) No 1025/68 : .
other than frozen, as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 1972/69,4 excluded certain offals from the
definition of the carcase of a domestic bovine animal
                                                                    '( a) "carcase of a domestic bovine animal" means
                                                                          the entire body of the slaughtered animal
other than frozen ;
                                                                          after bleeding, gutting and skinning, with or
                                                                          without the head, with or without the feet
Whereas some carcases are presented with the offal                        and with or without the other offal attached.
attached; whereas under present rules such a cut
cannot be accepted as a carcase;
                                                                          When the carcase is presented without the
                                                                          head, the latter must be separated at the
Whereas, from an economic point of view, such a cut                       atloido-occipital ' joint. When presented,
ought to be accepted as a carcase ; whereas the                           without the feet, these must be cut off at the
above-mentioned       definition  should   therefore   be                 carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints.'
altered;
                                                                                       . Article 2
Whereas Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 describes the method of calculating the levy
applicable to frozen meat presented in the form of              The following Article 6b shall          be   added    to
carcases, half-carcases and compensated quarters ;              Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 :
whereas the lack of a definition for a frozen carcase
of a domestic bovine animal could cause difficulty                  'Article 6b
over tariffs ; whereas to remedy that situation
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1072/685 of 25 ,                     For the purpose of applying the levy provided for
                                                                    in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ,
                                                                    "carcase of a domestic bovine animal" means the
                                                                    entire body of the slaughtered animal after
1  OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.                                   bleeding, gutting and skinning, with or without
2  OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p. 3.                                   the head, with or without the feet and with or
3  OJ No L 174, 23.7.1968, p. 9.                                   without the other offal attached .
4  OJ No L 251,' 1.10.1969, p. 6.
5  OJ No L 180, 26.7.1968, p. 21.                                  When the carcase is presented without the head,
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the latter must be separated • at the                                          Article 3
atloido-occipital joint. When presented without
the feet, these must be cut off at the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints .'             1970.
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States .
         Done at Brussels, 4 February 1970.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                                Jean REY