31976R3216

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3216/76 of 30 December 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 establishing 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 (J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular the second line of Article 1 0 (7), and Article 1 2 (7) thereof, Article 2

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 1 597/76 (3), as last must correspond to the definition contained in Article amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3144/76 (4) ; 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2249/73 (5). Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1597/76 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 3 January be altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation, 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24. (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 28 . O OJ No L 1 77, 2. 7 . 1 976, p . 1 1 . (<) OJ No L 354, 24. 12. 1976, p . 11 (5) OJ No L 230 , 18 . 8 . 1973, p. 15.

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 3 January 1977 to imports from third countries (*)

(in u.a.flOO ke) CCT Austria Sweden Other third heading Description of goods countries No Switzerland Live weight

01.02 Live animals of the bovine species :

A. Domestic species : II . Other : a ) Calves 42-480 ( a) 46-240 ( a )

b ) Other : 1 . 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 ( b ) 46-240 2 . Other 46-240 ( a ) 42-480 ( a )

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 , chlled 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 80-712 87-856 22 . Separated or unseparated forequarters 64-570 70-285 33 . Separated or unseparated hindquarters 96-854 105-427 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 in colour ( b ) 87-856 bbb ) Other 80-712 87-856

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 (b) 70-285 bbb ) Other 64-570 70-285

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(in u. a. / 100 kf>) CCT Austria Sweden Other third heading Description of goods countries No Switzerland t Net v/ cifïh t 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 ( b ) 105-427 bbb ) Other 96-854 105-427 cc) Other cuts of veal and beef : 11 . Unboned ( bone-m ) 121-068 131-784 22 . Boned or boneless 138-485 150-742

01.06 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 ) 121-068 131-784 2 . Boned or boneless ' 138-485 150-742

(') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 706/76, which provides that the levies are not applied to imports into French overseas departments of products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the ' overseas countries and territories '. (a) 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 applicable is either refunded or not collected in accordance with those provisions . (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of the certificate referred to in paragraph 2 (c) of Annex I to the trade agreement between the EEC and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .