NoL353/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3136/76
of22December 1976
amendingforthesecondtimeRegulation (EEC)No3376/75asregardsthe
arrangements forthereductionofimportchargesonbeefandvealproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesin1977
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3328/75of18December1975renewingthearrange­
mentsforthereductionofimportchargesonbeefand
vealproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStates(!),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2841/76(2),andinparticularArticle3(1)
thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3376/75
of23December 1975(3),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1501/76(4),laiddowntherulesforthe
applicationofRegulation(EEC)No3328/75;whereas
followingtheextensionoftheimportarrangements
forbeefandvealoriginatingincertainAfrican,Carib­
beanandPacificStates,certainprovisionsofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3376/75requireamendment ;Article2(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No3376/75is
herebyamendedtoreadasfollows:
*4.Theimportlicencesshallbevalidonlyuntil
31Decemberoftheyearofissue.'
Article2
Article4ofRegulation (EEC)No3376/75ishereby
amendedtoreadasfollows:
Article4Whereas,inordertoavoidabuses,provisionshouldbe
madeforchargingthefullamountoftheleviesfixed
inaccordancewithArticles10to13ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68of27June1968onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinbeefandveal(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No568/76(6),in
respectofthequantitiesimportedpursuanttoArticle
2(4)ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No193/75of
17January1975layingdowncommondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexport
licencesandadvancefixingcertificatesforagricultural
products(7),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2219/76(8);
Whereasbecauseofthegeographicalsituationandthe
climateoftheStatesconcerned,particularlyBotswana,
beefandvealproductionisconcentratedatthebegin­
ningoftheyear;whereasaccordinglythedatesfor
thesubmissionofapplicationsforimportlicencesand
fortheissueoflicencesforJanuary1977shouldbe
broughtforward;1.TheamountprovidedforinArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No3328/75foreachproduct
intendedforimportationintoIrelandorthe
UnitedKingdomshallbeequalto90%ofthe
amountresultingfromthelevyreducedbythe
accessioncompensatory amountapplicableto
importsintotheUnitedKingdomfromnon­
membercountriesandbythemonetarycompensa­
toryamountwhicharevalidforimportsintothat
MemberStateduringtheweekprecedingthatin
whichcommencesthequarterforwhichthe
amountofthereductioniscalculated .
2.TheamountprovidedforinArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No3328/75foreachproduct
intendedforimportationintoaMemberState
otherthanthosementionedinparagraph 1shall
beequalto90%oftheamountresultingfrom
thelevyadjusted,whereappropriate,bythemone­
tarycompensatory amountapplicableforFrance
duringtheweekprecedingthatinwhich
commencesthequarterforwhichtheamountof
thereductioniscalculated.'(')OJNoL329,23.12.1975,p.4.
2OJNoL327,26.11.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL333,30.12.1975,p.44.
")OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.35.
(5)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(6)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.28.
(7)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.
8)OJNoL250,14.9.1976,p.5.

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Article3 Article5
ThereshallbeaddedtoRegulation(EEC)No3376/75
thefollowingArticle5a:
Article3aBywayofderogationfromArticle2(1)and(5)of
Regulation(EEC)No3376/75,inJanuary1977appli­
cationsforimportlicencesmaybesubmittedtothe
competentagenciesoftheMemberStatesduringthe
firstfivedaysofthemonth.Thelicencesshallbe
issuedinthatmonthonthetwelfthdayfollowingthe
firstdayoftheperiodforthesubmissionofapplica­
tions.ForthequantitiesimportedpursuanttoArticle2
(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No193/75,thefull
amountoftheleviesfixedinaccordancewithArti­
cles10to13ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68shall
becharged.'
Article4Article6
InthesecondparagraphofArticle6ofRegulation
(EEC)No3376/75thedate'31December1976'is
herebyreplacedby'31December1977'.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission