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PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (ESC)OPTHECOUNCIL ,
ontheopening,allocationandadministration '
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfrozenbeeffellingwithin
subheadingHo02.01AII^a)2oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1974)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MMORANDI7M
During the last multilateral GATT negotiations theEuropean Economic
Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota for
22000metric tons offrozen beef falling within subheading
Ho02.01 AII(a)2oftheCommon Customs Tariff at20joduty .
Moreover ,anAgreement which theCommunity concluded with Argentina
on8November 1971 provides that this tariff volume of22000metric
tons must ,from 1January 1972 ,betaken torefer toboneless nuat
andthat theCommunity will ,each year from 1972onwards ,consider
whether asupplementary tariff quota canbeopened autonomously on
thesame teims ,should theneed arise .
Consequently ,tomeet theCommunity Tsobligations ,aregulation
should beadopted before 1January 1974 ontheopening ,allocation
andadministration oftherelevant tariff quota .Inthis
I
connection,' itshould bementioned that ,asaresult' oftheir
accession on 1January 1973 ,thenewMember States have been obliged ,
since 1February 1973 rtoapply thecommon policy regulations adopted
bytheCommunity asoriginally constituted totherelevant products
asprovided intheAccession Treaty .
Itistherefore proposed that ,asin1973 ,atariff volume of22COO
metric tons ,expressed asboneless meat ,should beopened on
1January 1974 andallocated among theoriginal Member States inthe
traditional way ,while anautonomous supplementary tariff quota
should beopened onthe same date tocover thenewMember States *
import requirements ,account being taken oftheCommunity declaration
annexed totheabovementioned Agreement with Argentina which provides

inparticularforanannualreviewofadditionalimportpossibilities .
Pendingtheresultsofthisreview,thesupplementary volumecanbe
fixedprovisionally at12000metrictons,.Obviouslythisvoltimemay
bemodifiedifnecessary,eitherbeforetheregulationisactually
adoptedbytheCouncilorduringtheperiodofitsoperation.
Importsoffrozenbeef(boned)intotheCommunityasoriginallyconstitut
fromthirdcountriesdevelopedasfollowsoverthelastfewyears:
1970 j1971 |
-- * - !1972
int–-""■■■11
iin$I
!intin$intjinlJ
Germany ..5070529.5I" ■■«'■■■'
45718I
i
i27.610273536.7
Bénélux 3638221.23530321.45756520.5
Prance 16559 .9.61843711.24564516.3
Italy !6836539.765797|39.87396226.5
ι
j172011 165255i
i
!
fc279907
Consequently ,thequotasharesoftheMemberStates,calculatedonthe
basisofimportsfortheyears1970to1972andonforecastsofimport
requirementsfortherelevanttariffyear,canbefixedapproximately
atthefollowingpercentages:
Germany31.3
Benelux21.0
Prance12.4
Italy35«3
Asfortheallocationofthesupplementarytariffvolumeof12000
metrictonsbetweenthehewMemberStates,itshouldbenotedthat
statisticsfor1973,andinparticularthenumberofapplications
forimportlicenceslodgedsince1February1973,donotyetgive
ad.equa.tegroundsforallocatingtheproductsinanywayother,than

thatfor1973,namely:
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom200metriotons
100metrictons
11700metriotons
HavingcomparedtheprobableleveloftheCommunitytariffquotafor
1974vdthimportrequirements ,theCommissionbelievesthatitwould
goagainsttheCommunitynatureofthequotatoallocatetheinitial
tariffvolumeindefinitivequotasharestotheMemberStates.
Consequently ,theproposalannexedheretoprovidesforthecreation
ofaCommunityreserve,thevolumeofwhich,evenifitisonly10$
ofthetotaltariffvolume,willassistinensuringequalaccessfor
allimportersandinavoidingasituationinwhiohcustomspreference
wouldnolongerbeappliedinoneormoreMemberStateswhile,it.was
stillappliedinothers.

Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)No...„/73OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforfrozen "beeffalling
withinsubheadingNo02,01AII(a)2ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1974)
TII3COUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN'COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles113and43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
Whereasinthecourseofthelastmultilateral GATTnegotiations the
EuropeanEoonomicCommunityundertooktoopenanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof22000metrictonsoffrozenbeeffallingwithintariffsubheading
A
No02.01AII(a)2at2Qfpduty;whereastheAgreement'concludedwith
Argentinaon8November1971providesthatthatquotavolumeof22000
metrictonsmust betakentorefertobonelessmeat;
whereasbyDeclaration No1annexedtotheAgreementaforesaidthe
Communitydeclaredthateachyearitwouldconsiderwhether,by
appropriateprocedures,supplementary importfacilitiesshouldbeopened
inadditiontothetariffquotaspecifiedabove;
2WhereasArticles59and60oftheActannexedtotheTreatyoonceming
theaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,signedon22January1972,
requirethenewMemberStatestoapplytheregulationsofthecommon
lojNoL249,10November1971,p.18
OJNoL73,27March1972.

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agricultural policyfrom1February1973andtoaligntheircustoms
tariffdutiesonthoseoftheCommonCustomsTariffinthemannerprovidedin
thesaidArticle59?whereasthenewMemberStates1needsforimports
fromthirdcountriesshouldthereforebecoveredin1974iwhereas,in
viewoftheseconsiderations andoftheCommunitydeclaration annexedto
theaforesaidAgreementwithArgentina,anautonomoussupplementary
quota,alsoexpressedin"bonelessmeat,should "beopenedataprovisional
levelof12000metrictons;whereasthetotalquotavolumetherefore
amountsto34000metrictons;whereasthequotadutiesto"beappliedby
thenewMemberStatesshouldconformtotheActaforesaid;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota,shouldbeensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistently inallMemberStatestoallimportsoftheproduot
inquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonan
allocationbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
followproportionately therequirements oftheMemberStatescalculated
bothfromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookforthe
tariffyearinquestion;
percentages of
Whereas/importsoftherelevantproduotfromthirdcountriesintothe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedarethelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailablewereasfollows:

->
1970 1971 1972WMM4 1lliIIi11■
Germany, .29.5 27.6 36.7
Bénélux 21.2 21.4 20.5
France 9*6 11.2 16.3
Italy 39*7 39.8 26.5
Whereas,asregardsthenewMemberStates,DenmarkandIrelandmadeno
importsoftherelevant'productfromthirdcountriesinrecentyears,ofboned
whiletheUnitedKingdomimported88051metrictonsin1971and.153.^37
in1972;whereasthesefiguresshowthatcalculationofthepercentage
shareoftheseimportsintotalimportsbythenewMemberStateswould
bemeaningless ;whereasprovisionshouldbemadetocoveranyimport"
requirements whichmayariseinIrelandandDenmarkduringthecurrency
ofthequota;whereastothatendasuitableinitialquotashareshould'
beallocatedtothem,andthebalanceofthatp4rtofthequotavolume' ,
whichisallocatedtothenewMemberStatesshouldformtheUnited -
Kingdom'squotashare;
Whereas,inviewoftheforegoingandofmarketforecastsforthe
relevantproductforthequotaperiod,theinitialpercentagesharesof'
theoriginalMemberStatesinthequotavolumemaybeestimatedas:'
follows:
Germany31.3
Bénélux 21.0 -
France12.4
Italy35^3;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsofimportsintothevarious'■
MemberStatesoftheproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquotavolume
shouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdate
therequirements oftheMemberStates,shouldtheyuseuptheirinitial
quotashares;whereastogiveMemberStateimporterssomecertainty

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•thefirsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedatapproximately
90$ofthetotalvolume;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesofMemberStatesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare,mustdraw
1asupplementary quotasharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedone
byeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary quotasharesis-
almostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe"reserveallows;whereasthe
initialandsupplementary quotasharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesithereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable quantity
oftheinitialquotashareisleftoverinaMemberState,itis
essentialthateachstateshouldreturnasignificant .proportiontothe
reserve,topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented bytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadministrationofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members; ; .

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MSADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.ACommunitytariffquotaof34000metrictonsoffrozen "beeffalling
withinsubheadingNo02.01AII(a)2oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
expressedasbonelessmeat,isopenedfortheperiodfrom1January
to31December1974*
2.Forpurposesofcountingimportsagainstthisquota,100kilogrammes
ofmeatontheboneshallbetakentobeequivalentto77kilogrammes
ofbonelessmeat.
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletothatpartofthevolume
whichisallocatedtotheoriginalMemberStatesshallbe20$.
Withoutprejudicetotheiroptiontoacceleratealignmentofduties
underArticle59(4)oftheActofAccession,thenewMemberStates
shallapplythedutieslistedbelowtotariffquotas;theseduties
correspondtothoseapplicabletoimportsfromthirdcountries:
Cuotaduties
(l)Prom1January1974"totheendof
the1973/74marketingyear
Denmark 20%
Ireland
UnitedKingdom£0.02/lb+41°
£0.2438/cwt+4%

(2)From thebeginning ofthe197^/75
marketing year to31December 197^
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom
Γ20%
t0.015 /lb+8%
L0.l866 /cwt +8%
11%
Article 2
1,Thevolume of~j>b.0QQ metric tons referred toinArticle 1(1)
shall bedivided into two tranches .Afirst tranche of30300
metric tons shall beallocated among theMember States ;the
quota shares for each Member State ,,which ,subject toArticle 5i
shall bevalid until 1January to31December 197^,shall beas
follows :
Germany 6260metric tons
Benelux ^200 metric tons
France 2*f80metric tons
Italy 7060metric tons
Denmark l8o metric tons
Ireland 90metric tons
United
Kingdom 10530 metric tons ■

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3.The second ,tranche of 3200 metric tons shall
constitute areserve
Article 3
1.If90%ormore oftheinitial quota share asdefined inArticle 2(1) .
of anyoftheMember States ,orofthat share minus theportion
returned tothereserve where Article 5isapplied ,hasbeen used up,
that Member State shall without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,
draw asecond quota share ,totheextent that thereserve is
sufficient ,equal to10%ofitsinitial quota share .
2.If,after itsinitial quota share hasbeen used up,9<y/oormore ofthe
second quota share drawn byeither oftheMember States hasbeen used
up,that Member State shall without delay ,inaccordance with the
provisions ofparagraph 1,draw athird quota share equal to5%ofits
initial quota share .
3.If,after itssecond quota share hasbeen used up,JOfoormore ofthe
third quota share drawn byeither oftheMember States hasbeen used
up,that Member State shall ,inaccord.ance with theprovisions of
paragraph 1,draw upafourth quota share equal tothethird .
This process shall apply byanalogy until thereserve isused up.
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,theMember States in
question maydraw quota shares lower than those fixed inthose
paragraphs ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that those fixed maynot
beused up.They shall inform theCommission oftheir reasons for
applying this paragraph .

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v.Article4
Supplementary quotasharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall "bevalid
until31December1974*
Article5
EitheroftheMemberStatesspecifiedinArticle2whichon
15September1974hasnotusedupitsinitialquotashareshallreturn
tothereservenotlaterthan,10October1974theunusedportion
exceeding20$oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974,notifytothe
Commissionthetotal.quantitiesoftheproductinquestionimportedup
toandincluding15September1974andcountedagainstthe.Community
quotaandanyquantitiesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepan.accountofthequotasharesopenedbythe,
Membei*StatespursuanttoArticles2and3and.shall,assoonas
informationreachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup...
Itshall,'notlaterthan,'15October1974finform :theMemberStatesof
theamountstillinreserveafterreturnshavebeenmadepursuantto
Article5*
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveislimited
tothebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecifytheamount
thereoftotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethatthere
isuninterrupted accesstotheircumulativesharesofCommunitytariff
quotawhentheyopenadditionalquotasharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3.
2.Theyshallensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtoit.
3.MemberStatesshallcountimportsoftheproductinquestionbothfrom
thirdcountriesandfromnewMemberStatesagainsttheirquotashare
astheproductispresentedforcustomsclearanoeunderthedeclaration
forconsumption .
Article8
MemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimportsfrom
thirdcountriesactuallycountedagainsttheirquotashares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thattheprecedingArticlesareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1974*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates,
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident