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REGULATION (EEC)No1945/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of16July1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration oftheCommunitytariffquotaof
5000headofbulls,cowsandheifers,otherthanthoseintendedforslaughter,of
certainAlpinebreedsfallingwithinsubheadingex01.02AIIb)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
applicationofthequotadutiestoallimportsof
theanimalsinquestionuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,havingregardtotheprin­
ciplesdefinedabove,theCommunitynatureof
thequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongthesaidMember
States;whereaspossibilitiesfortheuseofsuch
mountainbreedsare,however,limitedbyspecial
factors,bothgeographical andzootechnical ;
whereasGermany,FranceandItalyaretheonly
MemberStateswhichhaveregionssuitablefor
breedingthiskindofcattle;whereas,however,in
viewofsuchspecialfactors,theCommunity
natureofthetariffquotainquestionshouldbe
preservedbymakingprovisionforrequirements
whichmayariseinotherMemberStates;whereas,
inexceptionalcases,thesystemprovidedforin
Article4ofthisRegulationenablesallsuchfactors
tobetakenintoaccount;whereas,inorderto
reflectascloselyaspossibletheactualtrendofthe
marketinquestion,theinitialallocationamong
thethreeaforementioned MemberStatesmustbe
madeinproportiontotherequirements ofeach
one,calculatedinaccordancewithstatisticaldata
concerningimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representativereferenceperiodandwitheconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
Whereas,forbulls,cowsandheifers,otherthanthose
intendedforslaughter,ofcertainAlpinebreedsfalling
withinsubheadingex01.02AIIb)2oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
hasundertakenwithintheframeworkofthelatest
multilateralGATTnegotiationstoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaof5000headatadutyof
4%;whereaseligibilityforsuchquotaissubjectto
submissionofthefollowingdocuments :
—bulls:pedigree,
—cows:pedigreeorcertificateofregistrationinthe
herdbookcertifyingpurityofbreed;
Whereas,underArticle60oftheAct(*)concerning
theConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentsto
theTreaties,thenewMemberStatesareobligedto
applytheRegulationsofthecommonagricultural
policyfrom1February 1973onwards;whereasany
requirementswhichmayariseintheseMemberStates
duringthequotaperiodunderconsiderationshould,
therefore,betakenintoaccountintheCommunity
tariffquotainquestion;whereastheabovementioned
tariffquotafortheperiodfrom1July1973to30
June1974should,therefore,beopenedatadutyof
4%fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
atadutycorresponding toprovisionsoftheabovemen­
tionedActforthenewMemberStates;whereas,ona
temporarybasis,differentsystemsshouldbelaiddown
fortheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedontheonehandandthenewMember
Statesontheother;
Whereas,asregardsinparticulartheMemberStatesof
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted :
—itisinparticularnecessarytoensureequaland
continuousaccessforallCommunityimportersto
theabovementioned quota,andtheuninterrupted—ithasnot,however,beenpossibleuntilnowto
standardizetherulesapplicableinthevarious
MemberStatesasregardssupervisionofimportsof
animalsintendedforslaughter,forbreedingorfor
income;whereas,moreover,animalsof-these
specificbreedsarenotspecifiedinthestatistical
nomenclatures oftheMemberStates;whereas,in
suchcircumstances ,thestatisticaldatafurnished
byMemberStatesinthisfieldcannotbeconsid­
eredtobesufficientlyaccurateandrepresentative
tobeusedasabasisfortheallocationinquestion;
whereastheextenttowhichCommunitytariff
quotasforthoseanimalsopenuntilnowhave
beenexhausted,andtheestimatesmadebythe
aforementioned threeMemberStatesenablethe
requirements ofeachofthemasregardsimports
fromthirdcountriesforthequotaperioden­
visagedtobeassessedasfollows:
Germany
France
Italy250 head
120 head
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—thequotadutiesshouldbefixedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewiththeabovemen­
tionedAct,andinparticularwithArticles39,59
and60thereof;
—itisnecessarytoensureequalandcontinuous
accessforallimporterstothequotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationofthequotadutiestoall
importsoftheanimalsinquestionuntilthequota
isexhausted :
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1July1973to30June
1974,aCommunitytariffquotaof5000headshallbe
openedwithintheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
inrespectoftheimportsfromthirdcountriesofbulls,
cowsandheifers,otherthanthoseintendedfor
slaughter,ofthemottledSimmentalbreedandthe
SchwyzandFribourgbreeds,fallingwithin
subheadingex01.02AIIb)2oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Thisquotashallbedividedintotwoparts,the
first,comprising3500head,beingallocatedamong
certainMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle3,
thesecond,comprising 1500head,constitutingthe
reserve.
