CELEX: 31973R2260
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 of the Commission of 17 August 1973 laying down the bases for calculating the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal

No L 233 / 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 21 . 8 . 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2260/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 17 August 1973
               laying down the bases for calculating the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef
                                                             and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Section (c) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                        805/ 68 :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   (a) the coefficient as referred to in Article 13 (2) (a) of
Economic Community ;
                                                                        that Regulation shall be 1 -53 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 ( x) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                (b) the fixed amount referred to in Article 1 3 (2) (b) of
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended                   that Regulation shall be 5-5 units of account per
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 87/73 (2), and in particular                   100 kilogrammes.
Article 1 3 (5) thereof ;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68
provides for a levy to be charged on imports of the                                          Article 2
frozen beef and veal products set out in Section (c) of
the Annex to that Regulation ; whereas the method of                1.    The world market price for frozen meat shall in
calculation for that levy must be laid down ;                       each case be determined on the basis of free-at­
Whereas rules for calculation in the case of carcases,              frontier offer prices in the Community, taking into
half-carcases and 'compensated' quarters were laid                  account normal transport and insurance costs.
down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/68 (3 ) of
15 July 1968 on general rules for fixing the levy on                2. In determining the world market price for frozen
certain kinds of frozen beef and veal ;                             meat the following shall be disregarded :
Whereas the levy on the other meats concerned is to
be derived by means of coefficients expressing the                  (a) offer prices which do not correspond to actual
value ratio between the various products, from the                      purchasing possibilities ;
levy on these products as aforesaid ;                               (b) offer prices which the Commission considers, in
Whereas to enable the levy to be applied to the                         view of general price movements or other informa­
various products it is necessary to specify in each case                tion available to it, not to be representative of real
the cut to which the relevant coefficient applies ;                     price trends in the country of origin ;
Whereas, to avoid over-frequent alteration of the levy,             (c) offer prices which relate to an unrepresentative
provision should be made for a certain margin , within                  quantity ;
which the world market price may vary without                       (d) offer prices relating to qualities which differ appre­
requiring alteration of the levy ;                                      ciably from those of the majority of such products
Whereas provisions should be made for the levy to be                    entering international trade.
fixed at regular intervals, but it must be possible for it
to be altered in the interim in the event of substantial
price variations ;
                                                                                             Article 3
Whereas the tariff nomenclature employed in this
Regulation is taken from the Common Customs
Tariff ;                                                            So long as the world market price for any frozen meat
                                                                    differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                grammes from the world market price previously used
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                   for the calculation of the relevant levy, the latter price
ment Committee for Beef and Veal ;                                  shall continue to apply.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                            Article 1                                                        Article 4
In the case of frozen meat falling within tariff
subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 aa), as set out in                    For frozen meat falling within tariff subheadings Nos
                                                                    02.01 A II a) 2 bb), cc) and dd), as set out in Section
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.
                                                                    (c) of the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 , the
0 OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 23 .                              coefficients as referred to in Article 13 (3) of that Regu­
(3 ) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 12 .                         lation shall be those set out in Annex I hereto .
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                           Article 5                                The forequarters and the hindquarters constituting
                                                                    'compensated quarters' must be imported at the
For the purpose of applying the levy provided for in                same time and in equal numbers, and the total
Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No '805/68 :                         weight of the forequarters must be the same as that
                                                                    of the hindquarters, a difference of not more than
1 . 'Carcases of bovine animals' (being products falling            5 % in these weights being allowed.
    within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 of the Common
    Customs Tariff) means whole carcases of the                 6. (a) 'A crop' or 'chuck and blade' cut (being a
    slaughtered animals, bled, gutted and skinned, with                 product falling within subheading 02.01 A II a)
    or without the heads, with or without the feet and                  2 dd) 22 bbb) of the Common Customs Tariff)
    with or without the other offal attached . When                     means the dorsal part of the forequarter,
    carcases are presented without the heads, the latter                including the upper part of the shoulder,
     must have been separated from the carcase at the                   obtained by a cut along a straight line through
     atloido-occipital joint. When presented without the                the point where the first rib joins the first
     feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo­              sternal segment to the point of reflection of the
     metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints ;                            diaphragm on the tenth rib with a minimum of
                                                                        four ribs and a maximum of ten ribs .
2. ' Half-carcases of bovine animals' (being products               (b) A 'brisket' cut (being a product falling within
     falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 of the                   the said subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 dd) 22 bbb)
     Common Customs Tariff) means the product                           means the lower part of the forequarters
     obtained by symmetrical section of the whole                       comprising the brisket navel end and brisket
     carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal,               point end.
     lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre
     of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis ;
                                                                                         Article 6
3 . 'Forequarters of bovine animals' (being products
     falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 bb) of the
     Common Customs Tariff) means the front part of             In determining the number of whole or cut ribs, only
                                                                those ribs attached to the backbone shall be taken
     the half-carcase, comprising all the bones and the         into consideration .
     scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four
     ribs and a maximum of ten whole or cut ribs, with
     or without the thin flank ;
                                                                                         Article 7
4. ' Hindquarters of bovine animals' (being products
     falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 cc) of the       The levy provided for in Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation
     Common Customs Tariff) means the rear part of              (EEC) No 805/68 shall, except where paragraph 4 of
     the half-carcase, comprising all the bones and the         that Article is applied, be fixed before the twenty-fifth
     thigh and sirloin, with a minimum of three whole           of each month and shall apply from the first Monday
     or cut ribs with or without the shin and with or           of the following month .
     without the thin flank ; this term also covers the
     front part of the half-carcase, comprising all the         The levy shall be altered in the intervening period in
     bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, but with           the event of any substantial variation in the world
     more than ten ribs ;                                       market price used in calculating it.
 5. 'Compensated quarters of bovine animals' (being
      products falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2                                 Article 8
     aa) of the Common Customs Tariff) means
      portions composed of either :                             Member States shall, on the fifth and twentieth of
                                                                each month, communicate by telex to the Commis­
     — forequarters comprising all the bones and the            sion, details of all prices of products as specified in
          scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the tenth        Section (c) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
          rib ; and hindquarters comprising all the bones       805/68 made known to them during the fortnight
          and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the third       preceding the day of such communication, specifying
          rib ; or                                              in each case the origin, quality, quantity and cut out
      — forequarters comprising all the bones and the           of the product concerned.
          scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the fifth
          rib, with the whole of the flank and breast            Each Member State shall , as soon as it has notice
          attached ; and hindquarters comprising all the         thereof, communicate to the Commission any informa­
          bones and the thigh and sirloin , and cut at the       tion indicating that Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
          eighth cut rib .                                       No 805/ 68 should be applied .
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                            Article 9                                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1986/71 (2), is
                                                                     repealed.
The Common Customs Tariff annexed to Regulation
(EEC) No 950/68 is amended as indicated in Annexes                                             Article 11
II and III to this Regulation .
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on             17
                           Article 10                                September 1973 .
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 ( !) of 25                    Entry under tariff subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 dd) 22
July 1968 determining the basis for calculation the                  bbb) is subject, however, to the presentation upon
levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal, as last               approved certificate.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 17 August 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 ( i ) OJ No L 180 , 26 . 7 . 1968 , p . 21 .                         (-') OJ No L 209 , 15 . 9 . 1971 , p . 27 .
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                                                                          ANNEX 1
          CCT
                                                                         Description                                             Coefficient
      heading No
02.01 A II a) 2                    Frozen meat, for human consumption, of domestic bovine animals :
                                   bb) Forequarters                                                                                 0-80
                                   cc) Hindquarters                                                                                 1-25
                                   dd ) Other :
                                        11 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                                      1-50
                                        22. Boned or boneless :
                                               aaa) Forequarters, whole or cut into a maximum of five
                                                      pieces, each quarter being in a single block ; 'compen­
                                                      sated' quarters in two blocks, one of which contains
                                                      the forequarter, whole or cut into a maximum of five
                                                      pieces, and the other, the hindquarter, excluding the
                                                      tenderloin, in one piece                                                      1-25
                                               bb'b ) Crop, chuck and blade and brisket cuts ( a)                                   1-25
                                               ccc) Other                                                                           1-72
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down .by the competent authorities of the
     European Communities .
                                                                         ANNEX U
                                                                                                                            Rate of duty
          CCT                                                                                                      Autonomous
        heading                                                      Description                                        °/o         Conventional
           No
                                                                                                                     or levy              V»
                                                                                                                       ( L)
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 :
                                           2 . Frozen :
                                               dd ) Other :
                                                     22 . Boned or boneless :
                                                          aaa ) Forequarters , whole or cut into a maxi­
                                                                mum of five pieces, each quarter being in
                                                                 a single block ; 'compensated' quarters in
                                                                two blocks, one of which contains the
                                                                forequarter, whole or cut into a maxi­
                                                                mum of five pieces, and the other, the
                                                                hindquarter, excluding the tenderloin , in
                                                                one piece                                         20 + ( L ) Π            (c)
                                                          bbb ) Crop, chuck and blade and brisket cuts
                                                                (a)                                               20 + ( L ) n            (c)
                                                          ccc ) Other                                             20 + ( L ) n           (c)
( a) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down bv the competent authorities of the
     European Communities .                                                  /
(*) In certain conditions , a levy is applicable in addition to the customs duty .
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                                                               ANNEX 111
               I. The following is added to the last sentence of paragraph IJ ( b) of Additional Note 1 to
                   Chapter 2 of the Common Customs Tariff :
                   'and the total weight) of the forequarters must be the same as that of the hindquarters, a
                   difference of not more than 5 °/o in those weights being allowed.'
              II . — A paragraph M, worded as follows is added to Additional Nolle 1 to Chapter 2 of the
                       Common Customs Tariff :
                       ' M. ( a) " Crop" and " chuck and blade" cuts, for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A II
                                 a) 2 dd) 22 bbb), the dorsal part of the forequarter, including the upper part
                                 of the shoulder, obtained by a cut along a straight line through the point where
                                 the first rib joins the first sternal segment ifo the point of reflection of the dia­
                                 phragm on the tenth with a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of ten ribs ;
                           (b) "Brisket" cut for the purposes of subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 dd) 22 bbb), the
                                 lower part of the forequarter comprising the brisket navel end and brisket point
                                 end .'
                   — A paragraph N, worded as follows, is added to Additional Note 1 to Chapter 2 of the
                       Common Customs T ariff :
                       'N. In determining the number of whole or cut ribs referred to in paragraphs E to L,
                            only those attached to the backbone shall be taken into consideration.'