31973R1166

No L 118/42 Official Journal of tthe European Comimunitiieis 4. 5 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1166/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 May 1973 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 548/73 to the quotations and other information COMMUNITIES, known to the Commission that the levies at present in force should be altered as shown in the Annex to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ this Regulation ; pean Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal, as last amended Article 1 by Regulation ( EEC) No 187/73 ( 2), and in particular Article 13 ( 6 ) thereof ; The levies referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in the Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Annex to this Regulation . Committee ; Article 2 Whereas the import levies on frozen beef and veal were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 548/73 (3) and To be classified as products falling within : subsequent amending Regulations ; — subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 aa) Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, — subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 bb) and cc) levies should be calculated on the basis of an exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies products must correspond to the definitions con­ which are floating or whose central rate differs from tained in Regulation (EEC) No 1072/68 (4), as last the official parity, on the effective rate or the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1986/71 (5), for central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the product in question. the US dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 February 1973 ; Article 3 Whereas it follows from applying the rules and This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 May other provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 3 May 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

H OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24 . (2) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 23 . (*) OJ No L 180, 26 . 7. 1968 , p . 21 . («) OJ No L 54, 27. 2 . 1973 , p . 8 . (5) OJ No L 209, 15 . 9. 1971 , p. 27.

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ANNEX Levies applicable from 7 May 1973 to imports from third countries ( x )

CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u. a. /100 kg No 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 : 2 . Frozen : 0 aa) Carcases, half-carcases or ' compensated' quarters bb ) Forequarters 0(a) cc) Hindquarters 0 dd) Other : 11 . Unboned ( bone-in) 0 22 . Boned or boneless :

aaa) Forequarters, whole or cut into a maxi­ mum of five pieces, each quarter being in. a single block ; ' compensated' quarters in two blocks, one of which contains the forequarter, whole or cut into a maximum of five pieces, and the other, the hind­ quarter, excluding the tenderloin, in one piece 0(a) bbb ) Other 0(a)

(') 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 CCT . ( a) Where these products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and in the provisions adopted for its application , the levy is totally or partially suspended in accordance with these provisions .