CELEX: 31974R0283
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-02
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 283/74 of the Commission of 1 February 1974 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 29 /4                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               2. 2. 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 283/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 1 February 1974
               fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and , on beef and veal
                                                       other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
COMMUNITIES,                                                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                              Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
                                                                  provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 72/74 to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      the quotations and other information known to the
805/68 ( J ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­              Commission that the levies at present in force should
tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended             be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular
the second line of Article 10(7), and Article 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 Regula­
Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine              tion (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                   72/74 (3)  and
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                                            Article 2
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,               To be classified as products falling within subheadings
levies should be calculated on the following basis :               Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb),
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                products must correspond to the definition contained
     relation to each other, at any given moment,                  in Article 2'of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (4).
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
     on their effective parity ;                                                             Article 3
— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each              1974 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 1 February 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
 (2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 23 .
 (3) OJ No L 9 , 11 . 1 . 1974, p. 24.                              (4) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
                      Levies applicable from 4 February 1974 to imports from third countries (x)
                                                                                                               (in u.a.1100 kg)
      CCT                                                                                         Austria
                                                                                                                  Other third
     heading                                        Description of goods                          Sweden
                                                                                                                   countries
       No                                                                                      Switzerland
                                                                                                        Live weight
01.02          Live animals of the bovine species :
               A. Domestic species :
                    II . Other :
                         a) Calves                                                                  0(b )             0(b )
                         b ) Other :
                              1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is
                                                                                                  0-141
                                  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                               0-705
                                       female aftimals (c)
                                  bb ) Other                                                      0-940 (b)         0-940 ( b)
                                                                                                         Net weight
02.01          Meat 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 domestic bovine animals :
                         a ) Of domestic bovine animals :
                             1 . Fresh or chilled :
                                  aa) Of calves :
                                       11 . Carcases and half-carcases                              0                 0
                                       22. Separated or unseparated forequarters                    0                 0
                                       33. Separated or unseparated hindquarters                    0                 0
                                  bb ) Of adult animals :
                                       11 . 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)                          1-340
             i                              bbb) Other                                           1-786             1-786
             I
             I
                                      22 . Forequarters :
                                            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)                                           1-072
                                            bbb) Other                                           1-429             1-429
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                                                                                                                                          {in u.a.llOO 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)                                                                         1-607
                                                    bbb ) Other                                                             2-143              2-143
                                          cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :
                                              11 . Unboned ( bone-in )                                                      2-679              2-679
                                              22 . Boned or boneless                                                        3-064              3-064
02.06                        Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                           dried or smoked :
                            C. Other :
                               1 . Of domestic bovine animals :
                                   a) Meat :
                                      1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                                 2-679              2-679
                                      2 . Boned or boneless                                                                 3-064              3-064
 (') 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 not 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 I to the
       trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .