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Date: 1974-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 March 1974 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced

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                                                        COMMISSION
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 1 March 1974
               fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and
                                                         veal are to be reduced
                                                               (74/ 123/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           among the Member States and between the Member
COMMUNITIES,                                                             States and third countries the compensatory amounts
                                                                         applicable because of a depreciation of the currency
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    concerned cannot exceed the tax on imports from
Economic Community ;                                                     third countries ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
974/71 ( ! ) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of                       Whereas, in order that this rule may be observed,
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture                           Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 has stated
following the temporary widening of the margins of                       that for the application of Article 4a (2) of Regulation
fluctuation    for   the     currencies     of   certain  Member
                                                                         (EEC) No 974/71 to beef meat, the Commission shall
States, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                           give notice of the amounts by which the monetary
3450/73 (2) ;                                                            compensatory amounts are to be reduced ; whereas the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          amounts fixed in accordance with this rule are periodi­
1463/73 (3) of 30 May 1973, as to the detailed rules for                 cally altered when changes in the tax on imports from
applying the monetary compensatory amounts, as last                      third countries make this necessary ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 350/74 (4), and in
particular Article 5 (2) thereof ;                                       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 695/73 (7) of
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                             25 June 1973 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Committee ;                                                              1 824/73 (8) has determined to what extent the mone­
                                                                         tary compensatory amounts applicable to beef and
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 218 /74 (5)                       veal by reason of the depreciation of a currency may
of 25 January 1974, as last amended by Regulation                        be higher than the charge on imports from third coun­
(EEC) No 513/74 (6), fixed the monetary compensa­                        tries ;
tory amounts to be applied from 4 March 1974 ;
Whereas these compensatory amounts have been                             Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, world
fixed without taking account of Article 4a (2) of Regu­                  market prices should be calculated on the following
lation (EEC) No 974/71 which provides that in trade                      basis :
(!)  OJ  No  L 106, 12 . 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .                               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
(2)  OJ  No  L 353 , 22. 12 . 1973, p . 25 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 146, 4. 6 . 1973 , p . 1 .                                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
(4 ) OJ  No  L 41 , 13 . 2 . 1974, p . 9 .
(5)  OJ  No  L 24, 28 . 1 . 1974, p . 1 .                                (7) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1973 , p . 1 .
(6)  OJ  No  L 61 , 4. 3 . 1974, p . 1 .                                 (8) OJ No L 185, 7 . 7. 1973 , p. 1 .
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    within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange          in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 218 /74, as last
    based on their effective parity ;                        amended by Regulation (EEC) No 513/74, must be
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the        reduced in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each         (EEC) No 1463/73, are fixed in the Annex hereto.
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous subparagraph ;
                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas pursuant to the second subparagraph of
Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 if the
monetary compensatory amount for certain products            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
has to be reduced by a higher amount in the United
Kingdom than in Ireland, the amount of the reduc­
tion fixed for the United Kingdom shall apply to
Ireland ;
                                                             Done at Brussels , 1 March 1974 .
Whereas application of the said criteria results in a
fixing of the amounts by which the monetary compen­
satory amounts are to be adjusted to the level
appearing in the Annex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                     For the Commission
                        Article 1
                                                                                        P. J. LARDINOIS
With effect from 4 March 1974 the amounts, by
which the monetary compensatory amounts appearing                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                                            ANNEX
                                      Amounts to be deducted from the monetary compensatory amounts
                                                                         United Kingdom              Ireland                 Italy            France
                            CCT heading No                                  ( £/100 kg)            (£/100 kg)           ( Lit/100 kg)       (FF/ 100 kg)
                                                                                                          — Live weight —
           ex 01.02 All a)    (*)                                              0                     0                        0                   0
           ex 01.02 A II a )  (2 )                                             2-924                 2-924                    0                   0
           ex 01.02 A II b )  (3 )                                             0                     0                        0                   0
           ex 01.02 All b )   (4 )                                             2-570                 2-570                    0                   0
                                                                                                          — Net weight —
               02.01 Alia) 1 aa) 11                                            3-447                 3-447                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 22                                          2-539                 2-539                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 1 aa) 33                                          4-357                 4-357                    0                   0
               02.01 Alia) 1 bb ) 11                                           3-832                 3-832                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a ) 1 bb ) 22                                        2-968                 2-968                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 1 bb) 33                                          4-697                 4-697                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 1 cc) 11                                          3-832                 3-832                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 1 cc) 22                                 !        1-728                 1-728                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 2 aa)                                             2-883                 2-883                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 2 bb )                                            2-208                 2-208                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 2 cc)                                             3-727                 3-727                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a ) 2 dd ) 11                                        2-883                 2-883                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 aaa)                                   1-223                 1-223                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 2 dd ) 22 bbb ) (5)                               1-223                 1-223                    0                   0
               02.01 A II a) 2 dd ) 22 ccc)                                    1-223                 1-223                    0                   0
               02.06 CI a) 1                                                   3-270                 3-270         |          0                   0
               02.06 C I a ) 2                                                 0                     0            I           0                   0
(') Calves for fattening weighing less than 80 kg.
 (*) Calves other than those referred to in (*) above . Entry in this subhea ding is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent
     authorities .
(') Young male bovine animals for fattening of a minimum weight of 220 kg and a maximum weight of 300 kg.
(4 ) Cattle other than those referred to in (3) above . Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
 (5) 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 .