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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 776/81

of 26 March 1981

on transitional measures in respect of imports during the period May to July 1981 of sheepmeat and goatmeat products from certain non-member countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3446/80 (2), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

Whereas the Community has concluded voluntary restraint agreements with certain non-member countries which export sheepmeat and goatmeat products; whereas similar agreements are being negotiated with other non-member countries;

Whereas, pending the adoption of proposals put to the Council by the Commission on the arrangements applicable to a third category of non-member countries which traditionally supply the products in question, some of which have not yet opened negotiations with the Community, the said countries should be permitted to export certain quantities to the Community until 2 August 1981 subject to conditions comparable to those laid down for the non-member countries which have opened negotiations with the Community;

Whereas the said imports should be restricted to the quantities provided for; whereas it is accordingly necessary to derogate from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 (3), in respect of the quantities which may be imported beyond those indicated on licences;

Whereas the Member States should be required to provide information with regard to the said imports;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Up to 2 August 1981 the levy applicable on imports of products falling within subheadings 01.04 B and 02.01 A IV of the Common Customs Tariff shall be limited to 10 % ad valorem, within the following quantity limits, expressed in tonnes carcase equivalent by the non-member country concerned and by category:

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Non-member countries // 01.04 B // 02.01 A IV a) // 02.01 A IV b) // // // // // Chile // - // - // 125 // Spain // - // 125 // - // Other non-member countries (except Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay and Yugoslavia) // 25 // 25 // 25 // // // //

The coefficient to be employed for converting net mass (live weight) into carcase mass (carcase weight equivalent) shall be 0;47 for products falling within subheading 01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff.

Article 2

1. Subject to the following provisions, Regulation (EEC) No 2666/80 (1) shall apply.

2. In respect of products from the countries indicated in Article 1, import licences may be issued up to the quantities laid down in the same Article.

3. Applications for import licences for the products referred to in Article 1 shall be lodged between 2 and 10 April 1981.

4. Applications for licences, broken down by product and by country of origin, shall be transmitted by the Member States to the Commission not later than 17 April 1981 at 5 p.m.

5. The Commission shall decide, before 27 April 1981, by product and by country of origin, either:

(a) to authorize the issue of licences for all the quantities applied for;

(b) to reduce all the quantities applied for by a single percentage figure.

6. Licences shall be issued on 30 April 1981.

7. Notwithstanding Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2666/80, import licences shall be valid until 2 August 1981.

Article 3

1. The licence application and the licence itself shall bear, in section 14, the name of the non-member country of origin.

For products falling within subheading 01.04 B, the licence application and the licence itself shall bear, in sections 10 and 11, a statement of the net mass and the number of animals to be imported.

It shall be oligatory to import from the country stated in the licence.

2. The licence shall bear in section 20 (a), one of the following entries:

- 'Levy limited to 10 % ad valorem (application of Regulation (EEC) No 776/81). Licence valid for (quantity in figures and words) . . . kg';

- 'Importafgiften begraenses til 10 % af vaerdien (jf. forordning (EOEF) nr. 776/81). Licensen er gyldig for (maengde i tal og bogstaver) . . . kg'.

- 'Beschraenkung der Abschoepfung auf 10 % nach dem Wert (Anwendung der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 776/81). Lizenz gueltig fuer (Menge in Zahlen und Buchstaben) . . . kg';

- 'Prélèvement limité à 10 % ad valorem (application du règlement (CEE) no 776/81). Certificat valable pour (quantité en chiffres et en lettres) . . . kilogrammes';

- «Eisforá periorisméni sto 10 % kat' oeaxía (efarmogí toy kanonismoý (EOK) arith. 776/81). Pistopoiitikó égkyro gia (posótis arithmitikós kai olográfos) chgr»,

- 'Prelievo limitato al 10 % ad valorem (applicazione del regolamento (CEE) n. 776/81). Titolo valido per (quantità in cifre e lettere) . . . kg';

- 'Heffing beperkt tot 10 % ad valorem (toepassing van Verordening (EEG) nr. 776/81). Certificaat geldig voor (hoeveelheid in cijfers en in letters) . . . kg'.

Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, only the quantity stated in section 20 of the import licence may be placed in free circulation; the figure 0 shall be entered for this purpose in section 22 of the said licence.

Article 4

Member States shall communicate to the Commission by telex before 13 May 1981 the quantities, by product and by country of origin, in respect of which import licences have been issued pursuant to this Regulation.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1981.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1981.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 359, 31. 12. 1980, p. 16.

(3) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.

(1) OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 36.