3.Thesaidquotashallbeadministeredinaccor­
dancewiththefollowingArticles.—inordertotakeintoaccountthepossibletrendof
importsoftheaforementioned animalsintothe
saidMemberStates,thequotaamountof5000
headshouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirst
partbeingallocatedamongGermany,Franceand
Italy,thesecondformingareserveintended
subsequentlytocovertherequirements ofthose
MemberStateswhentheirinitialquotashareis
exhaustedandrequirements whichmayarise
withinotherMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersin
thethreeaforementioned MemberStates,thefirst
partoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatacomparatively highlevelwhichunder
thepresentcircumstances maybeabout70%of
thequotaamount;
—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;
—if,ataspecifieddatewithinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinfavourofoneor
otheroftheMemberStates,itisessentialthatthat
Stateshouldreturnaconsiderablepartofsuch
balancetothereserveinorderthatpartofthe
Communityquotashouldnotremainunusedin
oneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotashares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyoneofitsMembers;
Whereas,asregardsinparticularthenewMemberProvisionsconcerningtheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Article2
Withintheframeworkofthequotareferredtoin
Article1(1),theCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthe
animalsreferredtointhesaidparagraphshallbe
suspendedat4%.
Article3
Thefirstpartof3500headshallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStateslistedbelow.Thequotasharesshall
applyfrom1July1973to30June1974,subjectto
Article7,andshallbeasfollows:
States:Germany
France
Italy175head
100head
3225head.—theCommunitynatureofthetariffquotainques­
tionshouldbepreservedbymakingprovisionfor
anyrequirements whichmayariseinthese
MemberStatesduringthequotaperiod;whereas
tothisendtheseMemberStatesshouldbe
affordedthepossibilityofmakingadequatedraw­
ingsfromthereserve,thelatterbeingincreased
accordingly ;Article4
IfrequirementsariseintheBeneluxEconomicUnion
forcattlereferredtoinArticle1(1),thelatter,repre­
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Article8 quotasharefromthereserve,insofarasthereserve
permits.
Article5TheCommissionshallkeepaccountsontheamounts
ofthequotasharesopenedbyMemberStatesinaccor­
dancewithArticles3,4and5andshallinformeach
ofthemoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
exhaustedassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan1May1974,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofquotasharespursuanttoArticle7.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article9
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatwhenadditionalquotasharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle4or5itispossibleforchargesto
bemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialquotashareofone
oftheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle3,orof
thatquotasharelesstheamountreturnedtothe
reserve,whereArticle7hasbeenapplied,hasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshallimmediately ,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission ,drawasecondquotashare,in
sofarasthereservepermits,equalto15%ofits
initialquotashare,roundedoffupwards,ifnecessary,
tothenextunit.
2.If,aftertheinitialquotahasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondquotasharedrawnby
oneoftheseMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewithparagraph 1,
immediatelydrawathirdquotashareequalto7-5%
ofitsinitialquotashare,roundedoffupwards,ifneces­
sary,tothenextunit.
3.If,afterthesecondquotasharehasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
oneoftheseMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewithparagraph 1,
drawafourthquotaequaltothethird.
Thesamemethodshallbeappliedinthesameway
untilthereserveisexhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,eachoftheseMemberStatesmaydrawquotashares
lowerthanthosefixedintheseparagraphsifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquotasharesmightnot
beexhausted.TheyshallinformtheCommissionof
thegroundswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .ProvisionsconcerningthenewMemberStates
Article10
1.IfrequirementsariseinthenewMemberStates
forthecattlereferredtoinArticle1(1)andfalling
withinsubheadingex01.02AIIb)2ofthetariffsof
thenewMemberStates,thelattershalldrawan
adequatequotasharefromthereserve,insofarasthis
reservepermits.
2.Withintheframeworkofthequotasharesthus
drawnfromthereserve,thenewMemberStatesshall
applyaquotadutycorresponding totheprovisions
laiddownforthatpurposeintheActconcerningthe
ConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentstothe
Treaties.Article6
Theadditionalquotasharesdrawninpursuanceof
Article5shallapplyuntil30June1974.
Article7 ProvisionsconcerningallMemberStates
Article11 If,by5April1974,aMemberStatehasnotexhausted
itsinitialquotashareasfixedinArticle3oras
resultingfromtheapplicationofArticle4,itshall,not
laterthan25April1974,returntothereservethe
unusedproportionofthequotashareinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthatsuch
quantitymightnotbeusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan25April1974,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
animalsinquestioneffectedupto5April1974inclu­
siveandchargedagainstthetariffquotaand,where
appropriate ,theproportionoftheirinitialquotashare
theyreturntothereserve.1.Withregardtotheirquotashares,MemberStates
shalllaydowntheconditionsforaccesstothetariff
quotainquestionandshallmanagetheirquotashares
inaccordancewiththeirownadministrative provi­
sions.Theyshallensurefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothemforimportersestablishedintheir
territory.
2.Theextenttowhichthequotasharesofthe
MemberStateshavebeenusedupshallberecorded
onthebasisofimportsfromthirdcountriessubmitted
forcustomsclearanceundercoverofdeclarationsthat
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Article12 Article14
TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsfromthirdcountriesactu­
allychargedagainsttheirquotashares. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities . Article13
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegu­
lationareobserved. Itshallapplyfrom1July1973onwards.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16July1973.
FortheCouncil
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