CELEX: 31973R0172
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 172/73 of the Commission of 25 January 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

26 . 1 . 73                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 21 / 19
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 172/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 25 January 1973
                 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other
                                                                than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
COMMUNITIES,.                                                             Regulation ;                       :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805 /                                                Article 1
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation
 of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by
the Act ( 2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession
                                                                         The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
                                                                         lation (EEC) No 805 /68 are hereby fixed as shown in
of new Member States to the European Economic
                                                                         the Annex to this Regulation .
Community and .the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 19 / 2,
                                                                                                  Article 2
and in particular Articles 10 ( 6 ) and 12 (7) thereof ;
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                     To be classified as products falling within subhead- -
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were                       ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1,
 fixed by Regulation (EEC ) No 1953 /72 ( 4) and                         bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                        tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          1025/68 (5).
Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other                                              Article 3
provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1953/72
to the quotations and other information known to                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January
the Commission that the levies at present in force                       1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                               Member of the Commission
(1)  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .
(!) OJ   No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(*) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 210, 13 . 9 . 1972, p . 10 .                              (5) OJ No L 174, 23 . 7. 1968 , p. 9 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                      Levies applicable from 29 January 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
               CCT
                                                                                                      Levy in
              heading                                  Description of goods                        u. a. /100 kg
                No
                                                                                                   Live weight
            01.02      Live animals of the bovine species :
                       A. Domestic species :
                           II. Other :
                               a) Calves                                                            0        ( b)
                               b) Other :
                                  1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                      intended for processing ( a)                                  0
                                  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)                                       0
                                      bb) Other                                                     0        ( 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                                0
                                           22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters                     0
                                           33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                     0
                                      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)             0
                                                bbb ) Other                                               0
                                           22 . Forequarters :
                                                aaà ) 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)                               0
                                                bbb ) Other                                               0
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                  CCT
                                                                                                                       Levy in
                heading                                     Description of goods                                     u.a./lOO kg
                   No
                                                                                                                     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)                                                   0
                                                      bbb ) Other                                                         0
                                             cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                 11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                 0
                                                 IP.. Boned or boneless                                                   0
            02.06            Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                             dried or smoked :
                             C. Other :
                                 1 . Of domestic bovine animals :
                                     a ) Meat :
                                         1 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                          0
                                         2 . Boned or boneless                                                            0
            (') Regulation ( EEC) No 521/70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French oversfeas
                departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT.
            (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities and to
                the special conditions at present applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreements on cattle for
                the food processing industry between the European Communities and Denmark and Austria respectively .
            (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 No 1 annexed to the trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of
                Yugoslavia .