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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUN1TIES
COM(75)589 final.
Brussels,November1975
PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION
•-renewingthearrangementsforthereductionof
..I,importchargeson"beefandvealproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificState*
(SubmittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
OK(75)589final.

EXPLAîTATORY MïïïORAÎTISUM
Inordertoreduce "thedifficulties encountered with
theexportofbeeffromtheACPcountriestotheCommunityduring
thesecondpartof1975tspecialmeasureswereintroduced (Regulation
n°1599/75»article2,paragraphs2to4)«Thesemeasures,which
temporaryallowedthepossibilityofpartialcompensation ofthecosts
whichfolloweduponthecurrentdevelopmentoftheworldmarket,for
certainquantitiesof"beefallowedintotheCommunityinrelationto
traditionalexportsoftheseCountriestotheCommunity.Thesemeasures
onlyapplyuntil31stDecember1975»
Theconditionswhichmotivatedtheadoptionofthese
measuresareallstillpresentanditisexpectedthatthecurrentdif­
ficultiesonthe"beefmarketwillcontinueinthefollowingmonths.
t,
Inthesecircumstancesitisproposedtoextendthe
periodofvalidityoftheexceptional measuresintroducedin1975
"butlimitingtheirperiodofvalidityuntil30.6.1976,thedate\ipon
whi';nitwillbenecessarytoreexaminethesituation,takingaccount
alsothatuponthisdatetheLomeAgreementwillprobablyhaveentered
intoforce.Itisalsonecessarytorevisethemeasuresinrelation
tothequantitieswhichcouldpossiblybeimportedduringthefirst
sixmonthsof197".

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL F:-:GULATIffiT
renewing thearrangements for "thereduction of
import charges onbeef andveal products
originating intheAfrican ,Caribbean and .Pacific States
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN Caa-iUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard tothe proposal from theCommission ;
D
Having regard totheopini°noftheEuropean Parliament ; •
Whereas ,Article 2(2 )and (3)ofCouncil Regula­
tion (EEC)II01599/75^of24June1975 onthearrangements applicable to
agricultural products andcertain goods resulting from theprocessing of s
agricultural products originating intheAfrican ,Caribbean andPacific
countries orintheoverseas countries andterritories provides ,as Ja""
partial compensation fortheimport charges leviable byreason ofthe
current trend oftheworld market ,forareduction inthecharges ,other than ,
customs duties ,onimports ,original nginACPStates oftheproducts referred to
inArticle 1(a)ofCouncil Regulation (SEC)]yo805/68^)of27June19^8on
thecommon organisation ofthemarket inbeef andveal ,aslast amended by
Regulation (EEC)TTo1855/7^^uponthecondition ..
that anexport taxofasimilar sraount hasbeen applied bytheexporting
country ;v/hereas these special arrangements aretoapply only until
31December 1975 ; .
i'Jhereas this reduction inimport charges applies only to
those quantities forwhich importation is.authorized under 'theprovision "
taken under article 21ofRegulation (EEC)IT0805/68.
(1)0.J,D0
(2)O.J. n°L166of28.6.1975 ,p.67
(3)O.J. n°L148ox28.6.1968 ,p.24
(4^<VT.«° 3.395of30.7.197 /1,r>,1.A

whereastheconditionswhichledtotheapplicationofthesemeasures
havenotalteredsince:whereasinordertoenablethecountries,
involvedtomaintain,underthecurrentmarketsituationobtaining
thereandintheCommunity,traditionaltradeflows,itisnecessaryto
continuetoapplyexceptionalarrangementsforthefirsthalfof197&,
whileallowingforsucharrangements to"berevised,inparticularinthe
eventthatimportconditionschange;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION •
Article1
1.ThechargesonimportsoriginatinginAGPStatesoftheproducts
'referredtoinArticle1(a)ofRegulation(EEC)Ho805/68shallhe
reduced,withinthelimitsofthequantitiesspecifiedinArticle2,
byanamounttobefixedquarterlybytheCommissionandcorrespondin
to90i°oftheaverageoftheimportchargesapplicableduringa
referenceperiod.
2.Theprovisionsofparagraph1shallapplyonlytoimportsforwhich
theimporterprovesthatanexporttaxofanamountcorresponding
tothereductionprovidedforthereinhasbeenchargedbythe
exportingcountry.
Article2
Thearrangements providedforinArticle1shallbesubject
toanoverallmaximum,expressedintermsofbonedmeat,of
13766metrictons,allocatedasfollows:
Botswana 8680metrictons
Kenya 65metrictons
Madagascar 3478metrictons
Swaziland 1543metrictons
Article3
1.DetailedralesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationshallbeadopte
inaccordancewiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle27of
Regulation(EEC)No805/68.

-3-
Thosedetailedrulesshallconcerninparticular :
a)thebasisofcalculationandtheperiodofreferenceto"betaken
intoconsideration forthepurposeoffixingtheamount "bywhich
importchargesaretobereducedj
b)rulesforthedetermination ofthecorresponding amounttobecharged
bytheexportingcountry:
c)theissueofimportlicences:
d)theproofstoberequiredofimportersandthearrangementsforcontrol#
2,Underthesameprocedurederogation maybemadefromtheprincipleof
quarterlyfixingandfromtherulesconcerningthereferenceperiod^ifa
changeintherepresentative rateofthecorrencyofaMemberStateor
thetransitionfromonemarketingyeartothenextsorequires.
3*TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityuponaproposalfromthe
Commission,may,inthelightofchangesinthebeefmarketorinthe
factorsgoverningimportsintotheCommunityoftheproductsinquestion.,
originatingintheACPStates,modifyorabrogatethearrangements provided
forinthisRegulation.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1976*
Itshallremainapplicableuntil30June197
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates#
Doneat PortheCouncil
ThePresident »

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTAr.noxtoDoc ■
jMo30.10,1975
l- j
1.Lineofth3fcidgatconcerned:Chapter10(ownresources)
2.TttloofthaaciTon:Proposedproposition'foraCouncilRegulationconcerningthe
extensionofthevalidityoftheregimereducingtheimport
chargesuponproductsofthe"beefsector,originatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificcountries.
3.Lepalbasis:Article43
/
*.Objectivesoftheaction:Partialcompensationofimportchargesfollowingtheevolu+.ion
oftheworldmarketsituationforimportsofbeeforiginating
intheAC?Countriesbyareductionof90$inthenontariff
importcharges.
"p–rTT^TS5,06osknfdua>2cti-ojtRe ductionoffBti'rirtrjtTioi?rir.MWiqafiM urniiamr
1-±1r*nj1levies licurrentexorcise()jfollowingexcrdcr.f*7,--]
chargetothoECDjdget
..chargetothenational?dolnistrations
chargatoothsrnationalsectors5to15Million !
•u.c. !5to15Kiilicn
U.C.(6months)
5.1Est!datedcostsYear Year
measureexpireson30.6.1975Year
5»2Kothodofcalculation5-15MillionU.C.dependinguponthevolumeofimports.'The
estimations,basedupontheexportsofeachAGPcountryinvolved
from-1969to1974,amounttoatotalof14*000tons/6months;.
16.1PossiblefinancingbycrHitssrittcnintotherclativochapterofthecurrentGadgetYes lb .--
6.2Possiblofinancingbytransfersbeteeenchaptersofthocirrcn'tBudget
Yes No.
6.3MfiCossityforastipplcsunvaiyE'udgot.Yes Ko
Cornrr.c-nts:Thereductioninvolvesnon-tariffimportcharges.