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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2861/77
of19December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIb)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1978)
1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
beefandveal(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No425/77(5),shouldbeappliedtoanyquantity
exceedingthatindicatedinthelicence;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotainquestionisrelatively
small,itoughttobepossibletoprovideforasystem
ofallocationbasedonasingleapportionment
betweentheMemberStates,withouttherebydero­
gatingfromitsCommunitynature;whereasitappears
besttoleavetoeachMemberStatethechoiceofa
managementsystemforitsshareofthequota;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperation
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers;
Whereas,ifatagivendateduringthequotaperiodit
isfoundthatabalanceofaquotashareremainsin
oneorotherMemberState,itwillbenecessary,where
appropriate ,tore-allocatetheamountswhichhave
notbeenusedup,inorderthattheymightbeusedup
byotherMemberStates,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(J),
Whereas,inthecontextoftheGATT,theCommu­
nityhasundertakentoopen,atadutyof20%,an
annualCommunitytariffquotaof38500tonnesof
frozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01
AIIb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,expressedas
bonedorbonelessmeat;whereas,therefore,thistariff
quotashouldbeopenedon1January1978;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallpersonsconcernedandthe
ratelaiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlyinallMemberStatestoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereasasystemofutilizationoftheCommunity
tariffquota,basedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStatesconcerned,would,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,appearconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepre­
sentascloselyaspossibletheactualmarkettrendsin
theproductinquestion,theallocationshouldbe
proportionate totherequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldataon
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsfor
thequotayearinquestion;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2(4)ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No193/75of17January1975
layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesand
advancefixingcertificatesforagriculturalproducts(2),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1470/77(3),
importlicencesauthorizetheimportationofaquan­
tityexceedingby5%thequantityindicatedtherein;
whereas,however,thelevyprovidedforinArticle12
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of27JuneHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeefand
vealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIb)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,totalling38500tonnes
expressedasbonedorbonelessmeat,ishereby
openedfor1978.
Forthepurposeofchargingimportsagainstthis
quota,100kilogramsofunbonedmeatshallbetaken
tobeequivalentto77kilogramsofbonedorboneless
meat.
2.Importsofthosegoodswhichhavebeen
admittedunderthebenefitofanotherpreferential
tariffregimeshallnotbesetoffagainstthistariff
quota./)Opiniondelivered16December1977(notyetpublished
intheOfficialJournal).
2)OJNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10.
[>)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.11.(4)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(5)OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1.

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3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthisquota
shallbe20%.
4.ForthepurposeofapplyingthisRegulation,the
levyfixedinaccordancewithArticle12ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68shall,asregardsimportseffected
undertheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(4)of
Regulation (EEC)No193/75,beappliedtoanyquanti­
tiesexceedingthoseindicatedintheimportlicence.
Article2
1.Thequantityof38500tonnesshallbedivided
intotwoparts,onetotalling22000tonnes,theother
16500tonnes,allocatedasfollows:withintheirterritories,freeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMember
Stateshavebeenusedupshallbeverifiedonthebasis
ofimportsastheproductispresentedforcustoms
clearanceunderthedeclarationforconsumption .
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commission ofimportswhichhavebeencharged
againsttheirshares.
Forthepart Forthepart
totalling totalling
22000tonnes 16500tonnes
Benelux 2423 1817
Denmark 111 84
Germany 4334 3251
France 1532 1148
Ireland — —
Italy 6314 4736
UnitedKingdom 7286 5464
22000tonnes 16500tonnesArticle5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
submittotheCouncilareportonthequantitiesfor
whichlicenceshavebeendeliveredineachMember
State.
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonapro­
posalfromtheCommission ,shall,whereappropriate,
re-allocatetheamountswhichhavenotbeenusedup.2.Importsoftheproductconcernedshallbe
subjecttotheprovisionsadoptedunderRegulation
(EEC)No974/71('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No557/76(2),asregardsthefluctuationofthe
currenciesofcertainMemberStates.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
stepstoguaranteeallpersonsconcerned,established
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET
(')OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.1.