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REGULATION (EEC) No 1165 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 May 1974 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN nities among those which are most representative as COMMUNITIES , regards quality and quantity as mentioned in Article 13 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European determined in the first place with reference to free-at­ Economic Community ; Community-frontier offers or, where such offers are Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No not sufficiently representative of the market situation, 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ world market offers delivered free-at-Community­ tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended frontier for each of the products listed in Section (c) of by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ; whereas, Article 1 3 (6) thereof ; for products other than those covered by the first subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of that Regulation , the Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary offer price is converted into a price relating to the Committee ; products covered by that subparagraph by means of Whereas Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 the coefficients referred to in Article 13 (3) of that provides for charging a levy on imports of the frozen Regulation ; whereas those coefficients were fixed in meat listed in Section (c) of the Annex to that Regula­ Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 ; tion ; whereas the levy on products falling within subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 aa) is equal to the difference between : Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 — the guide price for the corresponding product provides that the Commission, when determining the multiplied by a coefficient expressing the ratio world market price referred to in Article 13 (2) (b) of existing in the Community between the price for Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 must disregard offer fresh meat of a quality competitive with the frozen prices which do not correspond to real purchasing meat in question, presented in the same form , and opportunities or which relate to small unrepresenta­ the average price for adult bovine animals, and tive quantities or to qualities which differ appreciably from those of the majority of the products entering — the price on the world market for frozen meat, world trade ; whereas offer prices which the Commis­ based on the most favourable purchasing opportu­ sion believes, in view of general price movements or nities among those which are most representative, information available to it, not to be representative of as regards quality and quantity, of the develop­ real price trends in the country of origin must also be ment of this market, plus customs duty and a disregarded ; standard amount representing the specific costs incurred in importing frozen meat ; Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas offers on the world market are converted 990/ 68 (3) of 15 July 1968 on general rules for fixing into free-at-Community-frontier offers by taking into the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal account the normal transport and insurance costs of provides that the guide price for the corresponding which the Commission has knowledge ; product is the guide price for adult bovine animals ; whereas this guide price was fixed by Council Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 667/ 74 (4) of 28 March 1974 ; Whereas the standard amount referred to in Article 13 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is fixed at 5-5 Whereas the abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with the rules contained in Article 13 units of account per 100 kg ; (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 was fixed at 1-53 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 (5) of Whereas, as long as the world market price for frozen 17 August 1973 determining the bases for calculating meat differs by less that 1 unit of account per 100 kg the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal, as from the world market price previously used, the latter amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 60/74 (6) ; price is maintained ; Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 990/68 provides that the most favourable purchasing opportu­ Whereas Article 13 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ ') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. 68 provides that, for the frozen meat listed in Section 2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 23 . (c) of the Annex to that Regulation under subheading 3) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 12. Nos 02.01 A II a) 2 bb), 02.01 A II a) 2 cc) and 02.01 4) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 59 . 5 ) OJ No L 233, 21 . 8 . 1973 , p. 10 . A II a) 2 dd), the levy is equal to the levy on the 6) See p. 32 of this Official Journal . product in the same Section under subheading No

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02.01 A II a) 2 aa) multiplied by the fixed coefficient — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the for each of the products in question ; whereas this arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each coefficient was fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) of these currencies recorded for a given period, in No 2260/73 ; whereas that Regulation also defines the relation to the Community currencies referred to requirements to be met by certain products for which in the previous subparagraph ; the levy is fixed by means of these coefficients ; Whereas it follows from applying the provisions of Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 the abovementioned Regulations to the quotations provides that, where free quotations on the world and other information known to the Commission that market are not a determining factor for the offer price the levies on frozen meat should be fixed as shown in and where that price is lower than these quotations, a the Annex to this Regulation, special price calculated on the basis of the offer price is substituted, solely in respect of the imports in ques­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion, for the world market price for frozen meat referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article ; Article 1 Whereas, subject to the foregoing, the levy referred to in Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is The levies referred to in Article 13 of Regulation fixed before the 25th day of each month and is appli­ (EEC) No 805/68 are fixed as shown in the Annex to cable from the first Monday of the following month ; this Regulation . whereas, however, the levy is altered in the inter­ vening period if there is considerable fluctuation in Article 2 the world market price for frozen meat ; To be classified as products falling within : Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­ — subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 aa), tion (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for — subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 bb) and cc), in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common — subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 dd) and 22 bbb). Customs Tariff ; Products must correspond to the definition for the Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, product in question contained in Regulation (EEC) levies should be calculated on the following basis : No 2260 /73 . — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Article 3 within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 9 May 1974 to imports from third countries (1)

CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u.a./100 kg No net weight

02.01 Meat and edible offal's 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 : V a) Of domestic bovine animals : 2 . Frozen : aa) Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters 31-585 bb) Forequarters 25-268 ( a) cc) Hindquarters 39-481 dd) Other : 11 . Unboned (bone-in) 47-378 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 maxi-< mum of five pieces, and the other, the hindquarter, excluding the tenderloin, in one piece 39-481 (a)

bbb) Crop, chuck and blade and brisket cuts (b) 39-481 ( a)

ccc) Other 54-326 ( 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) Subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1063/74 ( OJ No L 119, 1 . 5 . 1974, p. 70) 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 . (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down by the competent authorities of the European Communities .