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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)422 final.
Brussels ,13September 1977
Proposal fora
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariffquotaforcertainprepared orpreserved bovine
meatfallingwithinsubheading ex16.02ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMalta(1978)
(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(77)422final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheAdditional Protocol totheAgreement between the
Community andMalta provides fortheopening ,foraperiod
upto30June 1978 ,ofaduty-free Community tariff quota
of650tonnes ofcertain prepared andpreserved bovine meat ,
known asstewed steak ,falling within subheading ex16.02 B
IIIb)1bb),originating inMalta andaccompanied byaderogation
from therules oforigin applicable totheproducts in
question .
Since theCommunity ,byCouncil Regulation (EEC )No1693 /77,
hasalready opened atariff quota of375tonnes foraperiod
upto31December 1977 ,atariff quota of275tonnes should
beopened for thefirst sixmonths of1978 .
That isthepurpose ofthis proposal .
2.Theproposal for aregulation opening this tariff quota provides
-asiscustomary -for thedivision ofthequota volume into
twoinstalments ,thefirst being allocated among theMember
States asquota shares and thesecond being held asareserve .
3.Itisnotpossible touseimport statistics asabasis for
allocating thefirst instalment since nosuch statistics are
available .Sothat thequota volume canbefairly distributed
among theMember States inspite ofthis ,asignificant quota
share should beallocated toeach Member State ,taking into
account thefact that theproduct inquestion ismarketed almost
exclusively inoneMember State .

Proposal for a
Council Regulation (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forcertain prepared or
preserved bovine meat falling within subheading ex 36.02
oftheCommon Customs Tariff andoriginating inMalta
(1978 )
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles 43and113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament 1,
Whereas Article 7oftheAdditional Protocol totheAgreement
2between theEuropean Economic Community andMalta lays down that
theCommunity istoopen aCommunity tariff quota of650tonnes free
ofcustoms duties forcertain prepared andpreserved bovine meat
known asstewed steak falling within subheading ex16.02 BIIIb)3bb)
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas thetariff preference in
question istoapply with effect from thedate ofentry into force of
that Protocol andupto30June 1978 ;whereas Article 10ofthe
Protocol also provides foraderogation ,from therules oforigin laid
down intheProtocol concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of
"originating products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation
annexed totheFrotdcol laying down certain provisions relating
totheApreernent establishine anassociation between theEuropean
3 . - - .• ._/r>r.A \ -M- « /°T*7Economic Coinniu'nity andMalta }whereas byRegulation No *^7»9
theCommunity hasalready opened atariff qnota of375tonnes .forthe
period upto31December J97vjwhereas ,,consequently ,auoaanuui ».y
tariff quota of275tonnes should beopened forthefirst sixmonths of
1978 ;
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Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureto
allCommunity importersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplication oftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentioned above,theCommunity natureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereasto
representascloselyaspossibletheaotualtrendof
themarketintheproductsinquestion,theallocation
shouldfollowproportionately itherequirements of
theMemberStatescalculatedfrom.bothstatisticsof
importsfromMaItaduringarepresentative period
andtheeconomicoutlookforthetariffperiodin
question;
WhereastheCommunity statistics available donotgive
information onthemarketsituation oftheproducts in
question;whereas,however,itmaybeestimated that
thoseproducts aremarketed almostexclusively onthemarket
ofoneMemberState;whereas,consequently ,toensurefair
distribution ofthequotavolumeamongtheMemberStates,
eachMemberStateshouldmakeasignificant contribution to
thequotavolume,withaccountbeingtakenoftheabove-
mentioned situation ;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingshared
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements
ofthoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheirinitial
share;whereastogiveMemberStateimporterssome
certainty,thefirstoftheCommunity quotamightbe
fixedatapproximately 90%ofthequotavolume;

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WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;v.aereas,therefore ,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinif'alshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromfhereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commission mustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable quantityoftheinitialshareisleft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthateach
Stateshouldreturnasignificant proportion tothe
reservetopreventapartoftheCommunity quota
fromremaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhile
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.From1Januaryuntil30June1978,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutyontheproducts indicated below,originating inMalta,
shallbetotallysuspended inrespectofaCommunitytariff
quotaof275tonnes :
– !
heading i Description ofgoods
No
16.02 Otherpreparedorpreservedmeatormeat
offal:
B.Other:
III.Other:
!
Ib)Other:
j Coiitaining bovinesneaïor
| :
bbjOther

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2.Bywayofderogation fromthespecialprovisions
contained inAnnexIItothe'origin'Protocolfor
headingNo16.02,whichprovidesthatthenon-origi-
natingproductsofChapter2maynotbeused,tinned
stewedsteakmanufactured inMaltashallberegarded
asaproductoriginating inMalta,wherethiscondition
isnotobserved,providedthattheotherconditions
applicable tothisheadingareobserved.
ThefollowingentrymustbemadeinSection7of
movement certificates EUR.l,issuedinrespectoforig­
inatingproductspursuanttothederogation referredto
inthisparagraph :
"Derogation stewedsteak.'
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment ,amountingto250tonnes,
oftheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;therespectiveshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil30June197^shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux 2tonnes
Denmark 2tonnes
Germany 2tonnes
France 2tonnes
Ireland • 2tonnes
Italy 2tonnes
UnitedKingdom 238tonnes
2.Thesecondinstalment of25tonnes shall
constitute -thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa

secondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMem'ber
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient .
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceedin
thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil30June 1978.
ArticleS
TheMemberScaresshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1i'lay1978,^tbe .unusedportionof
rheirinitialsharewhich,on15ApriI1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterjhan1May
1978/,notifytotheCommission ofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15April1978andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve .
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMember Statesinaccordance withArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5May1978,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditional sharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulated sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem..
3.The extent towhich aMember State
hasused upitsshare shal .Ibedeter­
mined onthebasis oftheimports
originating inMalta entered forhome
use .
ArticleS
OnreceiptofarequestfromtneCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandrheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulation isobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallen-cerintoforceon
1January1978«

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ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1-Budgetlineconcerned :Ch.12Art.120
2.Legalbasis:Articles 43and113
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure :
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)opening,allocating andproviding
fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotaforcertainprepared
orpreserved bovinemeatfallingwithinsubheading ex16.02BIIIb)1bb)
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMalta(1978).
4.Objectives :
Fulfilment ofacontractual obligation (EEC-Malta Agreement )
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT ;ex16.02BIIIb)1bb)
-Guotavolume :275tonnes
-Quotadutyrate:free
-DutyrateCCT ;26%
6.Lossofreceipts :
Averagecifpriceoftheproduct in1975:735EUR/T
Pricein1978:(estimate :840EUR/T)
26%/840EUR/275T=60000EURIMOOTLLI
-Guotavolume
-Quotadutyrate
-DutyrateCCT