CELEX: 31968R1027
Language: en
Date: 1968-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1027/68 of the Commission of 22 July 1968 on the determination of prices of calves and adult bovine animals on representative Community markets

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    295
No L 174/ 14                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               23.7.68
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1027/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 22 July 1968
              on the determination of prices of calves and adult bovine animals on representative
                                                 Community markets
THE    COMMISSION        OF    THE  EUROPEAN      COM­         Whereas the price recorded on the representative
MUNITIES ,                                                     market or markets of each Member State may be
                                                               taken as the weighted average of the prices which
                                                               have occurred during a given period at the same
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­             marketing stage; whereas the coefficients used for
pean Economic Community ;                                      this weighting should reflect the relative quantity of
                                                               each quality in the supplies on the market;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organis­                Whereas, on the basis of recent experience, the mar­
ation of the market in beef and veal, and in particular        kets listed in Annex II are those which should be
Articles 10 (5 ) and 25 thereof;                               regarded as representative;
Whereas Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas, where there are several representative
805/68 provides that the price recorded on the                 markets in a Member State, the quotations recorded
representative markets of the Community must be                on these markets should be averaged ;
derived from the prices recorded on the represen­
tative market or markets of each Member State for
the various qualities of calves, adult bovine animals          Whereas, with regard to Italy, the quotations for the
or the meat of these animals, as the case may be,              surplus production zone and the quotations for the
after taking into account the relative quantity of each        deficit zone should be separately weighted by means
of such qualities and the relative magnitude of the            of coefficients expressing the relative influence of
bovine stock of each Member State ;                            each of these zones on price formation in that
                                                               Member State; whereas quotations for the surplus
                                                               production zone in Italy may be taken as the average
Whereas the prices recorded on the representative              of the quotations recorded on the different markets
markets of the Community may be taken as the                   within that zone ;
average of the prices of the products in question on
the representative market or markets of each Mem­
ber State, weighted in accordance with the coefficients        Whereas the price recorded on the market must re­
expressing the relative magnitude of the bovine stock          late to the wholesale trade stage ; whereas the
of each Member State ;                                         quotations recorded on the Florence market relate
                                                               to ex-farm prices for live bovine animals ; whereas,
                                                               to convert these quotations to wholesale prices,
Whereas it has proved necessary to disregard the               allowance should be made for the trading margin
markets of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as                    and transport costs ;
representative markets for as long as trade in beef
and veal is made subject to quantitative restrictions
by that Member State in accordance with the Protocol           Whereas the price recorded on the market relates
on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, since appli­                 to the livestock price, excluding tax ; whereas, in
cation of such restrictions has the effect of protecting       certain Member States, prices relate to prices for
the price of those products from the free play of              meat; whereas this difference should be corrected by
supply and demand ;                                            means of a coefficient; whereas, however, the prices
                                                               for carcases on the Rome market should be reduced
                                                               by the amount of taxes and other costs and then
                                                               increased by the value of the fifth quarter, before
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 24.                             application of the above-mentioned coefficient;
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 Whereas Member States may, because of health                   (c) the weighting coefficients referred to in the preced­
 protection regulations in particular, find it necessary             ing paragraph.
 to take measures which affect prices ;
                                                                                         Article 3
 Whereas in such circumstances it is not always
 suitable when recording market prices to take into              1 . Where there are several representative markets in
 account quotations which do not reflect the normal             a Member State, the price of each quality shall be
 trend of the market; whereas consequently certain              the average of the quotations recorded on each of
 criteria should be laid down allowing the Com­                 these markets . Where in a Member State there is a
 mission to take account of that situation ;                    single representative market, held several times during
                                                                the seven-day period referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ), the
                                                                price of each quality shall be equal to the arithmetic
 Whereas, to avoid too frequent alteration of the levy,          average of the quotations recorded during each
 a certain margin should be allowed within which                 market.
 variations in the factors entering into the calculation
 of the price on the representative markets of the
 Community do not entail an alteration of that price ;          2. With regard to Italy, the price of each quality
                                                                shall be the average, weighted by the special
                                                                weighting coefficients laid down in Annex II, of the
 Whereas it should be laid down that the levy be
                                                                prices recorded in the surplus and deficit production
 fixed once a week and have effect from the Monday
                                                                zones . The price recorded in the surplus production
 after it is fixed ;
                                                                zone shall be the average of the quotations recorded
                                                                on each of the markets within that zone.
