31977R0644

No L 81 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 3 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 644/77 of 29 March 1977 laying down special rules for the application of accession compensatory amounts with a view to preventing deflections of trade in beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN or preserved meat or meat offal, uncooked, being COMMUNITIES, aligned as necessary on those for carcases and half-car­ cases of adult bovine animals ; Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, Whereas these special arrangements should be conti­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No nued and the text of the relevant provisions aligned 430/77 of 14 February 1977 laying down general rules with the present wording of the Common Customs for the system of compensatory amounts for beef and Tariff, Regulation (EEC) No 523/75 being accordingly veal ('), and in particular the first paragraph of Article repealed ; 10 thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 430/77 the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ accession compensatory amounts for beef and veal are ment Committee for Beef and Veal, calculated in accordance with the rules for calculating the levies ; whereas that Regulation replaced Council HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation (EEC) No 181 /73 of 23 January 1973 laying down general rules for the system of compensa­ Article 1 tory amounts for beef and veal (2) ; Whereas the amounts applicable to carcases and quar­ The accession compensatory amounts for products ters of adult bovine animals are much lower than falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) 4, 02.01 A II those applicable to cuts of meat, particularly boned b) 4 (aa) and (bb) 33, 02.06 C I a) and 16.02 B III b) 1 cuts ; (aa) of the Common Customs Tariff shall, to the extent necessary to prevent deflections of trade or arti­ Whereas, since the latter products may readily be ficial trade flows, be fixed, by alignment on the obtained from the former, the desire to take advantage amounts for carcases and half-carcases of adult bovine of the difference in compensatory amounts created animals, at levels below those obtained by application artificial trade flows and thereby deflected trade to the of the rules laid down for the calculation of the levy. financial detriment of the Community ; Article 2 Whereas in these circumstances the requisite measures were taken by Commission Regulation Commission Regulation (EEC) No 523/75 is hereby (EEC) No 523/75 of 28 February 1975 laying down repealed . special rules for the application of accession compen­ satory amounts with a view to preventing deflection of Article J trade in beef and veal (3), to put an end to such prac­ tices, the compensatory amounts for cuts and for This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April meat, salted or in brine, as well as for other prepared 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1977 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 20 . (*) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973, p. 9 . P OJ No L 55, 1 . 3 . 1975, p. 70 .