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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)722 final.
Brussels.26November 1981
Recommendation fora
COUNCIL DECISION
ontheconclusion ofanAgreement intheformofanexchange of
lettersbetweentheEuropean Economic Community andthePeople's
Republic ofBulgaria tradeinthesheepmeat andgoatmeatsector
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0PK81)722finaU

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I* ' < '
Following thenegotiating mandate given bytheCouncil totheCommission
on20December 1979 andpursuant toRegulation (EEC )No1837 /80ohthe
common organization ofthemarket insheepmeat andgoatmeat ,voluntary
restraint agreements inrespect ofexports ofproducts inthesector in
question have been made with thefollowing non-member countries :
Argentina ,Australia ,Austria >Hungary ,Iceland ,NewZealand ,Poland ,Rumania
Uruguay andYugoslavia . •
Agreement innegotiations forvoluntary restraint agreements with some
other non-member supplier countries hasbeen held upbecause thenon-member
countries inquestion stated that they were unable either tomake such an
agreement ortoaccept aclause concerning theterritories where theEEC
•*
Treaty applies *
Asithasmeanwhile been possible toresolve these matters with Bulgaria ,
itisproposed that theproposal for aCouncil Decision onconclusion with
that country ofavoluntary restraint agreement inrespect ofitsexports
totheEEC inthesheepmeat aridgoatmeat sector be"approved .
This voluntary restraint agreement covers ,between theEECof .10and
Bulgaria ,thefollowing annual quantities expressed incarcase weight
(equivalent weight Bone-in );
Live animals ' mt2.000
Fresh orchilled meat mt1J250'

Recommendation .fora
COUNCIL DECSSaON
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THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomic Community ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromthe
Commission ,
conducted
WhereastheCommission has .icgotiatsons
withnon-member countries whichsupplysheep-
meatandgoatmeatorlivesheepandgoats,witha
virwjoreachingagreement forvoluntaryrestraint
ontheirexportstotheCommunity ,
WhereastheCommission hasreachedagreement
withBulgaria ;
Whereasthesaidagreement allowstradetobecar­
riedORisAmannercompatible withthecommon
organization ofthemarketinthesectorinquestion.thePeople'sRepublic ofBulgaria
tradeis*i«j®shsepsaeat a®dgoatmeat sector"ss
herebyapprovedokb-shaifoftheCoiamansty .
Thst«
sie«.©ftheAgreement isattachedtothisDed-
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorized to
designatethepersonempowered tosigntheAgree­
ment,inordertobindtheCommunity .
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS : Doneat
ArticleI
TheAgreement intheformofanexchangeofSetters
betweentheEuropean Economic Community andFortheCouncil
ThePresident

EXCHANGE OFLETTERS BETWEEN
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ANOTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLIC OFBULGARIA
ONTRADEINSHEEPHEAT ANDGOATMEAT
Ihavethehonourtorefertothenegotiations recently undertaken
betweenourrespective delegations forthepurposeofdrawing upprovisions
concerning importsintotheEuropean Economic Community ofmutton,lamband
goatmeat andlivesheepandgoatsotherthanpure-bred breeding animalsfrom
Bulgaria/inconnection withimplementation bytl?eCommunity ofthecommon
organisation ofthemarketinsheepmeat andgoatmeat.
Duringthesenegotiations ,ourdelegations agreedasfollows :
Thisarrangement shallrelateto: '•
-livesheepandgoatsotherthanpure-bred breeding animals
(subheading 01.04BoftheCommonCustomsTariff),' /
–freshorchilledmutton,lambandgoatmeat (subheading 02.01AIVa)
oftheCommonCustomsTariff),"._.
-frozenmutton,lambandgoatmeat (subheading 02.01AIVb)ofthe.
CommonCustomsTariff).