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
 lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the                                        Article 4
Management Committee for Beef and Veal;
                                                               Where , these quotations do not relate to 'live weight
                                                                excluding tax' prices, the quotations for the different
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                qualities shall be corrected by the live weight con­
                                                                version coefficients laid down in Annex II and, in
                         Article 1
                                                                respect of Italy, shall be first increased or reduced
 The price of calves and adult bovine animals on the            by the corrective amounts laid down in Annex II.
representative Community markets referred to in
Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall                                       Article 5
be the average of the prices of calves and adult                1 . Member States shall inform the Commission not
bovine animals, as the case may be, weighted by
coefficients laid down in Annex I recorded on the
                                                                later than Thursday in each week of the quotations
                                                                recorded on their representative markets during the
representative market or markets of each Member                 seven-day period preceding the day on which the
State .
                                                                information is given .
However, the markets of the Grand Duchy of                     For Belgium, however, the period referred to in the
Luxembourg shall not be taken as representative                preceding subparagraph shall include the day on
markets for as long as that Member State has re­               which the information is given . That Member State
course, in respect of the products listed in Article 1         shall inform the Commission on Thursday of the
of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , to the provisions              quotations recorded on its representative market held
of Article 1 ( 1) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy            on that day.
of Luxembourg.
                        Article 2
                                                               2. Where information is not available, the quotations
                                                               recorded on representative Community markets shall
1 . The price of calves and adult bovine animals on            be determined primarily with reference to the latest
the representative market or markets of each Member             quotations known.
State shall be the average, weighted by coefficients,
of the prices occurring for the qualities of calves, of        3 . The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall inform '
adult bovine animals and of the meat of these ani­             the Commission without delay of each change made,
mals, during a seven-day period in that Member                 in respect of products listed in Article 1 of Regu­
State, at the same wholesale stage.                            lation (EEC) No 805/68 , in pursuance of the pro­
                                                               visions of Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand
2. In Annex II are laid down :                                 Duchy of Luxembourg.
( a) the representative markets of each Member State;                                   Article 6
(b ) the qualities of calves, of adult bovine animals          Should one or more Member States take measures,
     and of the meat of these animals ;                        such as health protection measures, which affect the
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normal development of quotations recorded on their                                    Article 8
markets, the Commission may :
                                                              The entire levy referred to in paragraph 5 of the
— either disregard the quotations recorded on the             Bilateral Agreement of 11 January 1968 between
    market or markets in question;                            the European Economic Community and the King­
                                                              dom of Denmark on cattle for processing shall be
— or use the last quotations recorded on the market          equal to that provided for in the second subparagraph
    or markets in question before those measures              of Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68,
    were put into effect.                                     applicable to adult bovine animals.
Where the preceding subparagraph applies and if the                                  Article 9
situation referred to in that subparagraph continues          Subject to the provisions of Article 6 of Commission
for two consecutive weeks, a decision shall be taken         Regulation (EEC) No 1026/68 1 of 22 July 1968 on
as to whether the criteria stated above should be
                                                             the calculation of a special import price for calves
amended or set aside .
                                                              and adult bovine animals, and the provisions of the
                                                             Bilateral Agreement referred to in Article 8 of this
                       Article 7                             Regulation, the levies provided for in Article 10 ( 1 )
                                                             of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be fixed once
For as long as the price of calves or of adult bovine        a week and shall be applicable from the Monday
animals recorded on the representative Community              following the day on which they are fixed.
markets, calculated in accordance with the foregoing
Articles, differs by less than 0-20 units of account                                 Article 10
per 100 kg live weight from the price previously
used for the calculation of the levy, the latter price       This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July
shall be maintained .                                         1968 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 July 1968 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                       Jean REY
                                                             1 OJ No L 174, 23.7.1968 , p . 12.
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                                                   ANNEX I
    (a) Coefficients to be used in calculating the price on the representative Community markets for
         calves and adult bovine animals in cases where the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has recourse
        to the provisions of Article 1 ( 1) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
                                          Belgium        ^         5*2
                                          Germany                 27-5
                                          France                  41-0
                                          Italy                   19-0
                                          Netherlands              7-3
     (b) Coefficients to be used in calculating the price on the representative Community markets for
         calves and adult bovine animals in cases where the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg does not
         have recourse to Article 1 (1 ) of the Protocol on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
                                          Belgium                  5*2
                                          Germany                 27-5
                                          France                  40-8
                                          Italy                   18-9
                                          Luxembourg               0-3
                                          Netherlands              7-3
                                                  ANNEX II
    A. GERMANY
         1 . Representative markets :
             Aachen                     Essen                          Kiel
             Augsburg                   Frankfurt/Main                 Köln
             Bochum                     Gelsenkirchen                  Mannheim
             Braunschweig               Hagen                          München
             Bremen                     Hamburg                        Nürnberg
             Dortmund                   Hannover                       Stuttgart
             Duisburg                   Karslruhe                      Wiesbaden
             Düsseldorf                 Kassel                        Wuppertal
        2. Qualities and coefficients :
             Qualities                                       Weighting coefficients
             (a) Adult bovine animals
                 Ochsen A                                                 2-4
                 Ochsen B                                                 0-6
                 Färsen A                                                13-9
                 Färsen B                                                 4-1
                 Färsen C                                                 0-6
                 Bullen A                                               24-4
                 Bullen B                                                 9-2
                 Bullen C                                                 1-0
                 Kühe A                                                   7-9
                 Kühe B                                                 22-4
                 Kühe C                                                  12-0
                 Kühe D                                                   1-5
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       (b) Calves
           Kälber A                                              49-7
           Kälber B                                              34-8
           Kälber C                                              12-9
           Kälber D                                               2-6
B. BELGIUM
   1 . Representative market : Anderlecht
   2. Qualities and coefficients :
           Qualities                                Weighting coefficients
       (a) Adult bovine animals
           Génisses 60%             *                            11*0
           Génisses 55%                                          13-0
           Bœufs 60%                                              7-0
           Bœufs 55%                                              8-0
           Taureaux 60%                                          10-0
           Taureaux 55%                                          13-0
           Vaches 55%                             -              10-0
           Vaches 50%                                            21-0
           Bétail de fabrication                                  7*0
       (b) Calves
           Extra blancs                                           2-0
           Bons                                                   7-0
           Ordinaires                                            76*0
           Médiocres                                             15-0
C. FRANCE
   1 . Representative market : La Villette
   2. Qualities and coefficients :
       Qualities                              Live weight conversion       Weighting
                                                    coefficients           coefficients
       (a) Adult bovine animals
           Bœufs extra                                       58                15-0
           Bœufs Ire qualité                                 55                21-0
           Bœufs 2me qualité                                 52                  3*0
           Bœufs 3me qualité                                 49                  2-0
           Taureaux extra                                    60                  1-0
           Taureaux Ire qualité                              56                  2*0
           Vaches extra qualité                              59                12-0
           Vaches Ire qualité                                54                12-0
           Vaches 2me qualité                                51                23*0
           Vaches 3me qualité                                47                  9-0
       (b) Calves
           Veaux extra                                        63               27*0
           Veaux Ire qualité                                 60                35*0
           Veaux 2me qualité.                                55                26*0
           Veaux 3me qualité                                 51                12-0
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    D. ITALY
        1 . Representative markets :
                                                      Surplus production zone        eficit production zone
                        Qualities                                      Special                      Weighting
                                                     Markets          weighting    Marke           coefficients
                                                                     coefficients
     Vitelloni la e 2a qualità                   Firenze
                                                 Macerata
                                                 Padova
                                                 Reggio Emilia            67       Roma                33
    Buoi Ia e 2â qualità                         Chivasso
                                                 Modena                   67       Roma                33
    Vacche Ia e 2a qualità                       Cremona
                                                 Macerata
                                                Modena                    67       Roma                33
    Vacche 3a qualità                            Chivasso
                                                 Cremona                100         —
                                                                                                       —
    Vitelli                                     Cremona
                                                 Macerata
                                                Padova
                                                Reggio Emilia             67       Roma                33
         2. Qualities and coefficients :
            Qualities                                       Live weight conversion     Weighting
                                                                  coefficients 1       coefficients
             (a ) Adult bovine animals
                  Vitelloni 1* qualita                                  58                     27-0
                  Vitelloni 2 a qualitå                                 54                     22-0
                  Buoi l a qualità                                      55                      7-0
                  Buoi 2à qualità                                       50                     11-0
                  Vacche l a qua ità                                    55                      8-0
                  Vacche 2a qualità                                     49                     15*0
                  Vacche 3a qualità                                     —                      10-0
            ( b) Calves
                  Vitelli l à qualità                                   61                     60-0
                  Vitelli 2a qualità                                    59                     40-0
        3.  Corrections :
             (a) To obtain the Florence wholesale market price, ex-farm prices are increased by a
                  corrective amount of 4000 units of account/100 kg live weight ;
            (b) Corrective amounts to be applied to the quotations recorded on the Rome market :
                                                         Amounts                         Amounts
                     Qualities                         to be added                   to be deducted
                                                        u.a./lOO kg                    u.a./ 100 kg
    Vitelloni Ia qualità                                     —
                                                                                          12-480
    Vitelloni 2a qualità                                     —
                                                                                         12-480
    Buoi I a qualità                                         —
                                                                                           7-840
    Buoi 2a qualità                                          —
                                                                                           7-840
    Vacche Ia qualità                                        —
                                                                                           7-200
    Vacche 2a qualità                                       —
                                                                                           7-200
    Vitelli Ia qualità                                    7-360                             —
    Vitelli 2à qualità                                    7-360                             —
    1 For Rome market only.
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E. LUXEMBOURG
   1 . Representative markets : Luxembour gand Esch-Sur-Alzette
   2. Qualities and coufficients :
       Qualities                                  life weight conversion      "Weighting
                                                        coefficients          coefficients
       (a) Adult bovine animals
           Bœufs , génisses, tareaux AA                     55                   65-0
           Bœufs, génisses, tareaux A                        53                  11-0
           Bœufs, génisses, tareaux B                       52                    1-0
           Vaches AA                                        55                    3-0
           Vaches A                                         53                   14-0
           Vaches B                   *                     52                    6-0
       (b) Calves                                           60                  100-0
F. NETHERLANDS
   1 . Representative markets :
       Adult bovine animals : Rotterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch, Zwolle ; Calves : Barneveld, 's-Her­
       togenbosch
   2. Qualities and coefficients :
       Qualities                                  Live weight conversion     Weighting
                                                         coefficients        coefficients
       (a) Adult bovine animals
           Slachtrunderen extra                             62                   10-0
           Slachtrunderen le kwaliteit                      58                   40-0
           Slachtrunderen 2e kwaliteit                       56                  32*0
           Slachtrunderen 3e kwaliteit                      52                   10-0
           Vette stieren                                    57                    3-0
           Worstkoeien                                      47                    5-0
       (b) Calves
           Kalveren le kwaliteit                            —                    25-0
           Klaveren 2e kwaliteit                            —                    55 - 0
           K averen 3e kwalitei                              —                   20-0