NoL357/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.76
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3167/76
of21December 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2(4)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No193/75of17January1975
layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesand
advancefixingcertificatesforagriculturalproducts(3),
importlicencesauthorizetheimportationofaquan­
tityexceedingby5%thequantityindicatedtherein;
whereas,however,thelevyprovidedforinArticle13
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of27June
1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
beefandveal(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No568/76(5),shouldbeappliedtoanyquantity
exceedingthatindicatedinthelicence;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotainquestionisrelatively
small,itoughttobepossibletoprovideforasystem
ofallocationbasedonasingleapportionment
betweentheMemberStates,withouttherebydero­
gatingfromitsCommunitynature;whereasitappears
besttoleavetoeachMemberStatethechoiceofa
managementsystemforitsshareofthequota;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members;
Whereas,ifatagivendateduringthequotaperiodit
isfoundthatabalanceofaquotashareremainsin
oneorotherMemberState,itwillbenecessary,where
appropriate ,tore-allocatetheamountswhichhave
notbeenusedup,inorderthattheymightbeusedup
byotherMemberStates,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(J),
Whereas,inthecontextofthemostrecentmultilat­
eralGATTnegotiations,theCommunityhasunder­
takentoopen,atadutyof20%,anannualCommu­
nitytariffquotaof38500metrictonsoffrozenbeef
andvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2of
theCommonCustomsTariff,expressedasbonedor
bonelessmeat;whereas,therefore,thistariffquota
shouldbeopenedon1January1977,whiledividing
thetotalquantityintotwopartsinaccordancewith
thetariffarrangementsapplicabletoeach;
WhereasArticles59and60oftheActofAccession(2)
requirethenewMemberStatestoapplytheRegula­
tionsofthecommonagriculturalpolicyfrom1
February1973andtoaligntheircustomstariffduties
onthoseoftheCommonCustomsTariffinaccor­
dancewiththetimetableprovidedforinthesaid
Article59;whereas,therefor®,thenewMember
States'needsforimportsshouldbecoveredin1977;
whereasthequotadutiestobeappliedbythenew
MemberStatesshouldconformtotheActofAcces­
sion;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlyinallMemberStatestoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasasystemofutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquota,basedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStatesconcerned,would,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,appearconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepre­
sentascloselyaspossibletheactualmarkettrendsin
theproductinquestion,theallocationshouldbe
proportionate totherequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldataon
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsfor
thequotayearinquestion;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeefand
vealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,totalling38500metrictons
expressedasbonedorbonelessmeat,ishereby
openedfor1977.
(>)OJNoC293,13.12.1976,p.59.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.28.0OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.
(4)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(5)OJNo,L67,15.3.1976,p.28.

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2.Importsoftheproductconcernedshallbe
subjecttotheprovisionsadoptedunderRegulation
(EEC)No974/71(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No557/76(2),asregardsthefluctuationofthe
currenciesofcertainMemberStates.
Article3Forthepurposeofchargingimportsagainstthis
quota,100kilogrammesofunbonedmeatshallbe
takentobeequivalentto77kilogrammesofbonedor
bonelessmeat.
2.Importsofthosegoodswhichhavebeen
admittedunderthebenefitofanotherpreferential
tariffregimeshallnotbesetoffagainstthistariff
quota.
3.Asregardsthequotasallocatedtotheoriginal
MemberStates,theCommonCustomsTariffduty
applicableshallbe20%.
4.Asregardsthequotaallocatedtothenew
MemberStates,thedutiesshallbethosecalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession.
5.ForthepurposeofapplyingthisRegulation,the
levyfixedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68shall,asregardsimportseffected
undertheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(4)of
Regulation(EEC)No193/75,beappliedtoanyquanti­
tiesexceedingthoseindicatedintheimportlicence.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
stepstoguaranteeimportersestablishedwithintheir
territoriesfreeaccesstothequotasharesallocatedto
them.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMember
Stateshavebeenusedupshallbeverifiedonthebasis
ofimportsastheproductispresentedforcustoms
clearanceunderthedeclarationforconsumption .
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe.
Commissionofimportswhichhavebeencharged
againsttheirshares.
Article2
Article51.Thequantityof38500metrictonsindicatedin
Article1(1)shallbedividedintotwoparts,one
totalling22000metrictons,theother16500metric
tons,allocatedasfollows:TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
submittotheCouncilareportonthequantitiesfor
whichlicenceshavebeendeliveredineachMember
State.
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonapro­
posalfromtheCommission ,shall,whereappropriate,
re-allocatetheamountswhichhavenotbeenusedup.Forthepart
totalling22000
metrictonsForthepart
totalling16500
metrictons
Benelux 2423 1817
Denmark 111 84
Germany 4334 3251
France 1532 1148
Ireland — —
Italy 6314 4736
UnitedKingdom 7286 5464
22000 16500Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE
(')OJNoL106,12.5.197.1,p.1.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.1.