25.3.77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 77/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Community THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (%), and in particular Arti- cles 12 (7) and 25 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the price recorded on the represen- tative markets of the Community must be derived from the prices recorded on the representative market or markets of each Member State for the various cate- gories of adult bovine animals or the meat thereof, after taking into account the relative quantity of each of such categories and the relative magnitude of the cattle population of cach Member State ; Whereas the price recorded on the representative markets of the Community may be taken as the average of the prices of the products in question on the representative market or markets of cach Member State ; whereas this average should be weighted in accordance with the coefficients expressing the rela- tive magnitude of the cattle population of cach Member State ; Whereas the price recorded on the representative market or markets of cach Member State may be taken as the weighted average of the prices which have occurred in that Member State during a given period at a given marketing stage ; whereas the coeffi- cients used for this weighting should reflect the rela- () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O) No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 1. tive quantity of each category and quality coming on to the market; Whereas, to make it comparable with the price recorded on the representative market or markets of the Community as originally constituted, the price recorded on the representative market or markets of Ireland and the United Kingdom should be increased by the compensatory amount referred to in Article 1 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 430/77 of 14 February 1977 laying down general rules for the system of compensatory amounts for beef and veal (%) ; Whereas the representative market or markets for each Member State should be selected on the basis of experience in recent years ; whereas, moreover, where there is more than one representative market in a Member State the average quotations recorded on these markets should be taken ; Whereas, with regard to ltaly, the quotations for the surplus production zone and the quotations for the deficit zone should be separately weighted by means of cocfficients expressing the relative influence of cach of these zones on price formation in that Member State ; whereas quotations for the surplus production zone in Italy may be taken as the average of the quotations recorded on the different markets within that zone; ‘ Whereas the price recorded on the market is based on the prices, excluding tax, of live cattle ; whereas, in certain Member States, these prices relate to prices for meat ; whereas this difference should be corrected by means of a cocfficient ; whereas, however, the price for carcases on the Rome market should be reduced by the amount of taxes and other costs and then (*) OJ No L 61, 5. 3. 1977, p. 20.