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REGULATION (EEC) No 2514/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 October 1974 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 990/68 COMMUNITIES, provides that the most favourable purchasing opportu nities among those which are most representative as Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European regards quality and quantity as mentioned in Article Economic Community ; 13 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No determined in the first place with reference to free-at 805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza Community-frontier offers or, where such offers are tion of the market in beef and veal , as last amended not sufficiently representative of the market situation , by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular world market offers delivered free-at-Community Article 13 (6) thereof ; frontier for each of the products listed in Section (c) of the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 ; whereas, Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary for products other than those covered by the first Committee ; subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of that Regulation , the Whereas Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 offer price is converted into a price relating to the provides for charging a levy on imports of the frozen products covered by that subparagraph by means of meat listed in Section (c) of the Annex to that Regula the coefficients referred to in Article 13 (3) of that tion ; whereas the levy on products falling within Regulation ; whereas those coefficients were fixed in subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 aa) is equal to the Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 ; difference between : — the guide price for the corresponding product Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2260/73 multiplied by a coefficient expressing the ratio provides that the Commission , when determining the existing in the Community between the price for world market price referred to in Article 13 ( 2) (b) of fresh meat of a quality competitive with the frozen Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 must disregard offer meat in question , presented in the same form , and prices which do not correspond to real purchasing the average price for adult bovine animals, and opportunities or which relate to small unrepresenta — the price on the world market for frozen meat, tive quantities or to qualities which differ appreciably based on the most favourable purchasing opportu from those of the majority of the products entering nities among those which are most representative, world trade ; whereas offer prices which the Commis as regards quality and quantity, of the develop sion believes , in view of general price movements or ment of this market, plus customs duty and a information available to it, not to be representative of standard amount representing the specific costs real price trends in the country of origin must also be incurred in importing frozen meat ; disregarded ;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/68 (3 ) of 15 July 1968 on general rules for fixing Whereas offers on the world market are converted the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal into free-at-Community-frontier offers bv taking into provides that the guide price for the corresponding account the normal transport and insurance costs of product is the -guide price for adult bovine animals ; which the Commission has knowledge ; whereas this guide price was fixed by Council Regula tion (EEC) No 667/ 74 (4 ) of 28 March 1974 and amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2496/74 (5 ) ; Whereas the standard amount referred to in Article 13 Whereas the abovementioned coefficient , calculated ( 2) (b ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 is fixed at 5*5 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 (b) of 17 August 1973 determining the bases for calculating Whereas , as long as the world market price for frozen the levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal , as meat differs by less that 1 unit of account per 100 kg amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 1 60 /74 (7) ; from the world market price previously used , the latter price is maintained ; (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7 . 1974, p. 14. (3 ) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 12. Whereas Article 13 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805 / («) OJ No L 8.5 , 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 59 . 68 provides that , for the frozen meat listed in Section (5) OJ No L 268 , 3 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 233, 21 . 8 . 1973 , p. 10. (c) of the Annex to that Regulation under subheading 7 OJ No L 127, 9 . 5 . 1974, p. 32 . Nos 02.01 A II a ) 2 lib ), 02.01 A 11 a ) 2 cc ) and 02.01
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A II a) 2 dd), the levy is equal to the levy on the — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the product in the same Section under subheading No arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 02.01 A II a) 2 aa) multiplied by the fixed coefficient of these currencies recorded for a given period, in for each of the products in question ; whereas this relation to the Community currencies referred to coefficient was fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) in the previous subparagraph ; No 2260/73 ; whereas that Regulation also defines the requirements to be met by certain products for which Whereas it follows from applying the provisions of the levy is fixed by means of these coefficients ; the abovementioned Regulations to the quotations and other information known to the Commission that Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 the levies on frozen meat should be fixed as shown in provides that, where free quotations on the world the Annex to this Regulation , market are not a determining factor for the offer price and where that price is lower than these quotations, a special price calculated on the basis of the offer price HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : is substituted, solely in respect of the imports in ques tion , for the world market price for frozen meat Article 1 referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article ; The levies referred to in Article 13 of Regulation Whereas, subject to the foregoing, the levy referred to ( EEC) No 805/ 68 are fixed as shown in the Annex to in Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is this Regulation . fixed before the 25th day of each month and is appli cable from the first Monday of the following month ; Article 2 whereas, however, the levy is altered in the inter vening period if there is considerable fluctuation in To be classified as products falling within : the world market price for frozen meat ; — subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 aa), Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula — subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 bb) and cc), tion ( EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for — subheading No 02.01 A II a) 2 dd) and 22 bbb). in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ; Products must correspond to the definition for the product in question contained in Regulation ( EEC) Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, No 2260 / 73 . levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 3 relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October on their effective parity ; 1974 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 3 October 1974 .
For the Commission
P.J. LARDINOIS
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Levies applicable from 7 October 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 offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02 , 01.03 or 01.04 , fresh, chilled or frozen :
A. Meat :
11 . Of bovine animals : a ) Of domestic bovine animals : 2 . Frozen : aa ) Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters 60-748 bb ) Forequarters 48-598 ( a ) cc) Hindquarters 75-935 dd ) Other : 11 . Unboned ( bone-in ) 91-122 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 75-935 ( a )
bbb ) Crop , chuck and blade and brisket cuts ( b ) 75-935 ( a )
ccc) Other 104-487 ( a )
(') Regulation ( EEC ) No 521 /70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the t rench overseas departments of products originating in the AASM and ( XT . ( a ) Subject to the provisions of Regulation ( FIX ") No 1063/74 ( OJ No 1 . 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 | une 1968 anil 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 .