31973R0172

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REGULATION (EEC) No 172/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 January 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN should be altered as shown in the Annex to this COMMUNITIES,. Regulation ; :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805 / Article 1 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal , as last amended by The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­ the Act ( 2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession lation (EEC) No 805 /68 are hereby fixed as shown in of new Member States to the European Economic the Annex to this Regulation . Community and .the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 19 / 2, Article 2 and in particular Articles 10 ( 6 ) and 12 (7) thereof ;

Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine To be classified as products falling within subhead- animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1, fixed by Regulation (EEC ) No 1953 /72 ( 4) and bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­ subsequent amending Regulations ; tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1025 /68 ( 5 ). Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Article 3 provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1953/72 to the quotations and other information known to This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January the Commission that the levies at present in force 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 . ( ! ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 . (*) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 . (4) OJ No L 210 , 13 . 9 . 1972 , p . 10 . ( 5) OJ No L 174, 23 . 7 . 1968 , p . 9 .

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 29 January 1973 to imports from third countries (*)

CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u. a. /100 kg No Live weight 01.02 Live animals of the bovine species :

A. Domestic species : II . Other : a) Calves 0 ( b) b ) Other : 1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is intended for processing ( a) 0 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 female animals (c) 0 bb) Other 0 ( 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 animals : a) Of domestic bovine animals : 1 . Fresh or chilled : aa) Of calves : 11 . Carcases and half-carcases 0 22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters 0 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters 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) 0 bbb ) Other 0

22 . Forequarters : aaà ) 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) 0 bbb ) Other 0

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CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u.a. /lOO kg No 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) 0 bbb ) Other 0

cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :

11 . Unboned ( bone-in ) 0 IP.. Boned or boneless 0

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 ) 0 2 . Boned or boneless 0

(') Regulation ( EEC) No 521 /70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French oversfeas departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT . ( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities and to the special conditions at present applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreements on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Communities and Denmark and Austria respectively . ( 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 annexed to the trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .