No C 277/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.10.84 
Common Customs Tariff, totalling 50 000 tonnes 
expressed as boned or boneless meat, is hereby 
opened for 1985. 
For the purpose of charging imports against this 
quota, 100 kilograms of unboned meat shall be taken 
to be equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned or boneless 
meat. 
2. Imports of those goods which have been 
admitted under the benefit of another preferential 
tariff regime shall not be set off against this tariff 
quota. 
3. The Common Customs Tariff duty for this 
quota shall be 20 %. 
Article 2 
The quantity of 50 000 tonnes shall be divided into 
two parts, one totalling 33 500 tonnes and the other 
16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows: 
Benelux 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
United Kingdom For the part 
totalling 
33 500 tonnes 
3 189 
157 
6 020 
1 710 
3 343 
3 
9 658 
9 420 For the part 
totalling 
16 500 tonnes 
1 571 
78 
2 965 
840 
1 647 
2 
4 757 
4 640 
Article 3 
1. The Member States shall take all appropriate 
steps to guarantee all persons concerned, established 
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, within their territories, free access to the quota shares 
allocated to them. 
2. The extent to which the shares of the Member 
States have been used up shall be verified on the basis 
of imports as the product is presented for customs 
clearance under the declaration for free circulation. 
Article 4 
The Member States shall regularly inform the 
Commission of imports which have been charged 
against their shares. 
Article 5 
The Member States and the Commission shall 
cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is 
complied with. 
Article 6 
The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1985, 
submit to the Council a report on the quantities for 
which licences have been delivered in each Member 
State. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall where appro­
priate, re-allocate the amounts which have not been 
used up. 
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 
1985. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to 
open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of 
duty of 20 % for a quantity, expressed in product 
weight, fixed at 29 800 tonnes of high-quality, fresh, 
chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within sub­
headings 02.01 A II a) and b) of the Common 
Customs Tariff; Proposal for a Council Regulation opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality, 
fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) and b) of 
the Common Customs Tariff 
(COM(84) 527final) 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 September 1984) 
(84/C 277/07) 
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Whereas there should be a guarantee of equal and 
continuing access by all interested operators within 
the Community to the said quota and of 
uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for 
that quota, to all imports of the products in question, 
in all the Member States, up to the limit of the 
volume of the quota; whereas it seems appropriate, to 
this end, to set up a system of use of the Community 
tariff quota, based on the presentation of a certificate 
of authenticity guaranteeing the nature of the 
products, where they are imported from and their 
origin; 
Whereas the detailed rules to implement these 
provisions should be drawn up in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 805/68 of 17 June 1968 on the 
common organization of the market in beef and 
veal ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of 
Greece. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article I 
1. A Community tariff quota for high-quality, 
fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within 
O OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to 
open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of subheadings 02.01 A II a) and b) of the Common 
Customs Tariff shall be opened for 1985. 
The total volume of this quota shall be 29 800 tonnes, 
expressed in product weight. 
2. Under this quota the applicable duty of the 
Common Customs Tariff shall be fixed at 20 %. 
Article 2 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 805/68, and in particular: 
(a) provisions to guarantee the nature of the 
products, where they are coming from and their 
origin; 
(b) provisions concerning recognition of the 
document to enable verification of the guarantee 
provided for in (a). 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 
1985. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
duty of 20 % for 2 250 tonnes of frozen buffalo meat 
falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 of 
the Common Customs Tariff; 
Whereas there should be a guarantee of equal and 
continuing access by all interested traders within the 
Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted 
application of the rate laid down for that quota, to all 
imports of the product in question, in all the Member 
States, up to the limit of the volume of the quota; 
whereas it seems appropriate, to this end, to set up a 
system of use of the Community tariff quota, based 
on the presentation of a certificate of authenticity 
guaranteeing the nature of the product, where it is 
imported from and its origin; 
Whereas the detailed rules to implement these 
provisions should be drawn up in accordance with the Proposal for a Council Regulation opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo 
meat falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 of the Common Customs Tariff 
(COM(84) 527final) 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 September 1984) 
(84/C 277/08)