31973R2837

19 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 292/19

REGULATION (EEC) No 2837/73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 18 October 1973

fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

period, in relation to the Community currencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN referred to in the previous subparagraph ; COMMUNITIES, Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2493/73 pean Economic Community ; to the quotations and other information known to the Commission that the levies at present in force Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ should be altered as shown in the Annex to this 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organization Regulation ; of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by 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 Article 1 Committee ; The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regu­ Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine lation (EEC) No 805/68 are hereby fixed as shown in animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were the Annex to this Regulation . fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2493/73 (8) and sub­ sequent amending Regulations ; Article 2 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, To be classified as products falling within subhead­ levies should be calculated on the following basis : ings Nos 02.01 A II a ) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a ) 1 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in bb), products must correspond to the definitions con­ relation to each other, at any given moment, tained in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No within a band of 2·25 °/o, a rate of exchange 2249/73 (4 ). based on their effective parity ; 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 22 October each of these currencies recorded for a given 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 1973 .

For 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 L 257, 14 . 9 . 1973 , p . 19 . ( 4) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 22 October 1973 to imports from third countries (*)

( in ii . a . 1100 kg)

CCT Austria Other third heading Sweden Description of goods countries No Switzerland Live weight 0 . 01 live animals of the bovine species :

A. Domestic species : II . Other : 0 (b ) 0 (b ) a ) Calves I)) Other :

1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is 0 intended for processing ( a )

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 0 female animals ( c ) 0 (b ) 0 (b ) bb ) Other

Net weight o ; m Meal 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 .•

I. Fresh or chilled : aa ) Of calves : II . Carcases and half-carcases 0 0 22 . Separated or unseparared forequarters 0 0 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters 0 0 bb ) Of adult animals : II . Carcases , half-carcases or ' compensated ' quarters : 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 0

22 . Forequa rters : 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 0

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(in u.a. /100 kg)

CCT Austria Other third heading Sweden Description of goods countries No Switzerland

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 0

cc) Other cuts of veal and beef :

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

( If> 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 0 2 . Boned or boneless 0 0

(') Regulation ( EEC ) No 521 /70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products origina­ ting in the AASM and OCT . ( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determi ned by the competent authorities and to the special conditions at pre­ sent applicable to cows imported under the bilateral agreement on cattle for the food processing industry between the European Com­ munities 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 hot 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 annex 1 to the trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .