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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM (79)531 final
Brussels ,11th October 1979
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ONTHEOPENING ,ALLOCATION ANDADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN
BEEF ANDVEAL FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING No02.02 AIIb)
OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1980 )
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.During theGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean Economic
Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota of
50,000 tonnes offrozen beef andveal ,expressed asboned orboneless
meat ,falling within subheading 02,01 AIIb)oftheCommon Customs
Tariff at2Q$duty ,Compensatory amounts introduced inconnection
with fluctuations inexchange rates aretobelevied onJ6500tonnes
ofthis ,quota ,
TheCommission j,saware that this concession isstill subject
totheformal conclusion bythecontracting parties .
Pending afinal decision
onthis subject ,this proposal constitutes theinstrument (having
regard totheobligation toconsult theEuropean Parliament asprovided
forinArticle 43which isinvoked asoneofthelegal bases )which
would ensure that thecommitments entered into bytheCommunity are
observed ,
TheCommission therefore reserves theright toamend itsproposal
during theprocedure ,inorder toadapt it,ifnecessary ,tothefinal
outcome ofthenegotiations .
2.Consequently ,tomeet theCommunity 'sobligations ,aregulation
should beabopted before 1January 1980 ontheopening ,allocation and
administration oftheCommunity tariff quota inquestion .
Inthis^connection ,itshould bementioned that .,asaresult ofthe
possibility toapply thesystem ofmonetary compensatory amounts toavo­
lume of 16500tonnes ,theCommission hasbeen ledinitsproposal tosplit
thetotal quota volume of50000tonnes into twoparts ,oneof33500tonnes
andtheother of16500tonnes ,tobeallocated separately among allthe
Member States .
(1)OJL359 ,30.12.1976 ,p.25.

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3. TheCommunity simports offrozen beef andveal from non-member
countries ,expressed intonnes ofunboned (bone-in )meat ,forthelast
three years were asfollows :
1976i
1977 1978
t % t1 % t %
Bénélux;13649 8.88.
•24339 17.28
I23682 19.37
DenmarK . 785 0.51
I899 0.64 j
I1.014 0.83
Germany 40127 26.10 ι41985 I29.81 39530 32.32
France 13182
ι8.57 9274 6.58|10780 j 8.82
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 34385 22.37 23531 16.71 15040 12.30
United Kingdom 51612 33.57 40810 28.98 32230 26.36
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153 740 140 838 122 276
However ,during these years ,importations offrozen veal andbeef have
almost exclusively been carried outunder thespecial regimes (such as
GATT quota ,Exim regime ,exchange systems ,theAC?preferential regime
and thebalance ofmeat destined formanufacture ).Therefore ,these
statistics cannot berepresentative ofthetrend of .imports into each
Member State .Having regards tothese statistics andseeing that the
economic prospects forthequota year inquestion cannot beassessed
sufficiently accurately ,theCommission proposes toretain therepar­
tition applied in1979 ,fortheamount of38,500 tonnes agreed in1979 ,
with theexception ofIreland which ,receives apercentage of0.01 %
inorder toretain theCommunity character ofthequota ,and touse for
thesupplementary reserve of11,500 tonnes resulting from those MTN
arepartition based ontheestimated needs ofeach oftheMember States
inthecourse ofthequota period 'concerned ,taking into account the
trade regime inthebeef sector . !j
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4. I«view oftherelatively high level ofthe .Community tariff .quota
opened initially inrelation toimport requirements ,theCommission
believes that itwould runcontrary theCommunity nature ofthequota
toallocate the tariff Volumes indefinitive shares totheMember States *
Forthis reason ,theproposal annexed hereto provides forthe
creation ofCommunity reserves which ,even ifthey are limited to
10%ofeach ofthequota volume ,will assist inensuring equal
access forallimporters and'inavoiding apossible situation in
which customs preference isnolonger applied iaoneormore Member
States while itisstill applied inothers *

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forfrozen beef andveal
falling within subheading 02.01 AIIb)of the
Common Customs Tariff (1980 )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Articles 113and 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas inthecourse oftheGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean
Economic Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota at20%
duty inrespect of50,000 tonnes offrozen beef andveal ,falling within subheading
02.01 AIIb)andexpressed asboned orboneless meat ,ofwhich 16,500 tonnes may
(
besubjected totheapplication ofcompensatory amounts introduced because ofthe
fluctuations inexchange rates ;whereas theCommunity tariff quota inquestion must
therefore beopened on1January .1980 ,thetotal quota volume of50,000 tonnes being
divided into twoparts according tothetariff arrangements applicable ;
Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota should beensured forall
Community imports and therate ofduty for thetariff quota should beapplied
regularly inallMember States toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until
thequota isexhausted ;whereas inthelight ofthese principles ,arrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota based onanallocation among
theMember States would seem tobeconsistent with theCommunity nature ofthe
quota ;
whereas ,inorder that itmay correspond asclosely aspossible totheactual
trend ofthemarket intheproduct inquestion ,allocation ofthequota should
beinproportion totherequirements oftheMember States ascalculated byre­
ference tostatistics ofimports from third countries during arepresentative
reference period andtotheeconomic outlook forthequota year inquestion ;

Whereas ,forthelast three '.years forwhich statistics areavailable ,
corresponding imports ofeach Member State represent ,inrelation to
total imports oftheproduct inquestion ,thepercentages shown below :
19.76'1977 1978
Ν
BÉNÉLUX 8,88 17,28 19.37
DENMARK OL,5.1 Q.,64 0.83
GERMANY 26,10 . _ 29,81 32.32
FRANCE 8.57 6.58 8,82
IRELAND 0 0 0
ITALY 22,37 .16,71 12,30
\ . . ' ' 'United KXtigdom "33,57 28,98 .26,36
whereas ,forthese 3years ,imports ofbeef and -veal from third countries
were almost exclusively carried outunder special regimes *
whereas ,therefore ,these statistics may not berepresentative ofthetrend of
imports into each Member State ; '
Whereas ,having regard tothese statistics andseeing that anestimate of
theimport needs oftheMember States for3980 isdifficult tomake ,itis
advisable ,inorder toapportion thetariff quota inariequitable wayand
topreserve i^tsCommunity nature ,tofixthe -initial percentage shares of
each Member State attheleyels gWefi below ;
BÉNÉLUX . 10,82
DENMARK - 0,48
GERMANY 20,43
FRANCE . 6,93
IRELAND ■ 0,01
'Italy 30,84 .
United Kingdom • 30,49 .

uheroaw,totokoaccountoffuture'trondoofimportointothovarioun
KoineorSxates -o-fthoproduotun<jU-rconsideration jthoquote,volumes"shouldb
dividedintptwotrcuiohea,thefirst"boingallocatodamong"thoKoirfbor
Statesandthosecondheldasaro3orvotocovorsubsequently who
requirements'of'MemberStates,shouldthoyojdmustthoirinitial .sharo's;
whereas,togivoimportordin^aohKemborStatesomodegreeof•
certaintyttho'firsttronohoof'eachquotd;-volume-,should *b©_fixed'
atapproximately 90/«ofitsfullamount;.
WhereasMcm"borStaton»mayexhausttheirinitialsharesataifforent .,
•rates';whereastoavoid.disruption 1ofsuppliesonthisaccountit
should "boprovxdodthatanyMemberStato'tohioh .hasalmostneedUp"ono
ofitainitialsharosshould;dratvanadditionalsharefromtho *-
'appropriate 'recsorve;'whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmost'
oxhauotodaMombor.'Statoshoulddrawafurthersha.ro,andboonao':
manytimesastheresorvoallows;wheroaothoinitialand>cdditoncl
choresshouldhovaliduntilthoondofthoquotaperiod;v/heroasthis
rformofadministration requiresolosd''collaboration botwoontheIlc.v.oor
StatoaandthoCommission',andthoCorarnissioil mue-fc"beinaposition
'•tokeepaccountofthooxtenttowhiohthoquotashaveboon-usedup"•
:and.toinformtheJiomberStatesaccordingly ;/
*■ i * * «••»
■whoroaaifatagivendatointhequotaperiodaconsiderable quantity
ofaMomborStato'sinitialshareremainsunuaodyitisessential,•
toproventapartofthotariffquotafromromainin#unusedinono
McmborStatewhileitcouldbe"usedinothorp,-thatsuchSiateshould
roturnasignificantproportionthorooftotheapx>ropriatoreserve;
... ••

Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgiu m.,theKingdom ofNetherlands
and theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly
represented bytheBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction inre­
spect oftheadministration of _theshare allocated tothat Economic
Union maybecarried outbyanyoneofitsmembers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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Article 1
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1.There ishereby opened inrespect oftheperiod 1January to
31December 1980 aCommunity tariff quota of50,000 tonnes offro­
!
zenbeef andveal ,expressed asboned orboneless meat ,falling
1 .
within subheading 02.01 AIIb)oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
For thepurpose ofcharging imports against this quota ,100Kilo­
grammes ofunboned (bone-in )meat shall betaken tobeequivalent to
77Kilogrammes ofboned orboneless meat . ,
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2.Imports ofthese goods which have been admitted under thebene­
fitofsome other preferential tariff regime shall notbesetoffagainst
this tariff quota . i-"
3.TheCommon Customs Tariff duty for this' quota shall be20%.

Article 2
1.Thequantity ,of ;50,000 to.nnep referred to1nArticle 1(1)skall
bedivided into twoparts ,one of33,500 tonnes ,theother of16 5QC-
tonnes .Each one ofthose parts shall besubdivided into two tranches *
2-Th6 .first tranches of30.000 tonnes and15,000 tonnes respectively >
shall beallocated asfollows among theMember States ,theshares being , '
subject totheprovisions *ofArti cle 5,valid from 1January until 31
Oacember 1980ï , • v . •'/ '. . '■i
•Ofthe 33,500 tonnes Ofthe16500torwes
Bénélux ? '32^6tonnes 1.623 tonnes
Denmark v ', 144 .tonnes ' 72tonnes '
; Germany , ,6'.129-,tonnes •;.v.. .3065tonnes
..France v ''.2-079tonnes . 103.9tonnes 1 .
Ireland ,» .1 3tonnes 1tonne /
Italy ■r9252tonnes ,4626tonnes
United Kingdom •\ .gf147 *-tonnes .'<■'" .^57<itonnes
•*' 300Ô0 -tonnes . 15000tonnes
J. Tho second tranches of3500end 15^0 tonnes respectively Ghall
conotitute .tho rosorvos » v "
.• .• . .• _■ / • ■ •» .; 1
"Article 3 * *
*·
-1.Ascoon asallonibor State hasusod 907» moro 'ofono ofito initial
chares asfixed inArticle 2(2),orofthat "-eharo ro'inua anyportion
toturned to .theappropriate reserve pursuant totho pix>viBions of
Article 5»itshall forthwith ,"bynotifying tjio'Commission ,draw a.oocond
shard ,tothe csrtont thp.t tho appropriato roserve sopermits ,or^al to
1C$ofitsinitial shares rounded up,1fnecessary ,tothenext whole nqmber
2.Assoon asa?Kcniber State ,having c^hxa\s.t©d onoofits
initial sh&reG ,hasused 9ty*ormore ofthooocond sHare drawn Toyit, .
thai Monfoor Stat© ehall forthwith ?intho weurinor ar.d tothe escfcent
provided inparagraph 1Pdraw athird nh&r© 'equal to ofitsinitial'
oh&rcu • •* •. -- .■ ■

