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REGULATION (EEC)No3288/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of16December 1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1976)
downforthefariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlyinallMemberStatestoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasasystemofutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquota,basedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStatesconcerned,would,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,appearconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepre­
sentascloselyaspossibletheactualmarkettrendsin
theproductinquestion,theallocationshouldbe
proportionate totherequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldataon
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsfor
thequotayearinquestion;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
Whereas,inthecontextofthemostrecentmultilat­
eralGATTnegotiations ,theCommunityhasunder­
takentoopen,atadutyof20%,anannualCommu­
nitytariffquotaof38500metrictonsoffrozenbeef
andvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2of
theCommonCustomsTariff,expressedasbonedor
bonelessmeat;whereas,therefore,thistariffquota
shouldbeopenedon1January1976,whiledividing
thetotalquantityintotwopartsinaccordancewith
thetariffarrangementsapplicabletoeach;
WhereasArticles59and60oftheActofAccession(2)
requirethenewMemberStatestoapplytheRegula­
tionsofthecommonagriculturalpolicyfrom1
February1973andtoaligntheircustomstariffduties
onthoseoftheCommonCustomsTariffinaccor­
dancewiththetimetableprovidedforinthesaid
Article59;whereas,therefore,thenewMember
States'needsforimportsshouldbecoveredin1976;
whereasthequotadutiestobeappliedbythenew
MemberStatesshouldconformtotheActofAcces­
sion;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaidWhereas,pursuanttoArticle2(4)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No193/75(3)of17January1975
layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesand
advancefixingcertificatesforagriculturalproducts,
importlicencesauthorizetheimportationofaquan­
tityexceedingby5%thequantityindicatedtherein;
whereas,however,thelevyprovidedforinArticle13
ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68(4)of27June
1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
beefandveal,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1855/74(5),shouldbeappliedtoanyquantity
exceedingthatindicatedinthelicence;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotainquestionisrelatively
small,itoughttobepossibletoprovideforasystem
ofallocationbasedonasingleapportionment
betweentheMemberStates,withouttherebydero­
gatingfromitsCommunitynature;whereasitappears
besttoleavetoeachMemberStatethechoiceofa
managementsystemforitsshareofthequota;
(')OJNoC257,10.11.1975,p.31.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.28.(3)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.
(4)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(5OJNoL195,18.7.1974,p.14.

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateduringthequotaperiodit
isfoundthatabalanceofaquotashareremainsin
oneorotherMemberState,itwillbenecessary,where
appropriate ,toreallocatetheamountswhichhavenot
beenusedup,inorderthattheymightbeusedupby
otherMemberStates,Forthepart
totalling
22000metrictonsForthepart
totalling
16500metrictons
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2600
143
4400
1600
6314
69431950
107
3300
1200
4736
5207
22000 16500
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :2.Importsoftheproductconcernedshallbe
subjecttotheprovisionsadoptedunderRegulation
(EEC)No974/71(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No475/75(2),asregardsthefluctuationofthe
currenciesofcertainMemberStates.
Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
stepstoguaranteeimportersestablishedwithintheir
territoriesfreeaccesstothequotasharesallocatedto
them.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMember
Stateshavebeenusedupshallbeverifiedonthebasis
ofimportsastheproductispresentedforcustoms
clearanceunderthedeclarationforconsumption .
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallregularyinformtheCommis­
sionofimportswhichhavebeenchargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan1October1976,
submittotheCouncilareportonthequantitiesfor
whichlicenceshavebeendeliveredineachMember
State.
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaprop­
osalfromtheCommission ,shall,whereappropriate,
reallocatetheamountswhichhavenotbeenusedup.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeefand
vealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,totalling38500metrictons
expressedasbonedorbonelessmeat,ishereby
openedfor1976.
2.Forthepurposeofchargingimportsagainstthis
quota,100kilogrammes ofunbonedmeatshallbe
takentobeequivalentto77kilogrammesofbonedor
bonelessmeat.
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.
Article2
1.Thequantityof38500metrictonsindicatedin
Article 1(1)shallbedividedintotwoparts,one
totalling22000metrictons,theother16500metric
tonsallocatedasfollows:(!)OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL52,28.2.1975,p.28.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA