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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading
02.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff (1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
].During theGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean Economic
Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota of
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50,000 tonnes offrozen beef andveal ,expressed asboned orboneless
meat ,falling withijn subheading 02,01 AIIb)oftheCommon Customs
iTariff at20^5duty ,Compensatory amounts introduced inconnection
with fluctuations inexchange rates are tobelevied onJ6500tonnes
ofthis ,quota , _ . •
2.Consequently ,tomeet theCommunity 'sobligations ,aregulation
should beabopted before 1January 1982 ontheopening ,allocation and
administration oftheCommunity tariffs quota inquestion .
\
Inthis connection ,itshould bementioned that ,asaresult ofthe
possibility toapply thesystem ofmonetary compensatory amounts toavo--
luwe of16500tonnes ,theCommission hasbeen led initsproposal tosplit
thetotal quota volume of50000tonnes into twoparts ,oneof33500tonnes
and theother of.26500 tonnes ,tobeallocated separately among all the
Member States #including Greece ,which ,under Article 64oftheActofAc™
cession ,isrequired toapply theCommun Customs Tariff duty inrespect ofthis
meat from 1January 1981 .
3.Itshould benoted ,with -regard tothis allocation ,that inrecent years
almost allimports offrozen beef andveal into theCommunity ofNine have been '
effected under special arrangements (e=g.GATT quota ,linket-sales system ,ACPpre­
ferential arrangements andbalance ofmeat processing ).Itistherefore pos­
sible that these figures arenotrepresentative ofthetrend ofimports and re­
quirements ineach oftheMember States .Furthermore ,theeconomic prospects
forthequota year inquestion cannot beassessed sufficiently accurately .In
addition ,thearrangements fortheimportation offrozen beef applied by
Greece inrecent years differed appreciably from those inforce intheCommunity .
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ofMine,sothatthefiguresavailablefor
withthoseofeachoftheMemberStatesofthiscountrycannotbe
theCommunityofNine.compared
Finally,itshouldbeemphasizedthatinordertotakeaccountofthe
quantities importedbyGreecewhichserveasareferencepointforthe
currentnegotiations onimplementing theGATTRules,itisadvisableto
modifytheinitialpercentage shareofGreecebycomparison withits
percentage sharein1981.
ForthesereasonstheCommission proposesfor1982tomodifytheallocation
tableusedin1981withaviewtoincreasingtheGreekpercentageto6%;
Irelandisallocated 0.01%inordertopreservetheCommunitycharacterof
thequota.
4.Inviewoftherelatively ,highleveloftheCommunitytariffquota
openedinitiallyinrelationtoimportrequirements andtakingaccount
ofthedifficulty ofevaluating withanyprecisiontheeconomicprospects
forthequotayear,theCommissionbelievesthatitwouldruncontraryto
theCommunitynatureofthequotatoallocatethetariffvolumesindefi­
nitivesharestotheMemberStates.Forthisreason>theproposalannexed
heretoprovidesforthecreationofCommunityreserveswhich,evenifthey
arelimitedto10%ofeachofthequotavolumes,willassistinensuring
equalaccessforallimporters andinavoiding asituation wherecustoms
preference isnolongerappliedinoneormoreMemberStateswhileitis
stillappliedinothers.

Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forfrozen beef andveal
falling within subheading 02.01 AIIb)of'the
Common Customs Tariff (1982 ^
THECOUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 113and43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas inthecourse oftheGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean
Economic Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota at20%
duty inrespect of50000tonnes offrozen beef andveal ,falling within subheading
02.01 AIIb>andexpressed asboned orboneless meat ,ofwhich 16500tonnes may
besubjected totheapplication ofcompensatory amounts introduced because ofthe .
•fluctuations inexchange rates ;whereas theCommunity tariff quota inquestion must
therefore beopened on1January .1982,"thetotal quota volume of50000tonnes being
divided into twoparts ,according tothetariff arrangements whichmaybeapplicable ;
Whereas ,under Article 64of-theActofAccession dfGreece ,thatcountry shall bereqired,for
theproduct inquestion ,toapply theCommon Customs Tariff duty infull from
1January 1981 ;whereas ,therefore ,quantities required to.be imported bythat Member
State fromnon-member countries should becovered bythetariff quota in .question
fortheduration ofthequota period ;
%
Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota should beensured forall
Community importfrsand therateofduty forthetariff quota should beapplied uninter­
ruptedly inallMember States toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until
thequota isexhausted ;whereas inthelight ofthese principles ,arrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota based onanallocation among
theMember Scates would seem tobeconsistent with theCommunity nature ofthe
quota ;whereas ,inorder that itmaycorrespond asclosely aspossible totheactual
trend ofthemarket intheproduct inquestion ,thequota should beallocated inpro­
portion totherequirements oftheMember States ascalculated inproportion tothe
requirements oftheMember States ascalculated byreference tostatistics ofimports
fromthird countries during arepresentative period andtoeconomic prospects for
thequota period inquestion ;

