31976R0659

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 659/76 of 25 March 1976 fixing the import levies on calves and adult bovine animals and on beef and veal other than frozen

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establisning the European Article 1 Economic Community, The levies referred to in Articles 10 and 12 of Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 805/ 68 are hereby fixed as shown in 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization the Annex to this Regulation . of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular the Article 2 second line of Article 10(7), and Article 12(7) thereof, Whereas the import levies on calves and adult bovine To be classified as products falling within subheadings animals and on beef and veal other than frozen were 02.01 A II a) 1 aa) and 02.01 A II a) 1 bb), products fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 58 5/76 (3), as amended must correspond to the definition contained in Article by Regulation (EEC) No 613/76 (4) ; 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (5). Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 585/76 Article 3 to the quotations and other information known to the Commission that the levies at present in force should This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 March be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation, 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1976 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 28 . (J) OJ No L 69, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 38 . (4) OJ No L 73, 19 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (5) OJ No L 230, 18 . 8 . 1973 , p . 15 .

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 29 March 1976 to imports from third countries C)

(in u.s . / 100 kg) CCT Austria Other third heading Description of goods Sweden countries No Switzerland Live weight 01.02 Live animals of the bovine species :

A. Domestic species : II. Other : a) Calves 44-352 (b ) 51-460 (b) b ) Other : 1 . Cows for immediate slaughter, the meat of which is 44-352 __ 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 female animals (c) 51-460 bb) Other 44-352 (b) 51-460 (b)

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 : 1 . Fresh or chilled : aa ) Of calves : 11 . Carcases and half-carcases 84-269 97-774 67-415 78-219 22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters 101-123 117-329 bb) Of adult animals : 11 . Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quar­ ters : 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) 97-774 bbb ) Other 84-269 97-774

22. Forequarters : 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) 78-219 bbb) Other 67-415 78-219

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(in Μ.Λ./100 kg} CCT Austria Other third heading Description of goods Sweden 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) 117-329

bbb) Other 101-123 117-329 cc) Other cuts of veal and beef : 11 . Unboned (bone-in) 126-403 146-661 22 . Boned or boneless 144-588 167-760

02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted , in brine, dried or smoked :

C. Other :

I. Of domestic bovine animals : a) Meat : 1 . Unboned (bone-in) 126-403 146-661 2 . Boned or boneless 144-588 167-760

(') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3329/75, provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the 'overseas countries and territories '. (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to 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 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 not collccted 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 1 , Annex I to the trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.