CCA/MISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVttJNITIES 
C0M(92) 87 final 
Brussels, 16 March 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL RFfj',1' AT I ON fEEO 
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries 
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. On 2 December 1991, the Community of the one part and the Government 
of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands of the other 
part signed a free trade Agreement which entered into force on 
1 January 1992 I1). 
This Agreement provides in particular for the opening of a zero 
tariff quota for 20 t of sheepmeat or goatmeat originating in the 
Faroe Islands. 
It has also been agreed under the Agreement that the quota will be 
applied as part of the autonomous arrangements provided for in 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85. 
It is therefore proposed to increase by 20 t the limit on the annual 
quantities provided for in that Regulation, on the understanding that 
this additional quantity will be reserved for the Faroe Islands. 
2. The Council is therefore asked to adopt the draft Regulation attached 
hereto. 
(1) OJ No L 371, 31.12.1991, p. 1. 
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Proposal for 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No /92 
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amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries 
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries 
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986(*), as last amended by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87(2), lays down the import 
arrangements applicable to certain third countries which traditionally 
export to the Community; 
Whereas an Agreement between the Community and the Government of Denmark 
and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands has been approved by 
Decision 91/668/EEC; 
Whereas this Agreement provides for the opening of an annual zero tariff 
quota for 20 t of sheepmeat and goatmeat originating in the Faroe 
Islands; 
Whereas this Agreement also provides for the said quota to be applied as 
part of the autonomous import arrangements provided for in Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85; whereas the aforementioned Regulation must 
be amended accordingly, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 is hereby replaced by the 
following: 
(1) OJ No L 348, 24.12.1985, p. 2. 
(2) OJ No L 373, 31.12.1987, p. 1. 
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1. The import levy applicable to the following products shall be limited 
to a maximum of 10% ad valorem, subject to annual quantitative limits 
expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent for each third country 
concerned and by category: 
CN Code Description Third country 
concerned & quantity 
Chile Other third 
countries (a) 
0104 
0104 10 
0104 10 90 
0104 20 
0104 20 90 
0204 Live sheep and goats: 
- sheep: 
- - other than pure bred breeding 
animals (b) 
- goats: 
- - other than pure bred breeding 
animals (b) 
Meet of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled 
or frozen: 
- fresh or chilled 
- frozen 0 
1 490 50 
100 
200(c) 
(a) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, 
the Faroe Islands, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, 
Uruguay, Croatia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia. 
(b) The coefficient to be employed for converting net mass (live weight) 
into carcase mass (carcase weight equivalent) shall be 0.47 for 
products falling within subheadings 0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 of the 
combined nomenclature. 
(c) Of which 100 tonnes shall be reserved for Greenland. 
For the following products originating in the Faroe Islands, the 
import levy or, where appropriate, the applicable import duty shall 
be zero, subject to an annual overall limit of 20 tonnes expressed in 
carcase weight equivalent: 
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Description 
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or 
frozen 
Edible offal of sheep or goats, fresh or 
chilled 
Edible offal of sheep or goats, frozen 
Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked, with bone in 
Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked, boneless 
Edible offal of sheep or goats, salted, 
in brine, dried or smoked 
Sausages and similar products, of meat, 
meat offal or blood, food preparations based 
on these products: 
- of sheep and goats 
exl602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal 
or blood: 
- of sheep and goats CN Code 
0204 
0206 80 99 
0206 90 99 
0210 90 11 
0210 90 19 
0210 90 60 
exl601 
3. For the products referred to in paragraph 2 falling within the 
following CM codes: 0206 80 99 
0206 90 99 
0210 90 60 
and notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation 
(SEC) No 3013/89, application of paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon . 
the presentation of an iaport licence issued subject to the conditions 
laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EIC) Ho 3Q13/&9. 
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4. Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the 
products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 up to the limit of the 
quantities corresponding to their traditional imports coming from the 
third countries concerned. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1992. 
Done at ... For the Council 
The President 
Financial S tatement 
1. BUDGET HEADING : ART. 100 APPROPRIATIONS : ECU 1 353.12 m 
2. TITLE : 
Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 concerning the 
imort arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as 
from 1986 
3. LEGAL BASIS : Article 43 of the Treaty 
4. AIMS 
The opening of a zero tariff quota for 20 t of sheepmeat and goatmeat originating in the Faroe 
Islands 
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
5.0 
5.1 REVENUE 
- OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) 
5.0.1 
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS 
1994 CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR 
( ECU m ) 
1995 FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR 
( ECO m 2 
1996 1997 
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION 
As the 10X ad valorem levy is currently suspended for the other third countries in the 
autonomous arrangement and the quantity involved is very small, it can be concluded that there is 
no loss of levy. 
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 
6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ? 
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ? 
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