Whereas,overtheUstthreeyearsforwhichfullst«tiaticBareavailable,
almostallimportsofbeefandvealfromnon-membercountriesintotheCom­
munityofNinehavebeeneffectedunderspecialarrangements;whereasduring
thisperiodimportsintoGreecewereeffectedundercompletelydifferentar-'
rangementsfromtho^eapplicableintheCommunity;whereastheeconomicdata
thusobtainedcannotbeusedforthepurposesofcomparisonand.maytherefore
notberepresentative ofthetrendofimportsintoeachoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,inthelightofthesefactorsandgiventhatitisdifficulttoesti­
matetheMemberStates'importrequirementsin1982,inordertoapportionthe
tariffquotaequitablyandtosafeguard-itsCommunitynature,theinitialpercentage
sharesofeachoftheMemberStatesshouldbefixedatthefollowinglevels:
Bénélux ...9,52
Denmark 0,47
Germany •17,97
Greece -6,00
France 9,98
Ireland "0,01'.
Italy :27,93
UnitedKingdom 28,12
»vherefis,kotakaaccountoffuturetivm&3ofImportsoftheproductunder
consideration intothevariousMemberStates, quo-la,volumesshouldb«*
dividedintp"twotranches,thofirstbotngallocatod arson/*"thoKojjfbor
"'* . 'St.v'lw thosecond CLi*03GTVOtobeusedsubseou^nt' vtocoverthe
requirement uofMccfoorStatos,shouldtheyoxlmusttheir-initial .sharos;
wheroad,togivoimportoraiyi-eachMemberSt&tosomado^r-ooof-;
cortainty,tho£ircttranohoof"'each'quota;-voluKie'-shouldinthisinstancebe
fixedatapproximately 90%ofitsfullamount-

Whcrcaa Ilombor Statos»r;uiy c:chaunt thoii -irii-yial bhs&oa atdifforcnt
rivtoo ;whoroaa toavoid ,dierupt ioiiofsupplies on -this account i*t
'stipulated " * , ,should "be . that anyKomhor Stato uhiohhasalmost "used up*ono
ofi"'-cinitial eharos should -draw anadditional charo froa tho
appi-opri.vto 'rocjorve ;'whereas oach tirho itsadditional shuro icalwost -
cxhauotod aJlomhcr.' Str.to ahould draw afurthor oho.ro ,aiid .tioon&o
many tiraooaathoresorvo alloxra ;vrhoroao thoinitial and -cdditoncl
• • ;
chcu-os should tovalid' until tho ondofthoquota period ;yrhoroao this
form ofadministration rcquiroo olood'-jcolla'boration "botwoon tho j'c.T.oor
S-atca ar.dthoCommission' ,andtho Coramissioii must "boinapooitior .
volumes , .
•toIcocp .account ofthooxtont to'wixohthoquota/havo ooon*usOd up
and .inform tho -Womber States accordingly ; . . - '
'4' I ■*Who1-aasifata£ivan dato inthoquota period aoonaidorahlo quantity
ofai'lomhor Stato'a initial sharp remains unuaod ,itlecosontial ,••
toprovont apart ofthotariff quota from remaining unused inono '
I-Icmhor Stato while itcould "bounod in 'other ?,that ouoh S'i.vtoohould
return aoi/piificant proportion thoroof tothoappropriat o.rQoorvd ;
the
.Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium .,theKingdom of/Netherlands
and theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly
represented bythe .Benelux Economic Union ,any transaction inre­
spect' oftheadministration oftheshare allocated tothat Economic
Union may becarried outbyanyone of'itsmembers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION

Article 1
1.There ishereby opened inrespect oftheperiod 1January to
31December 1982aCommunity tariff quota of50000 tonnes 4offro­
zenbeef andveal ,expressed asboned orboneless meat ,falling
within subheading 02.01 AIIb)oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
For thepurpose ofcharging imports against this quota ,100kilo­
grammes ofunboned (bone-in )meat shall betaken tobeequivalent to
77kilogrammes ofboned orboneless meat .
2.Imports ofthese goods which have been ,admitted under
arrangementsother preferential tariff / shall notbesetoffagainst
this tariff quota . * .•
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3.TheCommon Customs Tariff duty "for this quota shall be20%.
Article 2
1.Thequantity of'50000to.nnos referred toinArticle 1(1)sKall
bedivided into twoparts ,oneof33500tonnes ,theother ,of16500'
tonnes .Each oneofthose parts shall besubdivided into twotranches ..
2-The .first tranches of30150;tonnes and14850 "'tonnes respective Ly
shall beallocated asfollows -among theMember States ,theshares bsing
valid from 1January until 31December ">982subject totite'provisions of
Article 5: j "• ■■

