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5.2.70 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 28 /9

REGULATION (EEC) No 206/70 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 February 1970

amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 1025/68 and 1072/68 in respect of the definition of beef and veal carcases

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ July 1968 determining the bases for calculating the MUNITIES, • levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1972/69, should Having regard to the Treaty . establishing the be amplified; European Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No are in accordance with the Opinion of the 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation Management Committee for Beef and Veal ; of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69,2 and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Articles 12 (5 ) and 13 (5 ) thereof; Article. 1 Whereas Article la (a) of Commission Regulation ' (EEC) No 1025/68 3 of 22 July 1968 fixing the The following shall be substituted for Article la ( a) coefficients for calculating the levy on beef and veal of Regulation (EEC) No 1025/68 : . other than frozen, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1972/69,4 excluded certain offals from the '( a) "carcase of a domestic bovine animal" means definition of the carcase of a domestic bovine animal the entire body of the slaughtered animal other than frozen ; after bleeding, gutting and skinning, with or without the head, with or without the feet Whereas some carcases are presented with the offal and with or without the other offal attached . attached; whereas under present rules such a cut cannot be accepted as a carcase; When the carcase is presented without the head, the latter must be separated at the Whereas, from an economic point of view, such a cut atloido-occipital ' joint. When presented, ought to be accepted as a carcase ; whereas the without the feet, these must be cut off at the above-mentioned definition should therefore be carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints.' altered;

. Article 2 Whereas Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 describes the method of calculating the levy The following Article 6b shall be added to applicable to frozen meat presented in the form of carcases, half-carcases and compensated quarters ; Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 : whereas the lack of a definition for a frozen carcase of a domestic bovine animal could cause difficulty 'Article 6b over tariffs ; whereas to remedy that situation For the purpose of applying the levy provided for Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1072/685 of 25 , in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 , "carcase of a domestic bovine animal" means the entire body of the slaughtered animal after 1 OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. bleeding, gutting and skinning, with or without 2 OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p. 3 . the head, with or without the feet and with or 3 OJ No L 174, 23.7.1968, p. 9. without the other offal attached . 4 OJ No L 251,' 1.10.1969, p. 6. 5 OJ No L 180, 26.7.1968, p. 21 . When the carcase is presented without the head,

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the latter must be separated • at the Article 3 atloido-occipital joint. When presented without the feet, these must be cut off at the This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February carpometacarpal or tarsometatarsal joints .' 1970.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 1970.

For the Commission The President

Jean REY