31973R2124

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2124/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 August 1973 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

I"HE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN period, in relation to the Community currencies COMMUNITIES, referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other pean Economic Community ; provisions contained in Regulation ( EEC ) No 1213 /73 to the quotations and other information known to Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / the Commission that the levies at present in force 68 H of 27 June 1968 on the common organization should be altered as shown in the Annex to this of the market in beef and veal , as last amended by Regulation ; Regulation ( EEC ) No 187/73 ( 2), and in particular Articles 10 ( 6 ) and 12 ( 7 ) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Article 1 Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­ animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were lation ( EEC ) No 805 /68 are hereby fixed as shown in fixed by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1213 / 73 ( 3 ) and sub­ the Annex to this Regulation . sequent amending Regulations ; Article 2 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : To be classified as products falling within subhead­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in ings Nos 02.01 A II a ) 1 aa ) and 02.01 A II a ) 1 relation to each other, at any given moment , bb ), products must correspond to the definitions con­ within a band of 2-25 °/o , a rate of exchange tained in Articles la and 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No based on their effective parity ; 1025 /68 ( 4 ). Article 3 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 August each of these currencies recorded for a given 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 2 August 1973 .

Par the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 . (») Oj No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 23 . (*) OJ No I , 125 . 11 . 5 . 1973 , p . 19 . 4 ) O J No I 174 . 2 V 7 196 «. p . t .

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 6 August 1973 to imports from third countries (')

CCT Levy m heading Description of goods u . a . / 100 kg No Live weight 0.0 ? Live animals of the bovine species :

A. Domestic species : II . Other : n ) 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 .150 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 0 ? 0 I 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 • !. Fresh or chilled : aa ) Of calves : 1 1 . Carcases and half-carcases 0 22 . Separated or unseparated forcquarters 0 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters 0 bb ) Of adult animals : II . Carcases , half-carcases or ' compensated ' quar­ ters : aaa ) Carcases of a weight of not less than ISO kg but not more than 270 kg and half­ carcases or ' compensated ' quarters , of a weight of not less than 90 kg but nol 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 vellow in colour ( c ) 0 bbb ) Other 0

22 . Foreuikirters : aaa ) Of a weight of nol 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 f c ) 0 bbb ) Other 0

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CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u . a . / 100 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 L ~>.. Boned or boneless 0

<)) (><s Meat and edible meat offals ( except poultry liver ), sailed , in brine , dried or smoked :

C. Other :

I. 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 I he French overseas departments of products originating in the AASM and OCT . ' a ! Entry under this subheading is subject 10 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 our in Article II of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 80S 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 .