Oftht 33500 tonn«8 fifth#16 500 tonnes
Bénélux -
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom2.870 tonnes
142 .tonnes
'5.418 tonnes
.1.809 tonnes
.3.009 'tonnes
3tonnes
8.421 tonnes
8.478 tonnes
30150 tonnes.1.414
'70
2.669
;891
1.482
1
4.148
4.175tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonne
tonnes
tonnes
14850 tonnes
Thosecond -tranches .of3350 <"and 1650 .tonnes \/respectively Ghall
constitute ,"fehorosorves * . ; •.' •^ • ..•.
«. » i .• •.«. i .
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' • ' ■ ' ■Article 3 ,.V •. '■■ •
• x *. ' v '
x.Aocoon &gaKomtor Stato hasused ormoro ofonoofitainitial
eh<vros asfixed inArticle 2(2),orofthat*©haro nSinuo .any*'portion
roturncd totheappropriate reoorvo pursuant tothoprovisions of ,
Article 5,itshall Forthwith ,"bynotifying tho "Commission ,draw a.oocond
ohard ,tothoextent towhich theappropriate reserve sopermits ,equal to }
10#ofit3initial share rounded up,Ifnecessary ,tothe'naxt whole nqmber
2.Aasoon aoa?Kember Gtato ,having c:shax\ato& onaofits "
initial' ehaxes ,haouced 90%orinoreoftho'oocond sh&ro drav /nToy-
that UarSoor Stat© chall forthwith »Inthomanner and totho' extent laid
'down ,in hlfdraw &third f;ha^o 'ecru&l to$$ofitsinitial -
ohaxo » . ' •■.; :..*/' •.
3.Assoon asaMember State ,hav.inq exhausted oneofitssecond shares ,
hasused 90%ormore ofthethird share drawn byit,that Member State shall ,
inthemanner andtotheextent described above ,draw afourth ,share equal tothe
third .
This process shall continue until each reserve isexhausted .

4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemaydrawshares
Lowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberStateapplyingthe
provisionsofthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofitsgrounds
forsodoing.
'Art3ciòA" ^
SachofthoadditionalchoreadrawnpursuanttotheprovisionsofArtioio3
ohc»ll"bovalidtmtil31Decembor198'2.
• _ .
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Article5" •'.
ThoMer.iberStatccshallratirrntothorcGor/o,not1'atorth^A1Octobor1982,
theUJIUGOAportion ,oftheirinitio!shareswhicVon15Soptorriber 1982,"isin
excessof20L/>oftheinitialamount*"Theyreturnacreatorpor-tionif
therenro^Troundnfor"boliovin,~that*l;uchportionmaynot"bo"usedin
Φ
"MemberSta/bosglmll,notlator "than'1Octonor1982,notifyvhoCorrj.acGzon
ofthe ,7u.raititiosofthoproduct -iaiosuoctlonimporteduptoand
incl\id.i.ji315September1982andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandof
anyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothoappropriatereserve.
Art!clG6
■ -•
ThaCorruirr.icnchallkeep.maccountofthocharonopened"bythoUcmbor
Stagespur^raanvtothaprovisionscfArticloo2and3andahall7ar;coon
aotheinformation reachesitriiiforaseacfrStateat"thoextenttowhich
•• '
rooorvos-fcav© beeausodtq>».k

It£,ha\"l notlater "than 5Octrobe'r 1982 ,inform t>oMepbor States °ithe .
/ 1 *
amounts still inrosorvo followi nganyrotum ofoilor03pursuant to
Arti cis5* \. '•' ••.•! • ; -, •
Itsha.Il ensure that whon a\irjsi^int exhausting arasorvo i'cdrawn theamount
r.odrawn does notexceed the "balance available -,:andtothis end 5hall ..
notify thoamount ofthat "balanoo tothaMember Stat© making tholast
•drawing' .. • ' ' ' ' . '•
■ v' 'Artide' 7 •-, •.
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1. J3voryITcnfoer State shall take allappropriate moauurce toonsuro -that
additional ohoroo drawn pursuant toArticle 3ar©opened insuch awaythai
imports ir.ay "bochargod without interruption again otito .aocurcujated
.chare ooftheCommunity quota ,•, :
2.' Itshall encure that allpersons concerned established
initoterritory havo frea .aocoao "totho eharocs allocated toiW ''
• - •
•' · · ' *'·.*' * · I ♦ ·*
3. ■Tho o:v.tcr.t towhioli aMcmbor State hasUood "upitsoharea shall "bo
• » t ' , '•
dotor-avinod "hy'yofofcaoo tothoimports ofthoproduct inqueoticn ,■
entered with ,tho customs s&ithoritioB .for .free circulation .
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„, ,* 1.'*• * . 1 ' • " •
» , 1 *-I '*
' "Article 0 ■*. '
* ' . •
Oilreceipt ofarogueot from thoOoiunisnion ,thaMember States shall
notify itoftheimports effectively .charged egainst their shares .
*• 'I ••
.' > Articl'o._9f 11111 1 1 1fr
,, •.•
t , ••• .
ThoMemoorStates ,andthoComraicoion shall .cooperate oloosly to ,ensure
that this Regulation is -ooaiplied •

Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCounciI
ThePresident