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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3838/90
of20December 1990
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
meatofbovineanimals,frozen,fallingwithinCNcode0202andproductsfalling
withinCNcode02062991(1991)
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,formeatofbovineanimals,frozen,falling
withinCNcode0202andproductsfallingwithinCN
code02062991,theCommunityhasundertaken,within
theframeworkoftheGeneralAgreementonTariffsand
Trade(GATT),toopenanannualCommunitytariffquota
atarateofdutyof20%,thequantityofwhich,expressed
inweightofbonedorbonelessmeat,hasbeenfixedat
53000tonnes;whereasthatquotashouldaccordinglybe
openedfor1991;
Whereasthereshouldbeaguaranteeof,inparticular,
accessbyallinterestedtraderswithintheCommunityto
thequotaandofuninterruptedapplicationoftheratelaid
downforthatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted;Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaformeatofbovine
animals,frozen,fallingwithinCNcode0202and
productsfallingwithinCNcode02062991,totalling
53000tonnes,expressedinweightofbonedorboneless
meat,isherebyopenedfor1991.
Forthepurposesofcountingagainstthesaidquota,100
kilogramsofbone-inmeatshallbeequivalentto77kilo­
gramsofbonedorbonelessmeat.
2.ForthepurposesofthisRegulation,meatwhichis
presentedfrozenatthetimeofacceptanceoftheimport
declarationshallbedeemedfrozenmeat.
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletothe
quotashallbe20%.
Article2
Thequotaof53000tonnesshallbedividedintotwo
partsasfollows:
(a)thefirst,equalto85%or45050tonnes,shallbe
apportionedbetweenimporterswhocanprovethey
haveimportedfrozenmeatfallingwithinCNcode
0202orproductsfallingwithinCNcode02062991
towhichtheseimportarrangementsapplyduringthe
lastthreeyears;
(b)thesecond,equalto15%or7950tonnes,shallbe
apportionedbetweenoperatorswhocanprovethat
theyengageintrade,involvingaminimumquantity
andforaperiodtobedetermined,withthirdcoun­
triesinbeefandvealotherthanthattowhichthese
importarrangementsapplyandexcludingmeatwhich
isthesubjectofinwardoroutwardprocessingtraffic.Whereasthetransitionalarrangementsadoptedinrespect
ofthequotafor1990haveoperatedsatisfactorily ;whereas
theyconsistoftheallocationbytheCommissionofthe
quantitiesavailabletothetraditionaloperatorsandto
operatorsengagingintradeinbeefandveal,soastogive
thelatterprogressiveaccesstothebenefitsofthosearran­
gements;whereas,inviewofthis,theopportunitiesfor
accessshouldbewidenedbyincreasingtheproportion
allocatedtothelatteroperators;whereas,inorderto
ensurethattheiractivitiesaregenuine,onlyquantitiesof
acertainsizerepresentative oftradewiththirdcountries
shouldbeconsidered;
Whereas,inordertoensurethequotaisfullyutilized,itis
necessarytosetatimelimitforlodgingimportlicence
applicationsandtoallowthetransferofanyquantities
thathavenotbeenappliedforatthatdateduringthelast
quarterof1991,andtheirallocationtooperatorsonthe
basisofthequantitiesremainingratherthantheoriginal
allocationcriteria;
Whereasthedetailedrulesfortheapplicationforthis
Regulationshouldbedrawnupinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle27ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No805/68of27June1968onthecommonorga­
nizationofthemarketinbeefandveal('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No571/89(2),Article3
1.Quantitieswhichhavenotbeencoveredbyan
importlicenceapplicationat31August1991shallbethe
subjectofafurtherallocationduringthefourthquarterof
thatyear,withoutaccountnecessarilybeingtakenofthe
apportionment referredtoinArticle2.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL61,4.3.1989,p.43.

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(b)theconditionsgoverningtheissueandthetermof
validityofimportlicences.2.MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,before
16September1991,ofquantitiesnotappliedforat31
Augustofthatyear.
Article4
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationshall
beadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle27ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68,andin
particularruleson:
(a)theapportionment andallocationofquantitiesavai­
lablebetweentheoperatorsreferredtoinArticle2;
andArticle5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1January1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1990.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.RUFFOLO