30.1.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL25/21
REGULATION (EEC)No186/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of23January1973
ontheopening,apportionment andmethodofadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1973)
apportionment betweentheMemberStates,is
capableofrespectingtheCommunitynatureofthe
saidquotainrelationtotheprinciplessetoutabove;
whereas,inorderthattherealevolutionofthe
marketintheproductinquestionmaybethebest
possible,thisapportionment mustbemadeprorata
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,whoseneedswill
beassessedinparticularbytakingintoaccount
importscomingfromthirdcountriesduringthemost
recentyearsforwhichcompletestatisticaldataare
available,andtheforeseeabledevelopmentduringthe
quotaperiod;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotainquestionis
relativelysmall,itoughttobepossibletoprovidefor
asystemofallocationbasedonasingle
apportionment betweentheMemberStates,without
therebytakingfromitsCommunitynature;whereas
itappearsbesttoleavetoeachMemberStatethe
choiceofamanagementsystemforitspartofthe
quota;
Whereas,inthecaseofBelgium,TheNetherlandsand
Luxembourg ,beingunitedandrepresentedbythe
economicUnionBenelux,theentiremanagementof
thequotapartallottedtothesaideconomicUnion
maybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertaken,inthecontextofthemostrecent
multilateralnegotiationsofGATT,toopenan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof22000metrictons
atadutyof20%forfrozenbeefandvealunder
tariffsubheading02.01AIIa)2;whereasthe
AgreementwiththeArgentine,enteredinto8
November1971(1),providesthat,asfrom1January
1972,theaforesaidquotaof22000tonsmustbe
regardedasmeaningbonedmeat;
Whereas,accordingtothetermsofArticle60ofthe
ActannexedtotheTreatyconcerningtheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community,signedatBrusselson22January
1972(2),thenewMemberStatesareboundtoapply
thecommonagriculturalpolicyregulationsfrom1
February1973;whereasitis,therefore,necessaryto
providefortheimportneedsofthenewStates
comingfromthirdcountriesduringtheperiod1
Februaryto31December1973;whereas,inthese
circumstances ,andtakingaccountofthedeclaration
oftheCommunityannexedtotheaforesaidAgree­
mentwiththeArgentine,itisprovidedthatanauto­
nomoussupplementary quotabeopenedat20%
duty,whichmaybefixedat12000tons,thisalsoto
beinbonedmeat;
Whereasitisparticularlyopportunetoguarantee
equalandcontinuousaccesstoallimportersinthe
Communitytothesaidquotaandtheuninterrupted
applicationoftherateprovidedforthesaidquotato
allimportsoftheproductinquestioninallMember
Statesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasasystem
oftakinguptheCommunitytariffquota,basedonHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeefand
veal,undersubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,totalling34000tons,in
bonedmeat,shallbeopened,atadutyof20%for
theperiod:
—from1Januaryto31December1973uptothe
conventionalquantityof22000tons;
—from1Februaryto31December1973uptoan
autonomousquantityof12000tons.
(!)OJNoL249,10.11.1971,p.18.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.28.2.Forthepurposesofchargingagainstquota,100
kgofunbonedmeatequals77kgofbonedmeat.

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Article2 undercoverofdeclarationsthattheyarefor
consumption .
TheCommunitytariffquotamentionedinArticle1
isapportionedasfollows:
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportswhichhavebeencharged
againsttheirshares.Germany 4750tons
Benelux 4570tons
France 2290tons
Italy 10390tons
Denmark 200tons
Ireland 100tons
UnitedKingdom 11700tonsArticle5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethattheprovisionsofthe
precedingArticlesarerespected.
Article3
Article6
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
stepstoguaranteetoimportersestablishedintheir
countriesfreeaccesstothequota-partallottedto
them.
2.TheextentofdepletionofMemberStates'
sharesshallbeverifiedonthebasisofimports
comingfromthirdcountriespresentedatcustomsThisRegulationshallenterintoforcethedayafterits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ,
ItshallbeapplicableintheoriginalMemberStates
from1January1973andinthenewMemberStates
from1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23January1973.
FortheCouncil
; ThePresident
L.TINDEMANS