NoL349/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.12.74
REGULATION (EEC)No3258/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of19December 1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1975)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
Whereas,inthecontextofthemostrecentmultilat­
eralGATTnegotiations ,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopen,atadutyof
20%,anannualCommunitytariffquotaof38500
metrictonsoffrozenbeefandvealfallingwithin
subheading02.01AIIa)2oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,expressedasbonedorbonelessmeat;whereas,
therefore,thisCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
openedonIJanuary1975,whiledividingthequan­
tityconcernedintotwopartsaccordingtothetariff
arrangements applicabletoeach;
WhereasArticles59and60oftheAct(')annexedto
theTreatyconcerningtheaccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandto
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,signedon
22January1972,requirethenewMemberStatesto
applytheRegulationsoftheCommonAgricultural
Policyfrom1February1973andtoaligntheir
customstariffdutiesonthoseoftheCommon
CustomsTariffinaccordance withthetimetable
providedforinArticle59;whereas,therefore,thenew
MemberStates'needsforimportsfromthirdcountries
shouldbecoveredin1975;whereasthequotaduties
tobeappliedbythenewMemberStatesshould
conformtotheActofAccession ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlyinallMemberStatestoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonanalloca­
tionbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductinquestionthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately there­
quirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfrom
statisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthetariffinquestion ;Whereas,sincethetariffquotainquestionisrelatively
small,itoughttobepossibletoprovideforasystem
ofallocationbasedonasingleapportionment
betweentheMemberStates,withouttherebydero­
gatingfromitsCorhmunitynature;whereasitappears
besttoleavetoeachMemberStatethechoiceofa
managementsystemforitsshareofthequota;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateduringthequotaperiodit
isfoundthatabalanceofaquotashareremainsin
oneorotherMemberState,itwillbenecessary,where
appropriate ,tore-allocatetheamountswhichhave
notbeenusedup,inorderthattheymightbeusedup
byotherMemberStates,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeefand
vealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTarifftotalling38500metrictons,
expressedasbonedorbonelessmeat,ishereby
openedfor1975.
2.Forthepurposeofchargingimportsagainstthis
quota,100kilogrammes ofunbonedmeatshallbe
takentobeequivalentto.77kilogrammes ofbonedor
bonelessmeat.
3.Asregardsthequotasallocatedtotheoriginal
MemberStates,theCommonCustomsTariffduty
applicableshallbe20%.
4.Asregardsthequotaallocatedtothenew
MemberStates,thedutiesshallbethosecalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession .
Artidt2
1.Thequantityof38500metrictonsreferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwoparts,onetotalling
22000metrictons,theother16500metrictons.
2.Thetwopartsreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
allocatedasfollows : (')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.28.

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Fortheparttotalling Fortheparttotalling
22000metrictons 16500metrictons
Benelux 2740metrictons 2060metrictons
Denmark 115metrictons 85metrictons
Germany 4460metrictons 3340metrictons
France 1710metrictons 1280metrictons
Ireland 1metricton 0metricton
Italy 5259metrictons 3950metrictons
UnitedKingdom 7715metrictons 5785metrictons
22000metrictons 16500metrictons
3.Importsoftheproductconcernedshallbe
subjecttotheprovisionsadoptedunderRegulation
(EEC)No974/71('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2497/74(2),asregardsthefluctuationofthe
currenciesofcertainMemberStates.
Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
stepstoguaranteetoimportersestablishedwithin
theirterritoriesfreeaccesstothequotashareallotted
tothem.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMember
Stateshavebeenusedupshallbeverifiedonthebasis
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesastheproductis
presentedforcustomsclearanceunderthedeclaration
forconsumption .
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commission ofimportswhichhavebeencharged
againsttheirshares.Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulation is
compliedwith.
Article6
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan1October1975,
submittotheCouncilareportonthequantitiesfor
whichlicenceshavebeendeliveredineachMember
State.
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonapro­
posalfromtheCommission ,shall,whereappropriate ,
re-allocatetheamountswhichhavenotbeenusedup.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1974.
I:ortheCouncil
ThePreside»1
J.P.FOURCADE
(')OJNoL106,12.V1971,p.I.
(-')OJNoL268,3.10.1974,p.5.