CELEX: 31977R0644
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 644/77 of 29 March 1977 laying down special rules for the application of accession compensatory amounts with a view to preventing deflections of trade in beef and veal

No L 81 / 10                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            30 . 3 . 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 644/77
                                                     of 29 March 1977
               laying down special rules for the application of accession compensatory
                   amounts with a view to preventing deflections of trade in beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  or preserved meat or meat offal, uncooked, being
COMMUNITIES,                                                    aligned as necessary on those for carcases and half-car­
                                                                cases of adult bovine animals ;
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession,
                                                                Whereas these special arrangements should be conti­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    nued and the text of the relevant provisions aligned
430/77 of 14 February 1977 laying down general rules            with the present wording of the Common Customs
for the system of compensatory amounts for beef and             Tariff, Regulation (EEC) No 523/75 being accordingly
veal ('), and in particular the first paragraph of Article      repealed ;
 10 thereof,
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 430/77 the              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
accession compensatory amounts for beef and veal are            ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
calculated in accordance with the rules for calculating
the levies ; whereas that Regulation replaced Council
Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 of 23 January 1973                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
laying down general rules for the system of compensa­
tory amounts for beef and veal (2) ;                                                    Article 1
Whereas the amounts applicable to carcases and quar­            The accession compensatory amounts for products
ters of adult bovine animals are much lower than                falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) 4, 02.01 A II
those applicable to cuts of meat, particularly boned            b) 4 (aa) and (bb) 33, 02.06 C I a) and 16.02 B III b) 1
cuts ;                                                          (aa) of the Common Customs Tariff shall, to the
                                                                extent necessary to prevent deflections of trade or arti­
Whereas, since the latter products may readily be               ficial trade flows, be fixed, by alignment on the
obtained from the former, the desire to take advantage          amounts for carcases and half-carcases of adult bovine
of the difference in compensatory amounts created               animals, at levels below those obtained by application
artificial trade flows and thereby deflected trade to the       of the rules laid down for the calculation of the levy.
financial detriment of the Community ;
Whereas in these circumstances the requisite                                            Article 2
measures were taken by Commission Regulation                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 523/75 is hereby
(EEC) No 523/75 of 28 February 1975 laying down                 repealed.
special rules for the application of accession compen­
satory amounts with a view to preventing deflection of                                  Article J
trade in beef and veal (3), to put an end to such prac­
tices, the compensatory amounts for cuts and for                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
meat, salted or in brine, as well as for other prepared          1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 March 1977 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 20 .
(*) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 9 .
P OJ No L 55, 1 . 3 . 1975, p. 70 .