No C 72/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 13.3.84 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the import system applicable to certain 
non-member countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector in the last three quarters of 
1984 
COM(84) 90 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 February 1984) 
(84/C 72/08) 
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 Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 
27 June 1980 on the common organization of the 
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1195/85 (2), 
established a system of trade with non-member 
countries in this sector; whereas this system includes 
the collection of an import levy; 
Whereas the Community has concluded voluntary 
restraint agreements with the great majority of the 
non-member countries exporting sheepmeat and 
goatmeat products; whereas under Article 34 of the 
abovementioned Regulation the Council may, before 
1 April 1984, make amendments to the various 
systems applying to the market in the products in 
question; Whereas, pending the conclusion of agreements with 
other non-member countries which traditionally 
export to the Community and pending amendments 
to the existing voluntary restraint agreements, 
Council Regulation (EEC) 2977/83 (3) limited during 
the first quarter of 1984 the collection of the levy and 
the issue of import licences in respect of certain 
products from those countries; 
Whereas the negotiations currently under way with a 
view to a possible amendment to the voluntary 
restraint agreements are unlikely to be concluded by 
1 April 1984; whereas none of the signatories to the 
present agreements have given notice of termination 
and those agreements accordingly remain in force; 
Whereas it is desirable to extend until the end of 1984 
the import system applicable to countries which have 
not concluded such agreements; 
Whereas imports into the Member States should be 
allowed, account being taken of traditional trade 
patterns, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For the last three quarters of 1984 the import levy applicable to the products listed 
below shall be limited to a maximum of 10 % ad valorem subject to the following 
quantitative limits expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent per non-member country 
concerned and per category: 
(*) OJNoL183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 22. (J) OJ No L 294, 26. 10. 1983, p. 1. 
13.3.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No 
CCT heading 
No 
01.04 
02.01 Description 
Live sheep and goats: 
B. Other (b) 
Meat and endible offal of the animals 
falling within headings Nos 01.01, 
01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or 
frozen: 
A. Meat: 
IV. Of sheep or goats: 
a) Fresh or chilled 
b) Frozen Non-member 
Chile 
0 
0 
1 117 country concerned and quantity 
0 
375 
0 Other non-
member countries 
(a) 
75 
75 
75 
(a) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, 
Romania, Uruguay 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 sub-heading 01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff. 
2. Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the products referred 
to in paragraph 1 up to the limit of quantities corresponding to their traditional imports 
coming from the non-member countries concerned. 
Article 2 
For the products and non-member countries specified in Article 1, the import licences 
provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 shall be issued for the last 
three quarters of 1984 subject to the quantitative limit laid down in Article 1. However, 
any quantities provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2977/83 which have not been used 
up shall be added to the quantities which may be imported in the fourth quarter. 
Article 3 
Detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 April 1984 until the date of application of voluntary restraint 
agreements with the non-member countries concerned and at the latest until 
31 December 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.