Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on beef and veal and amending Council Regulation (EEC) N° 950/68 of the Common Customs Tariff (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3114/83 (8), is hereby amended as follows:
1.
Article 6 is replaced by the following:
'Article 6
For frozen meat falling within subheading 0202 10 and 0202 20 10 and specified in (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) N° 805/68:
(a)
the coefficient referred to in Article 11 (2) (a) thereof shall be 1,69;
(b)
the flat-rate sum referred to in Article 11 (2) (b) thereof shall be 6,65 ECU per 100 kilograms.'
2.
In Article 9 the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
'1. For the purpose of the levies,
(a)
''Carcases of bovine animals'', for the purposes of subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10 of the combined nomenclature means whole carcases of the slaughtered animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metacarsal joints; ''carcase'' includes the front part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder having more than 10 pairs or ribs;
(b)
''Half-carcases of bovine animals'', for the purposes of subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10 of the combined nomenclature means the product resulting from the symmetrical division of the whole carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis; ''half-carcase'' includes the front part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder having more than 10 ribs.
(c)
''Compensated quarters'', for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 11, 0201 20 19 and 0202 20 10 of the combined nomenclature are composed of either:
- forequarters comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the 10th rib; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the third rib; or
- forequarters comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the fifth rib with the whole of the flank and breast attached; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the eighth rib.
The forequarters and the hindquarters constituting ''compensated quarters'' must be imported at the same time and in equal numbers and the total weight of the forequarters must be the same as that of the hindquarters; however, a difference between the weights of the two parts of the consignment is allowed provided that this does not exceed 5 % of the weight of the heavier part (forequarters or hindquarters);
(d)
''Unseparated forequarters'', for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 31, 0201 20 39, and 0202 20 30 of the combined nomenclature means the front part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four pairs of ribs and a maximum of 10 pairs of ribs (the first four pairs of ribs shall be whole, the others may be cut) with or without the thin flank;
(e)
''Separated forequarters'', for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 31, 0201 20 39 and ex 0202 20 30 of the combined nomenclature means the front part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of 10 ribs (the first four ribs shall be whole, the others may be cut) with or without the thin flank;
(f)
''Unseparated hindquarters'', for the purpose of subheadings 0201 20 51, 0201 20 59 and 0202 20 50 of the combined nomenclature, the rear part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three pairs of whole or cut ribs with or without the shanks and with or without the thin flank;
(g)
''Separated hindquarters'', for the purpose of subheadings 0201 20 51, 0201 20 59 and 0202 20 50 of the combined nomenclature, the rear part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin including the fillet, with a minimum of
three whole or cut ribs with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank;
(h)
''Crop'' and ''chuck and blade'' cuts, for the purposes
of subheading 0202 30 50, of the combined
nomenclature means the dorsal part of the forequarter, including the upper part of the forequarter, including the upper part of the shoulder, obtained from a forequarter with a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of 10 ribs by a cut along a straight line through the point where the first rib joins the first sternal segment to the point of reflection of the diaphragm on the 10th rib;
(i)
''Brisket'' cut, for the purposes of subheading 0202 30 50 of the combined nomenclature the lower part of the forequarter comprising the brisket navel end and the brisket point end;
(j)
''Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal containing bovine meat or offal, uncooked'' for the purposes of subheadings 1602 50 10 and 1602 90 61, means products which have not been subjected to any heat-treatment or which have been subjected to a heat treatment insufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product and which therefore show traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.'
3.
Article 14 is deleted
4.
Annexes I and II are replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.