No C 286/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 24.10. 87 
Proposal for a Commission Regulation opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, 
chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 of the combined 
nomenclature (1988) 
COM(87) 464 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 October 1987) 
(87/C 286/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having 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 Par­
liament, 
Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to 
open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of duty 
of 20 % for a quantity, expressed in product weight, 
fixed at 29 800 tonnes of high-quality, fresh, chilled or 
frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 
and 0202 of the combined nomenclature; whereas this 
quota should therefore be opened for 1987; whereas, 
however, under the terms of Article 282 of the 1985 Act 
of Accession, the Portuguese Republic is authorized to 
postpone, until the beginning of the second stage, the 
progressive application to imports of preferences 
granted, unilaterally or by agreement, by the Community 
to certain third countries; 
Whereas there should be a guarantee of equal and 
continuing access by all interested importers within the 
Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted 
application of the rate laid down for that quota, to all 
imports of the products in question, in all the Member 
States up to the limit of the volume of the quota; 
whereas it seems appropriate, to this end to set up a 
system of use of the Community tariff quota, based on 
the presentation of a certificate of authenticity 
guaranteeing the nature of the products, where they are 
imported from and their origin; Whereas the detailed rules to implement these provisions 
should be drawn up in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of 
the market in beef and veal (l), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 467/87 (2), 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. A Community tariff quota for high quality, fresh, 
chilled, or frozen beef and veal falling within heading 
Nos 0201 and 0202 of the combined nomenclature shall 
be opened for 1988. 
The total volume of this quota shall be 29 800 tonnes, 
expressed in product weight. 
2. Under this quota the applicable duty of the 
Common Customs Tariff shall be fixed at 20 °/o. 
Article 2 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in 
particular: 
(a) provisions to guarantee the nature of the products, 
where they come from and their origin; 
(b) provisions concerning recognition of the document 
to enable verification of the guarantee provided for 
in (a). 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
(*) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
O OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1.