24.1.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL20/9
REGULATION (EEC)No167/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of22January1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
frozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading02.01AIIa)2oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1974)
tionbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas
torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductinquestionthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately therequire­
mentsofMemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlook
forthetariffinquestion;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotainquestionisrelatively
small,itoughttobepossibletoprovideforasystem
ofallocationbasedonasingleapportionment
betweentheMemberStates,withouttherebyaffecting
fromitsCommunitynature;whereasitappearsbest
toleavetoeachMemberStatethechoiceofamanage­
mentsystemforitspartofthequota;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg -arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhas
undertaken ,inthecontextofthemostrecentmultilat­
eralnegotiationsofGATT,toopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaof22000metrictonsata
dutyof20%forfrozenbeefandvealundertariff
subheading02.01AIIa)2;whereastheAgreement
withtheArgentine('),enteredinto8November1971,
providesthatasfrom1January1972,theaforesaid
quotaof22000tonsmustberegardedasmeaning
bonedmeat;
WhereasArticles59and60oftheAct(2)annexedto
theTreatyconcerningtheAccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandto
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,signedon
22January1972,requirethenewMemberStatesto
applytheregulationsofthecommonagricultural
policyfrom1February1973andtoaligntheir
customstariffdutiesonthoseoftheCommon
CustomsTariffinthetimetableprovidedinArticle
59;whereasthenewMemberStates'needsfor
importsfromthirdcountriesshould,thereforebe
coveredin1974;whereas,inviewoftheseconsidera­
tionsandoftheCommunityDeclarationannexedto
theaforesaidAgreementwithArgentina,anauton­
omoussupplementary quota,alsoexpressedinbone­
lessmeat,shouldbeopenedataprovisionallevelof
12000metrictons;whereasthetotalquotavolume
thereforeamountsto34000metrictons;whereasthe
quotadutiestobeappliedbythenewMemberStates
shouldconformtotheActofAccession ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlyinallMemberStatestoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonanalloca­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeefand
vealfallingwithinsubheadingNo02.01AIIa)2of
theCommonCustomsTariffof34000metrictons
(22000metrictonsconventionaland12000metric
tonsautonomous),expressedasbonelessmeatis
openedfor1974.
2.Forpurposesofcountingimportsagainstthis
quota,100kilogrammesofmeatontheboneshallbe
takentobeequivalentto77kilogrammes ofboneless
meat.
3.Asregardsthequotaamountsallocatedtothe
originalMemberStates,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyapplicableshallbe20%.
4.Asregardsthequotaamountallocatedtothe
newMemberStates,thedutiesshallbethosecalcu­
latedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheActof
Accession .(i)OJNoL249,10.11.1971,p.18.
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotamentionedinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollows:
Germany 4750metrictons
Benelux 4570metrictons
France 2290metrictons
Italy 10390metrictons
Denmark 200metrictons
Ireland 100metrictons
UnitedKingdom 11700metrictons.ofimportsfromthirdcountriesastheproductis
presentedforcustomsclearanceunderthedeclaration
forconsumption .
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commission ofimportswhichhavebeencharged
againsttheirshares.
Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegu­
lationareobserved .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1January1974.Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
stepstoguaranteetoimportersestablishedintheir
countriesfreeaccesstothequota-partallottedto
them.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMember
Stateshavebeenusedupshallbeverifiedonthebasis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22January1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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