9.10.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 257/7 
Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain 
third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986 
Com(85) 489 final 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 27 September 1985) 
(85/C 257/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 
June 1980 on the common organization of the market in 
sheepmeat and goatmeat (*), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1312/85 (2), established arrangements 
O OJNoL183, 16.7. 1980, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22. for trade with non-member countries in this sector; 
whereas the arrangements include the collection of an 
import levy; 
Whereas the Community has concluded voluntary 
restraint agreements with the great majority of the third 
countries exporting sheepmeat and goatmeat products; 
Whereas, pending the conclusion of agreements with 
other third countries which traditionally export to the 
Community, it would seem appropriate to restrict the 
collection of the levy and the issue of import licences in 
respect of certain products from these countries; 
Whereas imports into the Member States should be 
allowed on the basis of traditional trade flows, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The import levy applicable to the following products shall be limited to a maximum of 
10 % ad valorem, subject to annual quantitative limits expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent 
for each third country concerned and by category: 
CCT 
heading 
No 
01.04 
02.01 Description 
Live sheep and goats: 
B. Other (c) 
Meat and edible offal of the animals 
falling within Heading No 01.01, 01.02, 
01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen: 
A. Meat: 
IV. Of sheep and goats: 
a) Fresh or chilled 
b) Frozen Third country concerned an 
Chile 
0 
0 
1 490 Spain 
(a) 
0 
100 
0 d quantity: 
Other third 
countries (b) 
100 
100 
200 (d) 
(a) Up to 28 February 1986. 
(b) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, 
Romania, Uruguay and Yugoslavia. 
(c) The coefficient to be employed for converting net mass (live weight) into carcase mass (carcase weight equivalent) 
shall be 0,47 for products falling within subheading 01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff. 
(d) Of which 100 tonnes shall be reserved for Greenland. 
2. Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the products referred to in 
paragraph 1 up to the limit of quantities corresponding to their traditional imports coming 
from the third countries concerned. 
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Article 2 
For the products and third countries specified in Article 1, import licences shall be issued as 
provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, subject to the annual quantitative 
limits laid down in Article 1. 
Article 3 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1986 until voluntary restraint agreements with the third countries 
concerned are implemented, and for as long as the voluntary restraint agreements already 
concluded by the Community remain in force. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.