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266 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 169/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.7.68

REGULATION (EEC) No 990/68 OF THE COUNCIL of 15 July 1968

on general rules for fixing the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , of coefficients expressing the value ratio between the meat in question and that of adult bovine Having regard to the Treaty establishing the animals ; European Economic Community ; Whereas for recording the prices of these qualities Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No of adult bovine animals the method described in 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should of the market in beef and veal, and in particular the be employed, account should be taken of the rela­ second subparagraph of Article 13 (2) thereof; tive magnitude of the bovine stock of each Member State and the prices should be recorded over a period Having regard to the proposal from the Com­ which is sufficiently representative of the Community mission ; market situation ; Whereas the guide price of the corresponding pro­ Whereas, with regard to the price of adult bovine duct is a factor in the calculation of the levy on animals mentioned in Article 13 (2) ( a) of Regu­ frozen meats ; whereas the formula laid down for lation (EEC) No 805/68 , the method described in such calculation would consequently give different Article 10 (4) of that Regulation should be employed results for beef and veal; whereas in view of the and the price recorded over the same period; difficulty, indeed the impossibility in certain cases, of distinguishing frozen veal from frozen beef at the Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 (2) (b) of Regulation time of importation, it is necessary to stipulate that (EEC) No 805/68 , the world market price for frozen the above-mentioned calculation should be based in meat should be based on the most favourable pur­ all cases on the guide price for adult bovine animals ; chasing opportunities among those which are most whereas the choice of this guide price is consistent, representative, as regards quality and quantity, of moreover, with the method of calculation in Article the trend of that market; 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , since the other factors in this calculation either do not distinguish Whereas, to make it comparable with the guide between the two categories of meat or refer to adult price, the world market price should be determined bovine animals ; in the first place with reference to free-at-Community­ frontier offers or, where such offers are not suf­ Whereas the coefficient mentioned in Article 13 (2) ficiently representative of the market situation, to (a ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , expresses the world market offers delivered free-at-Community­ ratio existing in the Community between the price frontier ; for fresh meat of a quality competitive with the Whereas, so that the maximum information may be frozen meat in question, presented in the same form, obtained, all the products listed in section (c) of the and the average price for adult bovine animals ; Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 should be Whereas sufficiently representative quotations for the taken into account ; whereas, for such products different qualities of fresh meat do not exist in each which are not covered by the first subparagraph of Member State ; whereas the price of this meat should Article 13 (2) of that Regulation, the offer price therefore be determined from the price resulting from should be converted into a price relating to the pro­ averaging the prices of adult bovine animals for ducts covered by that subparagraph by means of processing and of adult bovine animals of average coefficients which can be those referred to in Article quality for consumption weighted by fixed coef­ 13 ( 3 ) of that Regulation ; ficients which take account of the quantitative ratio existing on importation between frozen meats for Whereas, to avoid too frequent alteration of the levy, these two uses, such average being obtained by means a certain margin should be allowed within which variations in the factors entering into the calculation of the world market price do not entail an alteration 1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24. of that price;

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 805/68 shall be the price determined in accordance with Article 10 (4) of that Regulation over the period Article 1 mentioned in the preceding paragraph. , The guide price for the corresponding product re­ ferred to in Article 13 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) Article 3 No 805/68 shall be the guide price for adult bovine animals . At least once a year the factors entering into the calculation of the coefficent mentioned in Article Article 2 13 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be reviewed . 1 . The coefficient mentioned in Article 13 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be calculated in Article 4 accordance with the following paragraphs. 2. The price of fresh meat of a quality competitive 1 . The most favourable purchasing opportunities with frozen meat shall be determined on the basis among those which are most representative, as re­ of the price resulting from averaging the prices of gards quality and quantity, of the trend of the world representative qualities, converted into prices for car­ market, as mentioned in Article 13 (2) (b) of Regu­ cases or 'half carcases . lation (EEC) No 805/68, shall be determined in the first place with reference to free-at-Community­ (a) of adult bovine animals for processing within the frontier offers or, where such offers are not suf­ Community; and ficiently representative of the market situation, world market offers delivered free-at-Community-frontier (b) of adult bovine animals for direct consumption in for each of the products listed in Section (c) of the the Community, Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 . such average being weighted by means of fixed coefficients which take account of the quantitative For products other than those covered by the first ratio existing on importation between frozen meats subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of that Regulation, for the same uses as those indicated in (a) or (b ). the offer price shall be converted into a price re­ lating to the products covered by that subparagraph 3 . The average of the prices for adult bovine ani­ by means of the coefficients referred to in Article mals mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be 13 (3 ) of that Regulation. determined on the basis of prices recorded on the representative market or markets of each Member 2. No account shall be taken of a variation in the State for the qualities in question, account being world market price not exceeding an amount to be taken of the relative magnitude of the bovine stock determined. of each Member State over a period which is suf­ ficiently representative of the Community market situation. Article 5 4. The average price of adult bovine animals men­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 July tioned in Article 13 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels 15 July 1968 .

For the Council

The President

G. SEDATI