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REGULATION (EEC) No 519/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 February 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other COMMUNITIES, provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 321/73 to the quotations and other information known to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the Commission that the levies at present in force pean Economic Community ; should be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (6) and 12 (7) thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­ Committee ; lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine the Annex to this Regulation. animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 321 /73 (3) and sub­ Article 2 sequent amending Regulations ; To be classified as products falling within subhead­ Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, ings Nos 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 levies should be calculated on the basis of an bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­ exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No which are floating or whose central rate differs from 1025/68 (4). the official parity, on the effective rate or the Article 3 central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US dollar, on the change in parity announced This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 February on 13 February 1973 : 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 February 1973 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

0 ) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24 . (2) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 23 . (s) OJ No L 36, 8 . 2 . 1973 , p. 24 . (4) OJ No L 174, 23 . 7. 1968, p. 9.

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 26 February 1973 to imports from third countries (*)

CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u.a. /lOO 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 net 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 : aaa) 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 22 . Boned or boneless 0

02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine , dried or sinoked :

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 overseas 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 agreement on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Communities and Austria . (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 .