CELEX: 31968R1026
Language: en
Date: 1968-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1026/68 of the Commission of 22 July 1968 on the calculation of a special import price for calves and adult bovine animals

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   293
No L 174/ 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              23.7.68
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1026/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 22 July 1968
                 on the calculation of a special import price for calves and adult bovine animals
THE    COMMISSION        OF      THE  EUROPEAN       COM­        case may be, must be adopted as a special import
MUNITIES ,                                                       price if it is considerably lower than the import
                                                                 price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 Whereas, to avoid disturbances on the markets of
Economic Community;
                                                                 Member States, a special import price should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     adopted if the result of calculations made in accord­
805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organis­                  ance with the foregoing considerations differs by a
ation of the market in beef and veal, and in particular          certain minimum amount from the import price;
Articles 10 (5 ) and 25 thereof;                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas Article 10 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
805/68 provides in certain circumstances for the                 ment Committee for Beef and Veal ;
calculation of a special import price;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the special import price must be calculated
on the basis of the most favourable purchasing                                           Article 1
possibilities ; whereas, in order to determine these
purchasing possibilities, account should be taken of             The special import price referred to in Article 10 (3 )
all offers for delivery free-at-Community-frontier               of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be calculated
made by third countries other than those taken for               for all exporting countries in respect of which the
the calculation of the import price, together with all           conditions laid down in this Regulation are fulfilled.
other information regarding the prices operative in
those countries ;                                                                        Article 2
Whereas, when from information available to the                  1 . The special import price shall be calculated on
Commission it appears that certain offers do not                 the basis of the free-at-Community-frontier offer
correspond to actual purchasing possibilities, are not           price for each of the categories and cuts specified in
representative of the actual trend of prices or do               paragraph 2, on the basis of the most favourable
not relate to representative quantities, such offers             purchasing possibilities in third countries other than
must be disregarded;                                             those whose markets have been taken for the cal­
Whereas, in order to enable offer prices to be com­              culation of the import price, ascertained in particular
                                                                 from :
pared with the import price, it is necessary to adjust
the offers for the various categories of live bovine             (a) prices given in the customs documents ac­
animals by taking into account the differences on                     companying the products imported from such
third country markets between the price of the cat­                   other third countries ;
egory offered and the import price ; whereas the most
representative markets of those countries should be              (b) other information concerning the export prices
taken for this purpose; whereas it is desirable to use                operative in such other third countries .
the same method for the conversion of the offer
prices for meat into offer prices for calves or adult            2. The categories referred to in paragraph 1 are :
bovine animals, as the case may be;                              calves, heifers, cows, oxen, bulls.
Whereas the lowest of the offer prices adjusted or               The cuts referred to in paragraph 1 are the different
converted for calves or adult bovine animals, as the             cuts of beef and veal listed in Section (a) of the
                                                                 Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 under tariff
                                                                 sub-headings Nos 02.01 A II (a) 1 (aa) and 02.01
   OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24.                             A II (a) 1 (bb).
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3 . The following shall be disregarded when para­
graph 1 is applied :                                               2. The special import price of adult bovine animals
(a) offer prices which do not correspond to actual                 shall be calculated only :
        purchasing possibilities ;                                 (a) if the free-at-frontier offer price of adult bovine
(b) offer prices which, because of the development                        animals is lower by at least 3-00 units of account
        of prices in general or from the information                     per 100 kilogrammes live weight than the import
        available, do not seem to the Commission to be                   price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation
        representative of the actual trend of prices in                   (EEC) No 805/68, or
        the exporting country;                                     ( b ) if the free-at-frontier offer price of beef, con­
(c) offer prices relating to unrepresentative quan­                      verted into the price for adult bovine animals, is
        tities .                                                         lower by at least 3-00 units of account per
                                                                         100 kilogrammes live weight than the import
                            Article 3
                                                                         price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation
The free-at-frontier offer price shall be adjusted :                     (EEC) No 805/68 .
 ( a ) if it relates to calves or adult bovine animals, by        This special import price shall be equal to the lowest
        taking into account the difference between the            free-at-frontier offer price for adult bovine animals
        import price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of           resulting from application of Article 3 .
        Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 for the product in
        question and the price on the most representa­                                       Article 5
        tive third country markets for a product of the
        same category as that of the product offered;             In calculating the special import price the Com­
                                                                  mission shall make use of the information supplied by
( b ) if it relates to veal or beef, by converting it to          Member States and of any other information avail­
        a free-at-frontier offer price for calves or adult        able to it.
        bovine animals, as the case may be, and by
        taking into account the difference between the                                       Article 6
        import price referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of
        Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 for the product                The levy resulting from calculation of the special
        from which this meat comes and the price on               import price shall be applicable from the Monday
        the most representative third country markets             following the day on which it is fixed until the day
        for a product of the same category and cut as             on which, in application of this Regulation, it is
        that of the product offered.                              amended or revoked.
                            Article 4
                                                                  If the market situation so requires, however, another
                                                                  day may be appointed for application of this levy.
1 . The special import price for calves shall be cal­
culated only :                                                                               Article 7
(a) if the free-at-frontier offer price of calves is lower        Each week, by Wednesday at the latest, Member
      by at least 3 00 units of account per 100 kilo­             States shall communicate to the Commission by
      grammes live weight than the import price re­               telex the information on prices in exporting countries
      ferred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)           received by them during the preceding week, indi­
      No 805/68, or                                               cating the quality of products offered and :
(b ) if the free-at-frontier offer price of veal, con­            — for adult bovine animals, the category referred to
      verted into the price for calves, is lower by at                  in Article 2 to which they belong,
      least 3 00 units of account per 100 kilogrammes
      live weight than the import price referred to in            — for meat, the cut.
      Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 .
                                                                                             Article 8
This special import price shall be equal to the lowest
free-at-frontier offer price for calves resulting from            This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July
application of Article 3 .                                        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