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REGULATION (EEC)No1944/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of16July1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration oftheCommunitytariffquotaof
30000headofheifersandcowsotherthanthoseintendedforslaughter,of
certainmountainbreeds,fallingwithinsubheadingex01.02AIIb)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;tionedtariffquotafortheperiodfrom1July1973to
30June1974shouldthereforebeopenedatadutyof
4%fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
atadutycorresponding totheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedActforthenewMemberStates;whereas,
onatemporarybasis,differentsystemsshouldbelaid
downfortheMemberStatesoftheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedontheonehandandthenew
MemberStatesontheother;
Whereas,asregardsinparticulartheMemberStatesof
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted :HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
Whereas,forheifersandcows,otherthanthose
intendedforslaughterofcertainmountainbreeds
fallingwithinsubheadingex01.02AIIb)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakenwithintheframeworkof
theGATTmultilateralnegotiationstoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaof20000headatadutyof
6%;whereaseligibilityforsuchquotaissubjectto
conditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthori­
tiesoftheMemberStateofdestination ;whereas,in
anexchangeofletterswithAustriadated21July
1972,theCommunityhasundertakenunilaterallyto
increasethesizeofthetariffquotafrom20000to
30000headandtolowerthequotadutyfrom6%to
4%;
Whereas,underArticle60oftheAct(1)concerning
theConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentsto
theTreaties,thenewMemberStatesareobligedto
applytheRegulationsofthecommonagricultural
policyfrom1February1973onwards;whereas,there­
fore,anyrequirements whichmayariseinthese
MemberStatesduringthequotaperiodunderconsid­
erationshouldbetakenintoaccountintheCommu­
nitytariffquotainquestion;whereastheabovemen­—itisinparticularnecessarytoensureequaland
continuousaccessforallCommunityimportersto
theabovementioned quota,andtheuninterrupted
applicationofthequotaduties,toallimportsof
theanimalsinquestionuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,havingregardtotheprinci­
plesdefinedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommu­
nitytariffquotaamongthesaidMemberStates;
whereaspossibilitiesfortheuseofsuchmountain
breedsare,however,limitedbyspecialfactors,
bothgeographical andzootechnical ;whereas
Germany,FranceandItalyaretheonlyMember
Stateswhichhaveregionssuitableforbreeding
thiskindofcattle;whereas,however,inviewof
suchspecialfactors,theCommunitynatureofthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldbepreservedby
makingprovisionforrequirements whichmay
ariseinotherMemberStates;whereas,inexcep­
tionalcases,thesystemprovidedforinArticle4of
thisRegulationenablesallsuchfactorstobetaken
intoaccount;whereas,inordertoreflectasclosely
aspossibletheactualtrendofthemarketinques­
tion,theinitialallocationamongthethreeafore­ (!)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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—if,ataspecifieddatewithinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceoftheinitialquotashare
remainsinfavourofoneorotheroftheMember
States,itisessentialthatthatStateshouldreturna
considerablepartofsuchbalancetothereservein
orderthatpartoftheCommunityquotashould
notremainunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
Members;
Whereas,asregardsinparticularthenewMembermentionedMemberStatesmustbemadein
proportiontotherequirementsofeachone,calcu­
latedinaccordancewithstatisticaldataconcerning
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandwitheconomicprospects
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
—ithasnot,however,beenpossibleuntilnowto
standardizetherulesapplicableinthevarious
MemberStatesasregardssupervisionofimportsof
animalsintendedforslaughter,forbreedingorfor
income;whereas,insuchcircumstances ,thestatis­
ticaldatafurnishedbyMemberStatesinthisfield
cannotbeconsideredtobesufficientlyaccurate
andrepresentativetobeusedasabasisfortheallo­
cationinquestion;whereastheextenttowhich
Communitytariffquotasforthoseanimalsopen
untilnowhavebeenexhausted,andtheestimates
madebytheaforementioned threeMemberStates
enabletherequirements ofeachofthemas
regardsimportsfromthirdcountriesforthequota
periodenvisagedtobeassessedasfollows:States:
Germany
France
Italy10000 head
3900 head
6100head ,—theCommunitynatureofthetariffquotainques­
tionshouldbepreservedbymakingprovisionfor
anyrequirements whichmayariseinthese
MemberStatesduringthequotaperiod;whereas
tothisendtheseMemberStatesshouldbe
affordedthepossibilityofmakingadequatedraw­
ingsfromthereserve,thelatterbeingincreased
accordingly ;
—thequotadutiesshouldbefixedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththeabovemen­
tionedAct,andinparticularwithArticles39,59
and60thereof;
—itisnecessarytoensureequalandcontinuous
accessforallimporterstothequotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationofthequotadutiestoall
importsoftheanimalsinquestionuntilthequota
isexhausted;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1—inordertotakeintoaccountthepossibletrendof
importsoftheaforementioned animalsintothe
saidMemberStates,thequotaamountof30000
headshouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirst
beingallocatedamongGermany,FranceandItaly,
thesecondformingareserveintended
subsequentlytocovertherequirementsofthose
MemberStateswhentheirinitialquotashareis
exhaustedandrequirements whichmayarise
withinotherMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersin
thethreeaforementioned MemberStates,thefirst
partoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatacomparatively highlevelwhichunder
thepresentcircumstances maybe60%ofthe
quotaamount;
—theinitialquotasharesofthoseMemberStates
maybeusedupfairlyrapidly;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatthatMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachof
theseMemberStatesasandwheneachofitsaddi­
tionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalquotashares
mustbeavailableuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereassuchmethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,be
abletoobservetheextenttowhichthequota
amountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;1.Duringtheperiodfrom1July1973to30June
1974,aCommunitytariffquotaof30000headshall
beopenedwithintheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityinrespectoftheimportsfromthirdcountriesof
cowsandheifers,otherthanthoseintendedfor
slaughter,ofthegrey,brown,yellowandmottled
SimmentalbreedandPinzgaubreed,fallingwithin
subheadingex01.02AIIb)2oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Thisquotashallbedividedintotwoparts,the
first,comprising 18000head,beingallocatedamong
certainMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle3,
thesecond,comprising 12000head,constitutingthe
reserve.
3.Thesaidquotashallbeadministeredinaccor­
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ProvisionsconcerningtheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedbeexhausted.TheyshallinformtheCommissionof
thegroundswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article2 "» Article6
Theadditionalquotasharesdrawninpursuanceof
Article5shallapplyuntil30June1974.Withintheframeworkofthequotareferredtoin
Article1(1),theCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthe
animalsreferredtointhesaidparagraphshallbe
suspendedat4%. Article7
Article3
Thefirstpartof18000headshallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStateslistedbelow.Thequotasharesshall
applyfrom1July1973to30June1974,subjectto
Article7,andshallbeasfollows:If,by5April1974,aMemberStatehasnotexhausted
itsinitialquotashareasfixedinArticle3oras
resultingfromtheapplicationofArticle4,itshall,not
laterthan25April1974,returntothereservethe
unusedproportionofthisquotashareinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthatsuch
quantitymightnotbeusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan25April1974,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
animalsinquestioneffectedupto5April1974inclu­
siveandchargedagainstthetariffquotaand,where
appropriate,theproportionoftheirinitialquotashare
theyreturntothereserve.Germany
France
Italy9000head
3500head
5500head.
Article4
IfrequirementsariseintheBeneluxEconomicUnion
forcattlereferredtoinArticle1(1),thelatter,repre­
sentedbyoneofitsMembers,shalldrawanadequate
quotasharefromthereserve,insofarasthereserve
permits.Article8
Article5TheCommissionshallkeepaccountsontheamounts
ofthequotasharesopenedbyMemberStatesinaccor­
dancewithArticles3,4and5andshallinformeach
ofthemoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
exhaustedassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan1May1974,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofquotasharespursuanttoArticle7.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article91.If90%ormoreoftheinitialquotashareofone
oftheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle3,orof
thatquotasharelesstheamountreturnedtothe
reserve,whereArticle7hasbeenapplied,hasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshallimmediately ,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission ,drawasecondquotashare,in
sofarasthereservepermits,equalto15%ofits
initialquotashare,roundedoffupwards,ifnecessary,
tothenextunit.
2.If,aftertheinitialquotasharehasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondquotashare
drawnbyoneoftheseMemberStateshasbeenused
up,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewithpara­
graph1,immediatelydrawathirdquotashareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialquotashare,roundedoff
upwards,ifnecessary,tothenextunit.
3.If,afterthesecondquotasharehasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
oneoftheseMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewithparagraph 1,
drawafourthquotaequaltothethird.
Thesamemethodshallbeappliedinthesameway
untilthereserveisexhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,eachoftheseMemberStatesmaydrawquotashares
lowerthanthosefixedintheseparagraphsifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquotasharesmightnotTheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatwhenadditionalquotasharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle4or5itispossibleforchargesto
bemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
ProvisionsconcerningthenewMemberStates
Article10
1.IfrequirementsariseinthenewMemberStates
forthecattlereferredtoinArticle1(1)andfalling
withinsubheadingex01.02AIIb)2ofthetariffsof
thenewMemberStates,thelattershalldrawan
adequatequotasharefromthereserve,insofarasthis
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onthebasisofimportsfromthirdcountriessubmitted
forcustomsclearanceundercoverofdeclarationsthat
theyhavebeenmadeavailableforconsumption .2.Withintheframeworkofthequotasharesthus
drawnfromthereserve,thenewMemberStatesshall
applyaquotadutycorresponding totheprovisions
laiddownforthatpurposeintheActconcerning
theConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentsto
theTreaties.
ProvisionsconcerningallMemberStatesArticle12
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsfromthirdcountriesactu­
allychargedagainsttheirquotashares.
Article11Article13
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegu­
lationareobserved.
Article141.Withregardtotheirquotashares,MemberStates
shalllaydowntheconditionsforaccesstothetariff
quotainquestionandshallmanagetheirquotashares
inaccordancewiththeirownadministrative provi­
sions.Theyshallensurefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothemforimportersestablishedintheir
territory.
2.Theextenttowhichthequotasharesofthe
MemberStateshavebeenusedupshallberecordedThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1July1973onwards.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16July1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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