Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611/77 of 18 March 1977 fixing the specific levy in respect of live bovine animals and beef and veal other than frozen

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 611/77  of 18 March 1977  fixing the specific levy in respect of live bovine animals and beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (5) and 12 (7) thereof,
Whereas the considerable changes in the common organizations of the market in beef and veal introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 call for an adjustment of the method employed for determining the levies applicable to imports of products originating in and coming from certain third countries;
Whereas under Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 a specific basic levy may be determined for imports of bovine animals originating in and coming from third countries with trading structures and systems of cattle production comparable to those existing in the Community, provided that such countries keep a regular record of quoted prices;
Whereas a detailed review of third-country markets has shown that a specific basic levy may be determined in respect of bovine animals imported from Austria, Sweden and Switzerland ; whereas the Governments of those countries have undertaken to notify regularly the prices recorded on the markets of their countries;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down the period in respect of which the average price is to be recorded on the representative markets of the third countries concerned and the date on which the levies are to be fixed;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down rules for recording prices and in particular to specify the most representative markets, the qualities to be taken into account, the weighting to be accorded to each such quality and any corrective amounts required in order to make prices comparable and in particular the export subsidies granted by the third countries concerned;
Whereas, furthermore, the prices thus recorded for each of the countries concerned should be weighted according to the quantities normally imported into the Community from each such country;
Whereas, however, the average of the prices recorded on the representative markets of the third countries concerned should not be taken into account unless it is appreciably higher than the free-at-Community-frontier offer price referred to in Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68;
Whereas the third countries concerned may, in particular because of health protection regulations, find it necessary to take measures which will have an effect on prices ; whereas in such cases it would not always be justified to take such prices into account as they would not reflect the normal trend of the market ; whereas criteria should therefore be laid down which may be applied by the Commission in such a situation;
Whereas, to avoid altering the levy too often, a certain margin should be specified, within which variations in the factors used to calculate the average representative market price would not require any charge in that average;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2150/73 of 6 August 1973 on the calculation of the special import price for adult bovine animals (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1261/75 (4), should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,