2."Withintheterms -ofthisArrangement ,thecompetent Bulgarian authorities
undertake toensurethetexports .totheCommunity oftheproductsreferredto"
inPoint1shallnotexceedthefollowing annuelquantities .s
-2.000tonsofliveanimals,expressed ascarcaseweightbone-inCD; ?
-1.250toresoffreshorchilled meat,expressed 'ascarcaseweightbone~in(2).
Forthispurpose,theappropriate procedures shallbeimplemented bythe
competent Bulgarian authorities .•'
3.Provided .thatBulgarian exports donotexceedthequantities giveninPoint2
theCommunitywillnotapplyanyquantitative restriction ormeasurehaving
equivalent effect.
IftheCommunity weretoinvokethesafeguard clause,theprovisions ofthis
Arrangement wouldnotbeaffected .
4.OfimportsfromBulgaria exceedtheagreedquantities ,theCommunity reserves
therighttosuspendfurtherimportsfromthatcountryuntiltheendofthe
currentyear.However,inanycase,quantities exceeding theagreedquantity
forthecurrentyearshallbededucted fromthequantities agreedforthe
following year.
5.TheCommunity undertakes ,inrespectofimportsofproducts covered bythis
Arrangement ,torestrict thechargesleviedtothefollowing advaloremlevels:
10%forliveanimals; ~
10Xformeat.
TheCommunity willnotcharge,apartfromtheleviessetoutabove,customs
dutiesorchargeshavingequivalent effecttoleviesortocustomsduties.
i
■I ■
V
(1)100kgliveweightshallcorrespond to47kgcarcaseweight(bone-inequivalent
weight).
(2)Carcaseweight(bone-inequivalent weight).Bythistermisunderstood the
.weightofbone-in meatpresented assuchaswellasbonedmeatconverted by
acoefficient intobone-inweight.Forthispurpose 55kgofbonedmutton
corresponds to100kgofbone-inmuttonand60kgofbonedlambcorresponds
to100kgofbone-in Iambi

3.
6.WhenanewMemberStatesaccedestotheCommunity andifthepatternof
tradebetweenBulgaria andsuchMemberSta^:eweretojustifyit/the
Communityshallagreetoconsultations betweenthetwopartieswithaview
topossibleadaptation ofthequantities givenatPoint2.
Thequantities givenatPoint2shallnotbereduced.
Thechargesapplicable toimportsintothesaidnewMember .Statesshall
befixedinaccordance withtherulesintheActofAccession,themaximum \
levelofthelevyspecified inPoint5ofthisArrangement beingtakeninto
.account.; .•
7.Thecompetent Bulgarian authorities shallensurecompliance withtheterms .,
ofthisArrangement /inparticular bymeansoftheissuebyaBulgarian -
agencydesignated forthepurpose/ofexportlicences covering theproducts
listedinPoint withintheagreedquantity limits.
ForitsparttheCommunity undertakes toadoptallthenecessary measures ;^
toensurethattheautomatic issueofanimport .licencefortheabovementioned 1
productsoriginating inBulgaria shallbesubjecttoproduction ofanexport
licenceissuedbythecompetent Bulgarian authority . ,
'Detailedrulesfortheimplementation ofthissystemshallbedrawnupin'-
suchawaythatthereisnorequirement forasucurity forissueofimport
licences inrespectoftheproducts inquestion .Thesedetailed rulesshall .-*•
alsoprovidethatthecompetent Bulgarian authorities andthecompetent
Community authorities shallundertake periodical exchanges ofinformation on
thequantities inrespectpfwhichexportandimportlicenceshavebeen >,:
issued/brokendown/asappropriate ,according todestination .. ,.v
Itisherebyagreedthatexportlicenceswillbevalidforaperiodof
threemonthsfromtheirdateofissue.Thecorresponding importlicences
shallbevaliduntilthedateofexpiryoftheexportlicences.
-Quantities delivered underanexportlicenceshallbededucted fromthe
quantity agreedfortheyearduringwhichtheexportlicence wasissued.
•••/•••
–_____ - '-v* I

4.
3»The twoParties agre® that stsps should bstaken -tcensure 'thst thesmooth
operation oftheArrangement isnotdisturbed bydeliveries cfsheepseat
andgoatmeaf products falling under tariff headings notcovered bythis
"arrangement .
9„Inorder toensure thesmooth operation ofthis Arrangement ,thetwoParties
agree toremain inclose contact and tobeready toundertake consultations
onanyquestion which might arise inthecourse ofapplication ofthis
;v.Arrangement .The said consultations must becommenced within amaximum
period of14days following request bypne oftheParties ..
10.Theannual quantity fixed atPoint 2shall cover theperiod 1January to
31December .
Thequantity applicable from thedate ofimplementation ofthis Arrangement
upto31December ofthe current year shall befixed inproportion tothe
overall annual quantity and shall take account oftheseasonal nature of
the trade .
11.This arrangement shall apply ,ontheonehand ,totheteritories inwhich *
theTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community isapplied and
under theconditions laid down inthat Treaty and,ontheother hand ,
totheterritory ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofBulgaria .
12.This Arrangement shall enter into force on1.January 1982 .Itshall apply
until 31March 1984 ,andsubsequently forperiods of2years ,subject tothe
right ofeither oftheParties toterminate itbygiving notice inwriting
sixmonths before thedate ofexpiry ofanyone ofthe said periods .In
the case oftermination ,theArrangement shall ,come toanend atthedate
ofexpiry oftheperiod inquestion .Inanyevent ,theprovisions ofthis
Arrangement shall bereviewed bythetwoParties during thesixmonths preceding
1April 1984 ,inorder toincorporate initanyadaptations which might be
necessary .
Ishould begrateful toyou ifyouwould confirm tomethat theabove sets
outcorrectly thesubstance oftheagreement between ourtwodelegations .
Formal ending .

DRAFT
.EXCHANGE OFLETTERS
CONCERNING THECONSULTATIONS r'lRWHICHPROVISION ISMADE;
INPOINT9OFTHEEXCHANGE OFLETTERS BETWEEN
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ANDTHE
PEOPLED REPUBLIC OFBULGARIA '
ONTRADEINSHEEPMEAT AND60ATMEAT
Withreference tocertainspecific questions raisedduringthe
negotiations forthisArrangement ,Iherebypointoutthatitwasagreed
duringthenegotiations that,withinthecontextofthisArrangement ,if
Bulgaria weretoraiseanyconcrete problems,they,couldbecoveredby
theconsultations provided -forinPoint9withoutprejudice tothegeneral
contentofthatpoint,Theseproblems include ; .
1.supplyofliveanimalswithinthequantity agreedformeat;
2„supplyofmeatwithin ,thequantity agreedforliveanimals;
3.thepossibility ofadvance use,duringthecurrentyear,ofalimited
proportion ofthequantity agreedforthefollowing year;
A.thepossibilityofallowing importsofquantities overandabovethose
fixedinPoint2oftheArrangement iftheCommunity marketsituation
sopermits# ,
Foritspart,theCommunity wouldbeprepared toundertake thesaid
consultations inaspiritotfcooperation inrespectofanyrequests put
forwardbyBulgaria.
Formalending.

EXCHANGE OfLETTERS CONCERNS POINTZ
0?THEEXCHANGE OFLETTERS BETWEEN THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
CPWKUMXTY ANDTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLIC OF3ULSARIA
ONTRADEIN$KEEPM£AT ANDSOATHEAT
2havethehonotfrtorefertotheexchange oflettersbetween
theEuropean Economic Community andthePeople'sRepublic ofBulgaria
ontradeinsheepmeat aridgostmeat .
Furthertothatexchange ofletters .andtoyour .request,
Iwouldadviseyouthatthecompetent Bulgarian authorities will
ensurethatfortheperiod 1January 1982to31March1984therewill
benochangeinthetraditional patternofexportsofmutton,lamband
goatmeat andlivesheepandgoatsfromthePeople'sRepublic ofBulgaria
tothosemarketareasintheCommunity determined assensitive .
AThecompetent authorities ofthePeople'sRepublic ofBulgarie
willadoptthenecessary measures forthispurpose.
Ishouldbeobligedifyouwouldkindlyacknowledge receipt
ofthisletter,
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassurance ofmyhighestconsideration .

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