>•'AscoonasaKcmborStato,havingorlv^actc-doho'Ofi'is
iocond^h^ss,\v.-au<acis$0$orwor-aoftho.-third'sharpdrawn**by11;,-i-hat
Member5"atoshall,S.n «ndr-to.c<xifo»-fcjxa-^Jorocaid ,.drat/
afourthshareequal+othe"third,
Xishall' "continueinthisfa-ahionuntil,thorecervoisexhausted.
4..By^ay.ofderogationfromparagraphs -1"to3f-aIfembcrStatemaydraw
pharosioworthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearcgrounds
forbolioving-that thosespecified ,maynot"beusodinfull,Anyilorober
Statoapplyingtheprovisions .ofthieparagraphshall-informthoCommission
t , ••
•ofi"fccgroundsforBOdoing* '
; ' '*.'Article A.- .■■■
EachofthoadditionaloharosdrawnpursuanttotheprovisionsofArtiolo3
shall"bevaliduntil31Deoember1980.;
• •',.. v'
Articlo5.•\ .'■'•••' ■"•.
ThoiTeniberStatesshallroturntothoreserve,not1'atorthan1October1980
'.•■thounusedportionoftheirinitialshareswhicTyon15Septonoer1980isin
CXCGOSof20oftheinitialamount.'Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
-therearogroundnforboliovin^;thatsuohportionmnynot"bousedinfull.'
KemborSt^toashall,notlaterthan1October1980•notify .she-Commission •
of"thet'otslquantitiesofthffproductiriqubstionimporteduptoand
including15September1980andchargedagainstthoCommunityquotaandof.
•anyportionoftheirinitialcharesroturnedtothoapproriatereserve.
.Article6 • : ~1-:
, ,m«Milil!. .•
iTheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthecharesopenedbytheHcnfoor ■
StatespursuanttotheprovisionsofArticles2and3andshall,assoon-
astheinfortnc.tior .reachesit,informeachStateofthoextentto>which •
•the.rooorvoohave"beenusedup.»;\ . •'

Itnball,' notlater "than $Octrobtfr 1980 ,inform the MeriVior States "tKe .■
amounto ntill inreservo folio-wing flnyreturn ofahdro3 pursuant to
Artici 83. '
Itr;llal1 .ensure that whon aav'amount exhausting areserve icdrown' theamour i
'sodrawn does notexceed thebalance available -,vandtothis endshall .
notify thoamount .ofthat "balance tothe 1-leinber State waking thelast
■drawing *. '' .■" •' ' 'v •
. ' ' vArtide' 7 ■. .- . ■
1.Every Kemoer State shall take allappropriate meauurco toensure that
additional ehoroo drawn purcruant toArticle 3areopened insuch avw.ythat
importations mayhechargod \>rithout interruption again etitaaccumulated
.ehareo oftheCommunity quota ,• /V ,!
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2.-Itshall encure that importoru oftheproduct inquestion ectahlichod
initoterritory have free aocesa totheehareo allocated toit, '
9. * >- K y, .• ^
3.£he extent towhion aHcmbor State haoueed upitoohare3 shell "be •
determined "byi-efovcnoo totheimports oftheproduct inqueotion v
entered with the customs authorities .for home Use .
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' , Article 0 '
* « 'v' ■ «
Onreoeipt ofaroquest from theOommioGion ,theMember States shall
notify itoftheimports effectively .charged against their shares .
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Article 0
TheIlcmber States andtheCommiooion shall .cooperate olouoly tocnGure
that this fiogulation iooonipliol with . , , -. ••»,• N\"

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.Artide1u,
:ThioRegulationshallcritorinto/orcoon1Jarnaxy1980,-"
ThisRegulationshall-'*®Wair,gin-its'entiretyanddirectly-applioabl©
in"allMeiKbor .States# >■1■ .'''•
EonoatBrussels,•FortheCouncil
•ν ■
ThePresident ^

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FICHE FXt • xK i
X«Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12art .120
2. juridique jArticles 113èt43dutraité -
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire s
Proposition derèglement duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition
etmode degestion ducontingent tàrifaire communautaire deviande
, bovine congelée delasous-position 02.01 AIIbduTDC
4,Objectif î '
Respect desengagements contractés auGATT
5.Mode decalcul : • '
N„duT.D.C. :02.01 AIIb
-Volume du/descontingent (s)s5U.000 saris os(=65.000 tavec os)
-Droits àappliquer s20%*
-Droits duT.D.C. 120%+P
6,Perte derecettes :
Prélèvement moyen ^selon qualités importées :72ECU /100kg (sans os)
Perte deprélèvement s720ECUx65.000 =46.800.000 ECU