31976R3092

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3092/76

OF 17 DECEMBER 1976

ON THE APPLICATION OF MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS TO CERTAIN BEEF AND VEAL PRODUCTS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 974/71 OF 12 MAY 1971 ON CERTAIN MEASURES OF CONJUNCTURAL POLICY TO BE TAKEN IN AGRICULTURE FOLLOWING THE TEMPORARY WIDENING OF THE MARGINS OF FLUCTUATION FOR THE CURRENCIES OF CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 557/76 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS APPLY TO FRESH , CHILLED AND FROZEN MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF BUT NOT TO PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.02 B III B ) 1 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS THE SIMPLE SEASONING OF , OR ADDITION OF OTHER SUBSTANCES TO , FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN MEAT HAS THE CONSEQUENCE THAT SUCH TREATED MEAT IS CONSIDERED AS BEING PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLICATION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS SUCH TREATED PRODUCTS STILL COMPETE WITH FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN MEAT ; WHEREAS THE NON-APPLICATION OF MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS TO SUCH TREATED PRODUCTS LEADS TO TRADE IN PRODUCTS WHICH ARE NOT NORMALLY TRADED ;

WHEREAS SUCH TRADE MAY DISTURB THE MARKET AND LEAD TO ABUSES OF THE SYSTEM OF MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS ;

WHEREAS AN URGENT SOLUTION IS REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS SHOULD FOR THE PRESENT BE APPLIED ON SUCH TREATED PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR BEEF AND VEAL ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN PRODUCTS , OTHER THAN MINCED PRODUCTS , WHICH FALL WITHIN SUBHEADING 16.02 B III B ) 1 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND WHICH ARE EXCLUDED FROM CLASSIFICATION IN CHAPTER 2 THEREOF SOLELY BY REASON OF SIMPLE SEASONING ( E.G . WITH SALT AND PEPPER ) , OR THE ADDITION OF OTHER SUBSTANCES ( E.G . VEGETABLES , FLOURS OR OIL ) , MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS SHALL APPLY IN TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AT THE LEVEL APPLICABLE TO PRODUCTS OF THE SAME DESCRIPTION WITHOUT SUCH TREATMENT WHICH FALL WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 20 DECEMBER 1976 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 17 DECEMBER 1976 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

P . J . LARDINOIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976 , P . 1 .