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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
•ontheautonomousandspecialarrangements /for"beefan/lvealproductsoriginatinginsoma
signatoryStatesoftheACP-CEEConventionofLomé
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(SubmittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY HEIiOllAITDUM
1.Inaccordancewiththedeclaration ofintentregardingbeefmadebythe
CommunityuponthesignatureoftheACP-EECLomeConventionon28Februa­
ry1975,theCommunityintroducedspecialshorttermprovisionstoallow
ACPbeefexportingStatestomaintaintheirexportstotheCommunity
(27.532tonsperannum)despitetheproblemsthissectorisexperiencing
intheCommunity.Theseprovisions ,theperiodofvalidityhavingbeen
extendeduponthreeoccasions,expireon31December1976.
2.ExperienceobtainedsincetheentryinLoforceoftheConventionand
datagathered,showthatthesemeasureswerefullyjustifiedtoallow
thecountriesinquestiontomaintaintheirexportsandtherebytopro­
videacertainrevenufortheproducers.Nonetheless ,becauseofthe
shortduration oftheseprovisions (sixmonths)certainproblems
havearisen,notablyforproductionplansforsubsequentexporttothe
Communityandalsofortransportandsalesarrangements .Theproblemis
mostacuteforBotswana.Forthiscountryitsgeographicpositionand
thepoliticaleventsinneighbouring regionsgiverisetoadditionalpro­
blems,especiallyoftransport «•Innormalcircumstances adelayofat
leastsixweeksisalreadynecessarytoensurethetransportation ofbeef
totheCommunity.
3.Forthesereasonsandinviexirofthedeclaredintentions madeuponthe
sir-natureoftheLomeConvention ,itisproposedtomaintain,withsome
adjustments thespecialprovisionscurrentlyapplied.Theattachedpro­
posedreflationprovidesforsuchsteps.Principally theproposalis
thattheprovisionsarevalidfor18months,thisperiodbeingcompensated
forbyaprogressive reductionintheadventagesofthereducedimport
chargesotherthancustomsduties.

proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheautonomous andspecialarrangements
forbeefand.vealproductsoriginatinginsome
signatoryStatesoftheACP-EECConventionofLome
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCailUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
inparticularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament (l);
Uherea.ssomesignatoryStatesoftheACP-EECConventionofLome(2)aretra­
ditionalsuppliersofbeeftothe ■Community ;whereastheproductionofthis
productisanessentialfactoroftheireconomieswhicharecloselylinked
withthiskindofexports;whereastheStatesinquestionbeingtheleast
developedamongtheStatesexportingbeeftotheCommunityspecialmeasures
mightcontributetomaintainaregularflowofimports;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)NO3328/75(3)renewingthearrangements
forthereductionofimportchargesonbeefandvealproductsoriginating
intheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesaslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)WO1466/76(4),whichfollowsatransfertoBotswana,Kenya,Iladacas-
carandSwazilandoftheamountsofreductionofimportchargesotherthan
customsdutiesfortheproductsreferredtointhefirstarticleundera)
ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68(5)of27June1968onthecommon
organisation ofthemarketinbeefandveal,atlastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)NO568/76(6)hastakenintoaccountthissituation,thatthearran­
gementsestablished bythisregulationexpire31December1976;
(1)OJNo
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1976,p.2
(3)OJNoL329,23.12.1975,P.4
(41)OJNoL165,25.6.1976,p.9
(5)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24
(6)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.28.

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Whereas totake into account the vital importance which the "beef sector
has forthe abovementioned countries and toremove atthe same time some
difficulties encountered during thefirst periods ofapplication ofthe
special arrangement s,these measures should beextended with some adjus -
ments involving especially alonger period ofvalidity ofthearrangements
andaslight decrease oftheamounts ofreduction oftheimport charges ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ":
Article 1
Thecharges onimports oftheproducts originating in
some signatory States ofthe AOP-i'lEO Convention ofLome referred toin
Article 1(a)ofRegulation (EEC)Wo805/68shall bereduced under the
conditions provided forbythis reflation .
Article 2
Theamount ofreduction incharges onimport corres­
pond to
a)85ioduring theperiod from 1January until 30June 1977 »
b)80c/oduring theperiod from 1July until 31December 1977 »
c)75i°during theperiod from 1January until 30June 1978
oftheaverage ofthe import charges applicable during areference period .
Itisfixed cruarterly bytheCommission .
Article 3
Thereduction ofcharges arelimited tothe following
quantities ,expressed inteims ofboneless meat :
PERI0D I.I./3O.6.I977 I.7./3I.I2.I977 I.I./3O.6.I978
metric tons metric tons metric tons
;3otswana 10.416 6.944 10.416
tKenya 78 ,52 78
Madagascar 4.174 2.782 4.174
tSwaziland 1.851 1.235 1.851
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|TOTAL
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I16.519 1 11.013
iI6.519
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Fortheapplication ofthisregulation100kilogrammes ofbonelessmeat
correspondto130kilogrammes ofbone-inmeat.
Article4
Thereductionofthechargesonimportsshallapply
onlytoimportsforwhichtheimporterprovesthatanexporttaxofan
amountcorresponding tothereductionhasbeenchargedbytheexporting
country.
Article5
Detailedrulesfortheapplication ofthisregulation
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedureprovidedforinArticle
27oftheRegulation (EEC)No805/68.
Underthesameprocedurederogation maybemadefrom
theprincipleofquarterlyfixingandfromtherulesconcerningtherefe­
renceperiodifachangeintherepresentative rateofthecurrencyofa
MemberStateorthetransition fromonemarketingyeartothenextsore­
quires.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1977•
ThisRegulationshallbebindingintisentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneax FortheCouncil
ThePresident.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
BATEIOctober1976
l.BUDGETUN'SCONCERNEDtChapter10(ownresources)
2.ACTION•DraftproposalforaCouncilReATi.lB.tion (jj)KC3)onthoautonomousandr;pa-
cialarrangements forbeefandvealproductsoriginatinginsomesignatory
StatesoftheACP-BECConvention ofLome.
3.LEGALBASIS»Article43
4.OBJECTIVES sPartialcompensation ofimportchargesforbeer'andvealoriginating
inACPStates,throughadegressivereductioninnon-tariffimport
charges,conditional upontheapplicationofanequivalentexporttax.
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXFEHDITURE
-CHARGEDTOTLFFIECBUDGET
(R15FUHLFI/LTITERVKNTIONS)
-CHARGEDTONATIONALADMINISTR.
–CHARGEDTOOTHERNATIONAL CROUPS
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUASOKSVIOIDL^(1)
-NATIONALFORTHEMARKETING YEAH
12-19 1-JUCCURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
(7n)FCLLOWINC FINANCIAL YEAR
(77)
12-19I3JC
YEAR. YEAR••••••••1^27£i••YEAR•
5.0,1PLURIA.VNUALPATTERNOPEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOFRECEIPTS6-9MUC(sixmonths)
5.2METHODOFCALCULATIONUpontheoasisoxZ'(.LjuOxonsimportedduringiy'(lintotae
Communityand17.900tonsinthe1sthalfof1978andonthebasisofthe'import
chargesestablishedforthelastquarterof1976.
6.0FINANCINGPOSSIBLEKITHCREDITSINSCRIBEDINRELEVANTCHAPTEROFCURRENTBUDGET?
■11 111"– -
YES/TKFI
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II6itMnoiiiiaiTfpenAourrijmLDHt'Am.' Duuami9••
6.3CR~.Dj.TSTOBEWRITrSiINTOFUTUREBUDGES? YED/iW*
COMMENTS1(1)i'Jon-perception ofpartofthelevywmcnwouldnaveueendestinedlor
theCommunitybudget*