31973R0187

30 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 25 /23

REGULATION (EEC) No 187/73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 January 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 as regards the import rules for beef and veal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , order to keep a regular check on this price, it is desirable to limit this possibility to those countries that keep a continuous record of prices; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Article 1

Having regard to the Opinion of the European 1 . Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall Parliament ; be supplemented by the following paragraph: ' 1 . ( a) A specific import price may be fixed for Whereas with effect from 1 February 1973 , Article 10 calves and adult bovine animals originating in of Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 of the Council of 27 and coming from third countries with a June 1968 , on the common organization of the commercial structure and systems of cattle market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by the production comparable to those in the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Community, provided these countries keep a Adjustments to the Treaties (2), provides for the continuous record of prices. fixing of an import price for calves and adult bovine animals, for each of these the calculation to be based For each of these products, in respect of all the on the free-at-frontier offer price of the Community third countries concerned, this price shall be the in terms of the most representative purchasing average of the quotations recorded on the most possibilities as regards the quality, quantity and representative markets in each of these countries, market trends of these products ; less any export subsidies granted.'

Whereas on the markets of third countries with a 2. In Article 10 (7), second subparagraph of commercial structure and systems of cattle Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , the words 'of production comparable to those in the Community, paragraph V shall be replaced by the words 'of the recorded prices are generally higher than those in paragraphs 1 and 1 (a)'. other countries supplying the Community;

Article 2 Whereas provision should accordingly be made for the possibility of fixing a specific import price for calves and adult bovine animals originating in and This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February coming from the said third countries ; whereas, in 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .

For the Council

The President L. TINDEMANS

i1 ) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.