CELEX: 31973R2837
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2837/73 of the Commission of 18 October 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

19 . 10 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 292/19
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2837/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 18 October 1973
               fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other
                                                             than frozen
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                           period, in relation to the Community currencies
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                            referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                       Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2493/73
 pean Economic Community ;                                             to the quotations and other information known to
                                                                       the Commission that the levies at present in force
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/                    should be altered as shown in the Annex to this
 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                     Regulation ;
 of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular
 Articles 10 ( 6) and 12 (7) thereof ;                                 HAS ADOPTED .THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
                                                                                                 Article 1
 Committee ;
                                                                      The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­
 Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine                 lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in
animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were
                                                                      the Annex to this Regulation .
fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2493/73 (8) and sub­
 sequent amending Regulations ;                                                                  Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                   To be classified as products falling within subhead­
levies should be calculated on the following basis :                   ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                   bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                    tained in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
     within a band of 2·25 °/o, a rate of exchange                   2249/73 (4).
     based on their effective parity ;
                                                                                                 Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on
     the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 October
     each of these currencies recorded for a given                    1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 18 October 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .
(») OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 23 .
(•) OJ No L 257, 14 . 9 . 1973 , p . 19 .                             ( 4) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                  Levies applicable from 22 October 1973 to imports from third countries (*)
                                                                                                                  ( in ii . a . 1100 kg)
       CCT                                                                                          Austria
                                                                                                                     Other third
     heading                                       Description of goods                            Sweden
                                                                                                                      countries
       No                                                                                         Switzerland
                                                                                                            Live weight
0 . 01       live animals of the bovine species :
             A. Domestic species :
                 II . Other :
                                                                                                      0 (b )                 0 (b )
                       a ) Calves
                       I)) Other :
                            1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is                     0
                                intended for processing ( a )
                            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                                          0
                                      female animals ( c )
                                                                                                       0 (b )                 0 (b )
                                bb ) Other
                                                                                                             Net weight
o; m
              Meal 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 .•
                             I. Fresh or chilled :
                                 aa ) Of calves :
                                       II . Carcases and half-carcases                                  0                       0
                                       22 . Separated or unseparared forequarters                       0                       0
                                       33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters                       0                       0
                                 bb ) Of adult animals :
                                       II . 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                       0
                                       22 . Forequa rters :
                                            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 )                                                      0
                                             bbb ) Other                                                0                       0
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                                                                                                                                          (in u.a. /100 kg)
            CCT                                                                                                             Austria
                                                                                                                                            Other third
         heading                                           Description of goods                                             Sweden
                                                                                                                                               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 )                                                                          0
                                                     bbb ) Other                                                               0                   0
                                            cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                                11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                       0                   0
                                                11 . Boned or boneless                                                         0                   0
      ( If>                  Meat and edible meat offals ( except poultry liver ), sailed , in brine ,
                             dried or smoked :
                             C. Other :
                                 I. Of domestic bovine animals :
                                    a ) Meat :
                                        1 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                                0                   0
                                        2 . Boned or boneless                                                                  0                   0
 (') Regulation (EEC) No 521 /70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products origina­
      ting in the AASM and OCT .
 (a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determi ned by the competent authorities and to the special conditions at pre­
        sent applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Com­
        munities 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 hot 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 annex 1 to the
        trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .