No C 258/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 10.10.85 
Proposal for a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a 
Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the 
Common Customs Tariff (1986) 
COM(85) 477final 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 23 September 1985) 
(85/C 258/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Haying regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 
113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament (2), 
Whereas, in the context of the General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has 
undertaken to open, at a duty of 20 %, an annual 
Community tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef 
and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of 
the Common Customs Tariff, expressed as boned or 
boneless meat; whereas, this quota should be opened for 
1986; 
Whereas under Article 179 of the Act of Accession Spain 
is obliged, for the product in question, to apply the 
Common Customs Tariff duty fully from 1 March 1986; 
whereas from that date Spain's requirements in imports 
of the product from third countries during the quota 
period should therefore be met from it; 
Whereas, in particular, equal and continuous access to 
the quota should be ensured for all persons concerned 
and the rate laid down for the tariff quota should be 
applied consistently in all Member States to all imports 
of the product in question until the quota is used up; 
whereas a system of utilization of the Community tariff 
quota, based on an allocation between the Member 
States concerned, would, in the light of the principles 
outlined above, appear consistent with the Community 
nature of the quota whereas, in order to arrive at a fair 
allocation between the Member States and to represent 
as closely as possible the actual market trends in the 
product in question, the said allocation should be pro­
portionate to the requirements of the Member States 
calculated with reference to statistical data on imports 
from third countries during a representative reference 
period and to the economic prospects for the quota year 
in question; Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (4) of Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980 laying 
down common detailed rules for the application of the 
system of import and export licences and advance fixing 
certificates for agricultural products (3), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No 2666/82 (4), import licences 
authorize the importation of a quantity exceeding by 
5 % the quantity indicated therein; whereas, however, 
the levy provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common 
organization of the market in beef and veal (s), as last 
amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, should be 
applied to any quantity exceeding that indicated in the 
licence; 
Whereas, since the tariff quota in question is relatively 
small, it ought to be possible to provide for a system of 
allocation based on a single apportionment between the 
Member States, without thereby derogating from its 
Community nature; whereas it appears best to leave to 
each Member State the choice of a management system 
for its share of the quota, so that it may ensure an 
allocation which is appropriate from an economic 
viewpoint; 
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 
are jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union, 
any operation concerning the administration of the quota 
shares allocated to that economic union may be carried 
out by any one of its members; 
Whereas the possibility should be provided for whereby 
quantities which have not been used up may be 
apportioned by the Council, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal 
falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the Common 
Customs Tariff, totalling 50 000 tonnes expressed as 
boned or boneless meat, is hereby opened for 1986. 
O OJ No C 277, 17. 10. 1984, p. 5. 
(2) OJNoC 12, 14. 1. 1985, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 283, 6. 10. 1982, p. 7. 
O OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
10.10.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 258/7 
For the purpose of charging imports against this quota, 
100 kilograms of unboned meat shall be taken to be 
equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned or boneless meat. 
2. Imports of those goods which have been admitted 
under the benefit of another preferential tariff regime 
shall not be set off against this tariff quota. 
3. The Common Customs Tariff duty for this quota 
shall be 20 %. 
Article 2 
The quota amount of 50 000 tonnes shall be divided into 
two parts, one totalling 33 500 tonnes and the other 
16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows: 
Benelux 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Spain (from 1 
United Kingd March 1986) 
om For the part 
totalling 
33 500 tonnes 
3 206 
268 
7 953 
1 039 
5 042 
214 
6 422 
874 
8 482 For the part 
totalling 
16 500 tonnes 
1 579 
132 
3 917 
511 
2 483 
106 
3 163 
431 
4 178 Article 3 
1. The Member States shall take all appropriate steps 
to guarantee all persons concerned, established within 
their territories, free access to the quota shares allocated 
to them. 
2. The extent to which the shares of the Member 
States have been used up shall be verified on the basis of 
imports as the product is presented for customs clearance 
under the declaration for free circulation. 
Article 4 
The Member States shall regularly inform the 
Commission of imports which have been charged against 
their shares. 
Article 5 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 
Article 6 
The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1986 
submit to the Council a report on the quantities for 
which licences have been delivered in each Member 
State. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall, where appropriate, 
re-allocate the amounts which have not been used up. 
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 
instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming 
constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by 
restructuring of the shipbuilding industry (') 
COM(85) 523 final 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty, on 25 September 1985) 
(85/C 258/08) 
The following Article la is inserted: 
Article la' 
The following paragraph 9 is added to Article 3: 
'9. Member States shall take the measures necessary to make potential beneficiaries and 
professional organizations aware of the possibilities offered by the special programme and 
to inform the public by the most appropriate means of the role played by the Community.' 
O OJNoC70, 18.3. 1985, p. 1.