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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)716final
Brussels,13November1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2915/79asregardstheannualtariffquota
forCheddarcheese
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(submittedto,theCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORADNUM
CouncilRegulation (EEC)N°2915/79providesforanannualtariffquota
forCanadaof2,750tonsofCheddarcheesewithinsub-heading 04.04EIb)
1aa).
ThisCheddarcheesemustbematuredforatleast9monthsatthetime
ofimportintotheCommunity.Itmustbemanufactured fromrawmilk
withcertainspecificcharacteristics ,whichisonlyavailableinCanada
fromMaytoSeptembereachyear.
Astheproducersinthatcountryhavebeenunabletotakethenecessary
1
measuresintimetomanufacture theabove-mentioned quantityofCheddar
in1980forexporttotheCommunity,thequotasfor1981and1982should
beincreasedtosomeextent;thismeasureisunlikelytoupsetthe
Communitymarket.
TheCanadianauthorities havetoldtheCommissionServicesthatthe
quantityofCheddarwhichcanbeexportedtotheCommunityin1980will
notbemorethan1,250tons*
t •
Takingintoaccounttheattachedproposal,thequantityofCanadian
CheddarwhichtheCommunitywillimportinthecourseofthreeyears
(1980,1981,1982)willbe7,750tonsinsteadof8,250tonsforeseen
intheagreement.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2915/79asregardstheannualtariffquota
fori-Cheddarcheese
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES/
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No804/68of27June1968onthe
1commonorganization ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1761/78^,andinparticularArticle14(6)thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle9(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2915/79^,asamendedby
LRegulation (EEC)1361/80,opensanannualtariffquotaof2750tonsfor
Cheddarcheesefallingwithinsub-heading 04.04EIb)1(aa)andlistedin
AnnexIItothesaidRegulation;
«
Whereasthesaidcheesemusthavebeenmaturedforatleast9monthson
importation intotheCommunity;whereasitmust,furthermore,beproduced
entirelyfromrawmilkcomplyingwithcertainspecificcharacteristics ;
whereasthesaidmilkisavailableinthenon-memberexportingcountry
concerned,onlyfromMaytoSeptember;whereas,accordingly,producersinthe
non-member countryinquestionhavenotbeenabletotakeinduetimethe
measuresnecessaryformanufacturing thetotalquantitywhichcouldbeimported
intotheCommunityin1980undertheannualtariffquota;
Whereas,inordertoprovidesomecompensation forthesaidnon-member country
forthemissingquantityin1980withoutcausingprejudicetotheCommunity
cheesemarket,anincreaseinthe1981and1982tariffquotasshouldbegranted
tothesaidcountry,
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
0JNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13
20JNoL204,28.7.1978,p.6
30JNoL329,24.12.1979,p.1
40JNoL140,5.6.1980,p.9

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Article 1
Thefollowingsubparagraph isherebyaddedtoArticle9(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)2915/79:
"However,thetariffquotareferredtoata)shallamountto:
-3,000tonsforthe1981calendaryear,
-3,500tonsforthe1982calendaryear".
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil