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Whereas Article la of Council Directive 74/651/EEC (*) 
as last amended by Directive 78/1034/EEC (2) stipulates 
that the equivalent in national currency of the tax relief 
provided for in the said Directive and expressed in 
European units of account shall be fixed once a year; 
Whereas such fixing should not result in a reduction in 
terms of national currency in the tax relief applicable in 
any Member State and whereas, in order to prevent any 
such reduction, the amounts of tax reliefs expressed in 
European units of account should be increased, European units of account' is hereby replaced by '70 
ECU'. 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall bring into force the measures 
necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from 
1 January 1981. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
In Article 1 (2) (d) of Directive 74/651/EEC, '60 
H OJ No L 354, 30. 12. 1974, p. 57. 
(2) OJ No L 366, 28. 12. 1978, p. 33. 2. Member States shall inform the Commission of the 
provisions which they adopt to implement this Directive. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Decision setting up an information and consultation procedure for 
relations and agreements with third countries in the field of transport by rail, road and inland 
waterway 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 19 December 1980) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, third countries concerned and whereas therefore an 
information procedure should be instituted; 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas it is desirable to facilitate the exchange of 
information and views in the field of relations with third 
countries concerning transport by rail, road or inland 
waterway in order to identify matters of common 
interest and promote coordination, where necessary, of 
the action taken by the Member States with regard to the Whereas the conclusion by Member States of bilateral or 
multilateral agreements with third countries in the field 
of transport by rail, road or inland waterway and the 
implementation of national provisions laid down by law 
or regulation may influence the development of the 
common transport policy and interfere with its 
implementation; 
Whereas, in addition to the consultation procedure set 
up by the Council Decision of 21 March 1962 (*), 
specific preliminary consultations before the conclusion 
and implementation of these agreements is required to 
ensure that they conform to the provisions of 
Community law and the objectives of the common 
transport policy, 
(*) Council Decision of 21. 3. 1962 instituting a procedure for 
prior examination and consultation in respect of certain 
laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning 
transport proposed in the Member States (OJ No 23, 
3.4. 1962) amended by Council Decision 73/402 of 22 
November 1973 (OJ No L 347, 17. 12. 1973). 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
1. The Member States and the Commission shall keep 
each other informed and undertake exchanges of views 
on the various aspects of actual or prospective 
developments in relations between Member States and 
third countries concerning transport by rail, road or 
inland waterway and on the working of bilateral or 
multilateral agreements in this field. 
In particular, Member States shall inform the 
Commission and the. other Member States of any 
agreements with third countries which they intend to 
negotiate, amend or renew. 
2. The aims of the information and exchanges of 
views mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be: 
(a) to identify matters of common interest; 
(b) to examine the implications of the information 
provided for the common transport policy and its 
development; 
(c) to seek convergence of views on relations with third 
countries; and 
(d) to facilitate where necessary coordination of the 
action taken by Member States with regard to the 
third countries concerned and to consider any 
expedient policy towards them. 
Article 2 
When a Member State intends to conclude or amend an 
agreement with one or more third countries in the field of 
transport by rail, road or inland waterway which may 
interfere with the implementation of the common 
transport policy, it shall send the complete draft in good 
time to the other Member States and to the Commission. 
If appropriate, there will then be consultation, the 
purpose of which is to ensure that the agreement 
contemplated conforms to Community law and the 
objectives of the common transport policy. 
Article 3 
1. The exchanges of views and information provided 
for in Article 1 shall take place at meetings of 
representatives of each Member State arranged by the 
Commission and under the chairmanship of its 
representative. 
2. The Commission shall furthermore arrange a 
meeting of national representatives within one month of 
receiving a request from a Member State. Article 4 
1. The communication of an agreement which a 
Member State proposes to conclude with a third country 
as laid down in Article 2 shall take place before the 
agreement is initialled or, in the absence of initialling, 
before the completion of negotiations. 
2. If, within one month of receiving this 
communication, a Member State requests consultation 
or the Commission considers it appropriate, the 
Commission shall arrange for consultation with all the 
Member States on the agreement in question. 
For this purpose the Commission shall arrange a meeting 
of representatives of the Member States, chaired by it, 
within two months of receiving the communication. 
3. Following consultation the Commission shall 
address an opinion or recommendation to the Member 
State not more than two months after receiving the 
communication and shall inform the other Member 
States of it, at the same time. During this period, the 
Member State may not conclude the agreement in 
question without the opinion or recommendation of the 
Commission. 
4. If consultation has not taken place, the 
Commission may, if it considers it appropriate, deliver 
an opinion or recommendation not more than two 
months after receiving the communication. During this 
period the Member State may not conclude the 
agreement concerned without an opinion or 
recommendation from the Commission. Once the above 
period of two months has elapsed, and if there is still no 
opinion or recommendation, the agreement with the 
third country or countries shall be deemed not to be 
subject to any objection from the Commission or the 
Member States. 
5. The Member States shall inform the Commission of 
the texts of agreements concluded with third countries 
which come within the scope of this Decision. 
Article 5 
Past or future developments and agreements and 
conventions concluded or to be concluded within 
international organizations are excluded from the scope 
of the present Decision. 
Article 6 
The Commission may decide that the Decision does not 
apply to certain categories of development in relations 
with third countries and agreements with them. 
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Article 7 
The information and consultations provided for in the 
Decision shall be covered by professional secrecy. Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for an estimate 
I. of supply and demand for beef and veal in the processing industry for the period 1 January 
to 31 December 1981 
II. concerning young male bovine animals weighing 300 kg or less and intended for fattening 
for the period 1 January to 31 December 1981 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 December 1980) 
I 
Proposal for an estimate of supply and demand for beef and veal in the processing industry for 
the period 1 January to 31 December 1981 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the 
market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular 
Article 14 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, This estimate shall mention separately the qualities of 
meat 
(a) intended for the manufacture of preserved food 
which does not contain characteristic components 
other than beef and jelly; 
(b) intended for the processing industry for the 
manufacture of products other than preserved food 
referred to in (a). 
HAS ADOPTED THIS ESTIMATE: Introduction 
FOREWORD 
Article 14 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 
provides that each year before 1 December, the Council, 
acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the 
Commission, shall draw up an estimate of meat which 
may be imported under the arrangements laid down in 
that Article. This estimate shall take account, on the one 
hand, of the expected Community supplies of meat of a 
quality and type of cut suitable for industrial use and, on 
the other, of industrial need. 
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
(2) OJ No L 307, 18. 11. 1980, p. 5. 1. In the establishment of the level of imports in the 
balance sheets of beef for processing put forward for the 
years following 1980, the balance sheet will be drawn up 
and administered by the Commission in conformity with 
the Commitment assumed by the Community in the 
GATT exchange of letters in such a way as to ensure the 
regular supply of the Community market and permit an 
increase in imports in proportion to the increase in 
Community consumption taking into account the 
foreseeable expansion of the market, and with the 
expectation that the annual level of imports of frozen 
beef for the processing industry under the balance sheet 
will increase, year by year, in proportion to the increase 
in Community consumption, over the current level of 
imports at the time of the 1979 exchange of letters.