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Date: 1973-09-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 August 1973 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced

No L 253 /24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               10 . 9 . 73
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 3 August 1973
              fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are
                                                            to be reduced
                                                             (73/272/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas, in order that this rule may be observed
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 has stated
                                                                       that for the application of Article 4a (2) of Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 974/71 to beef meat, the Commission shall
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  give notice of the amounts by which the monetary
Economic Community ;                                                   compensatory amounts are to be reduced ;
                                                                       Whereas the amounts fixed in accordance with this
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           rule are periodically altered when changes in the
974/71 i1) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of                       tax on imports from third countries make this necess­
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture follow- .               ary ;
ing the temporary widening of the margins of
fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member
                                                                       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1695/73 (7) of
States, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                         25 June 1973 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1225/73 (2) ;                                                          1824/73 (8) has determined to what extent the monetary
                                                                       compensatory amounts applicable to beef and veal
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        by reason of the depreciation of a currency may be
1463/73 (3) of 30 May 1973 as to the detailed rules                    higher than the charge on imports from third countries ;
for applying the monetary compensatory amounts,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2113/73 (4),                    Whereas, if the system is to operate normally, world
and in particular Article 5, paragraph 2 thereof ;                     market prices should be calculated on the following
                                                                       basis :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee ;                                                                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                             within a band of 2-25% , at a rate of exchange
                                                                             based on their effective parity ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2102/73 (5)
of 31 July 1973 , as amended by Regulation (EEC)                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on
No 2133/73 (6), fixed the monetary compensatory                              the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
amounts to be applied from 6 August 1973 ;                                   each of these currencies recorded for a given
                                                                             period, in relation to the Community currencies
                                                                             referred to in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas these compensatory amounts have been
fixed without taking account of Article 4 (2) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 974/71 which provides that in trade                     Whereas pursuant to the second subparagraph of
among Member States and between Member States                           Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1463/73 the
                                                                        amount to be deducted in Ireland and in the United
and third countries the compensatory amounts
applicable because of a depreciation of the currency                    Kingdom is equal at the highest amount on the ground
concerned cannot exceed the tax on imports from                         of the application of Article 4a of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 974/71 for each of these two Member States ;
third countries ;
                                                                        Whereas application of the said criteria results in a
                                                                       fixing of the amounts by which the monetary compensa­
                                                                       tory amounts are to be adjusted to the level appearing
                                                                        in the Annex hereto ;
 i1)  OJ No L 106 , 12. 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .
 (2)  OJ No L 125,  11 . 5 . 1973 , p. 49 .
 (3)  OJ No L 146,  4. 6. 1973 , p. 1 .
 (*)  OJ No L 214 , 2 . 8 . 1973 , p . 17 .
 (5)  OJ No L 213 , 1 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .                               (7) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6. 1973 , p . 1 .
 (6 ) OJ No L 218 , 6 . 8 . 1973 , p . 1 .                               (8) OJ No L 185 , 7. 7. 1973 , p . 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                        Article 2
                      Article 1                              This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
With effect from 6 August 1973 the amounts by which          Done at Brussels, 3 August 1973 .
the monetary compensatory amounts appearing in
the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2102/73 , as amen­                                       For the Commission
ded by Regulation (EEC) No 2133/73 must be reduced                                            The President
in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1463/73 , are fixed in Annex hereto.                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                          ANNEX
                                      Amounts to be deducted from the monetary compensatory amounts
                                                                                      Italy                          Ireland             United Kingdom
                          CCT heading No
                                                                                 (Lit/100 kg)                     ( £/ 100 kg)              ( £/ 100 kg)
                                                                                                        — Live weight —
         ex   01.02    A II a)  (x)                                                 9   729                             0                         0
         ex   01.02    A II a)  (2)                                                 9   729                          6.803                     6.803
         ex   01.02    A II b)  (3)                                                  8  548                             0                         0
         ex   01.02    A II b)  (4)                                                 8   548                          5.645                     5.645
                                                                                                        —- Net weight —
              02.01    A II a) 1    aa) 11                                         12 551                          10.613                    10.613
              02.01    A II a) 1    aa) 22                                          9 656                            8.164                     8.164
              02.01    A II a) 1    aa) 33                                        15 448                           13.062                   13.062
              02.01    A II a) 1    bb) 11                                        13 803                           10.726                   10.726
              02.01    A II a) 1    bb) 22                                        11 043                             8.580                     8.580
              02.01    A II a) 1    bb) 33                                        16 564                           12.871                   12.871
              02.01    A II a) 1   cc)  11                                        22 931                           19.389                   19.389
              02.01   A  II a) 1    cc) 22                                        26 229                          22.178                    22.178
              02.01   A  II a) 2    aa)                                           13 004                             8.675                     8.675
              02.01    A II a) 2    bb)                                             9 753                            6.506                     6.506
              02.01   A  II a) 2    cc)                                           16 255                          10.844                    10.844
              02.01   A  II a) 2    dd) 11                                        19 506                          13.013                    13.013
              02.01   A  II a) 2    dd) 22 aaa)                                   16 255                          10.844                    10.844
              02.01   A  II a) 2   dd)  22 bbb)                                   22 366                          14.21                     14.21
             02.06    C  I a) 1                                                     2 428                            9.578                    9.578
              02.06 C I a ) 2                                                       2 777                            7.108                    7.108
i1) Calves for fattening weighing less than 80 kg.
(2) Calves other than those referred to in (*) above. Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
(3) Young   male bovine animals for fattening of a minimum weight of 220 kg and a maximum weight , of 300 kg.
(4) Young  male bovine animals other than those referred to in (3) above. Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be determined by the com­
    petent authorities .