No C 30/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 4.2.88 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening a 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(88) 5 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the 
EEC Treaty on 14 January 1988) 
(88/C 30/09) 
The proposal for a Council Regulation as set out in Doc. COM(87) 464 final is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. The title is replaced by the following: 
'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening a Community tariff quota for high-
quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 and 
subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988)'. 
2. The first recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas, for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 
0201 and 0202 and subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature, 
the Community has undertaken in the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade (GATT) to open an annual tariff quota attracting duty of 20 % the quantity of 
which, expressed in weight of product, is fixed at 29 800 tonnes; whereas, under the terms 
of an agreement signed with Argentina pursuant to Article XXIV of the GATT, the quota 
has been raised to 34 300 tonnes and whereas that quota should therefore be opened for 
1988;'. 
3. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. A Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal 
falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 and subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of 
the combined nomenclature is hereby opened for 1988. 
This quota shall amount in total to 34 300 tonnes, expressed in weight of product.' 
(') OJ No C 286, 24. 10. 1987, p. 8. 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the 
administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading 
No 0202 of the combined nomenclature (1988) (') 
COM(88) 5 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the 
EEC Treaty on 14 January 1988) 
(88/C 30/10) 
The proposal for a Council Regulation as set out in Doc. COM(87) 464 final is hereby 
amended as follows: 
1. The title is replaced by the following: 
'Proposal amending a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the 
administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading 
No 0202 and subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988)'. 
(') OJ No C 286, 24. 10. 1987, p. 9. 
4.2.88 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 30/11 
2. The first recital is replaced by the following: 
'Whereas, for frozen beef and veal, falling within heading No 0202 and subheading 
0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature, the Community has undertaken, within the 
framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAIT), to open an annual 
Community tariff quota attracting duty of 20 %, the amount of which expressed in boneless 
meat is fixed at 50 000 tonnes; whereas, under the terms of an agreement with Argentina 
pursuant to Article XXIV of the GATT, the quota has been raised to 53 000 tonnes; 
whereas that quota should accordingly be opened for 1988;'. 
3. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading No 0202 
and subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature of a total of 53 000 tonnes 
expressed in terms of boneless meat is hereby opened for 1988.' 
4. Article 2 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 2 
The quota amount of 53 000 tonnes shall be subdivided into two parts, one totalling 36 500 
tonnes and the other 16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows: 
Member State 
Benelux 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
Spain 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Portugal 
United Kingdom For the part totalling 
36 500 tonnes 
3 369 
340 
7 698 
997 
1 036 
5 599 
292 
7 322 
543 
9 304 For the part totalling 
16 500 tonnes 
1 523 
153 
3 480 
450 
469 
2 531 
132 
3310 
246 
4 206' 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, for 1988, a special unilateral tariff quota for 
imported high-quality beef and veal falling within heading No 0201 and subheading 0206 1095 
of the combined nomenclature 
COM(88) 5 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1988) 
(88/C 30/11) 
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 Agreement on the conclusion of the 
negotiations held with Argentina pursuant to Article XXIV (6) of the GATT following the accession of Spain 
and Portugal provides for a unilateral concession under 
which 1 000 tonnes of fresh high-quality beef and veal 
falling within heading No 0201 and subheading 
0206 10 95 of the combined nomenclature may be 
imported in 1987/88 at a rate of duty of 20 %, thus 
covering the period between the initialling of the 
Agreement and its entry into force in the Community; 
Whereas there should be a guarantee of, inter alia, equal 
and continuing access for all interested importers in the 
Community to the said tariff quota and of uninterrupted 
application of the rate laid down for that quota to all