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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)464 final
Brussels ,11September 1979
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening aCommunity tariff quota forfrozen buffalo meat under
subheading 02.01 AIIb)4bb)33oftheCommon Customs Tariff
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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C0M(79 )464 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Inorder toallow Australia ,under aspecial import system ,toexport a
limited quantity ofboned andfrozen buffalo meat totheCommunity in
order tosatisfy some demand ontheCommunity market forthat product ,the
Community hasundertaken toopen anannual tariff quota foravolume of
2250 tonnes ,ataduty rate of20^.
Inorder tofulfil this undertaking ,theprovisions opening theCommunity
tariff quota inquestion should bedrawn upbyRegulation .
IftheRegulation istoapply from 1October 1979 ,itshould beadopted by
theCouncil ,after formal consultation oftheEuropean Parliament ,and
published insufficient time sothat theimplementing Regulations may be
adopted andpublished 'asBoon aspossible *
Access tothis tariff quota should besubject toconditions tobelaid
down bytheCommission under theManagement Committee procedure .

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening aCommunity tariff quota forfrozen buffalo meat under subheading
02.01 AIIb)4bb)33oftheCommon Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Articles 43and 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament (1),
Whereas theCommunity hasundertaken ,within theGeneral Agreement ontariffs
andTrade (GATT ),toopen anannual Community tariff quota atarate ofduty
of20Jfor2250tonnes offrozen buffalo meat falling within subheading 02.01
IIb)4bb)33oftheCommon Qistoms Tariff ;whereas thesaid tariff quota
should accordingly beopened with effect from 1October 1979 ;
Whereas there should beaguarantee ofequal andcontinuing access tothesaid t
quota byallinterested traders within theCommunity andofuninterrupted
application oftherate laiddown forthat quota toallimports oftheproduct
inquestion inalltheMember States ;whereas ,tothis end,itisessential to
establish arrangements fortheutilisation oftheCommunity tariff quota ,based on
thesubmission ofapplications forimport licences andtheir issue until thequota
isused up;whereas ,furthermore ,acertificate ofauthenticity should be
introduced toguarantee thetype,provenance andorigin oftheproduct ;whereas
thedetailed rules toimplement these provisions should bedrawn up .
(1)0JNoC

inaccordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle 27ofCouncil Regulation
(EEC)No805/68of27June 1968 onthecommon organization ofthemarket in,
beef andveal (2),aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)No1*25/77(3);
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION S !
• • *
Article ,1
» ^ •
1.ACommunity tariff quota inatotal amount of2250tonnes offrozen
buffalo meat falling within subheading 02.01 A.IIb)4bb)33ofthe
Common Customs' Tariff ishereby opened fortheperiod 1October 1979 to30
September 1980 .
* -
2.Within thesaid quota ,theapplicable Common Customs 'Tariff rate shall be '
20%. . •• •'- /-V . ''
. '* '
Article 2
Detailed rules for theapplication ofthis Regulation shall beadopted in
accordance with theprocedure laid down inArtiole 27ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68andinparticular : . 1
(a)provisions concerning applications for .import licences andtheissue of -,
such licences ;
(b)provisions toguarantee thenature ,provenance andorigin oftheproduct ;
(c)provisions concerning recognition ofthedocument topermitverifi cation ;.
ofthe items referred toin (b). '
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMember States . '1 ' ■/,
' •. ' . • v* ,'■ i • •
Dene atBrussels . - ;':" FortheCouncil :
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