COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(92) 221 final 
Brussels, 25 May 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
on the arrangements applicable to the importation into 
the Community of sheepmeat and goatmeat products originating 
in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia 
and the Yugoslav Republics of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
In 1981 the Community concluded a voluntary restraint Agreement with the 
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade in live animals and 
sheepmeat and goatmeat. 
The normal and balanced administration of the Agreement has proved to be 
impossible on account of the changes which have taken place since 1991 in 
that Republic and the creation of new Republics. 
In order to maintain a pattern of trade to the Community which has 
traditionally existed, the Commission is proposing to suspend the system of 
administering the Agreement and to provide temporarily for its exclusive 
administration by the Community. 
The attached proposal for a Regulation has as its subject matter such 
measures. 
The proposal has no consequences for small and medium-sized undertakings. 
proposal for GL ~} 
Council Regulation (EEC) No ... JS 
on the arrangements applicable to the importation into 
the Community of sheepmeat and goatmeat products originating 
in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia 
and the Yugoslav Republics of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 113 thereof 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the normal and balanced administration of the 1981 Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic 
of Yugoslavia on trade in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector, which entered 
into force on 1 January 1981t1), as adjusted by the 1990 Agreement which 
entered into force on 1 January 1989^), has proved to be impossible on 
account of the changes which have taken place since 1991 in that Republic; 
whereas the creation of new Republics, some of which are recognized by the 
Community, represents a profound change in the conditions under which the 
said Agreement has been administered until now; 
Whereas, in order to avoid a disruption of the pattern of trade which has 
traditionally existed under the said Agreement, it would be appropriate, 
while maintaining the substance of the Agreement, to suspend its system of 
administration and provide, on a temporary basis, for the exclusive 
administration of the agreed arrangements by the Community; whereas in 
this respect the issue of an import licence should no longer be conditional 
on the submission of a Yugoslav export licence and steps should be taken to 
ensure the fair distribution of the quantities agreed among the various 
Republics; 
(1) OJ No L 137, 23.5.1981, p. 29. 
(2) OJ No L 95, 12.4.1990, p. 1. 
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Whereas, in order to ensure this fair distribution of imports among the 
Republics in question, rules should be laid down for checking the origin of 
the products imported; 
Whereas this Regulation is without prejudice to Council Directive 
72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems 
upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third 
countries^2), as last amended by Directive 89/227/EEC(3), 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The administration of the import arrangements laid down in points 9 and 10 
of the 1981 Agreement between the European Economic Community and the 
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade in the sheepmeat and 
goatmeat sector and in points 2 and 3 of the 1990 adjustment Agreement is 
hereby suspended and replaced by the following arrangements. 
Article 2 
1. In order to comply with the Agreement referred to in Article 1 and in 
particular the quantities specified therein, the importation of any of 
the products specified in the Agreement shall be conditional on the 
submission of an import licence as provided for in Article 15 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89(4). The issue of such licence shall be 
conditional on the provision of a security as a guarantee that 
importation will be effected during the period of validity of the 
licence. The security shall be wholly or partially forfeit if the 
operation is not carried out, or is only partially carried out, within 
this time limit. 
(2) OJ No L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. 
(3) OJ No L 93, 6. 4.1989, p. 25. 
(4) OJ No L 289, 7.10.1989, p. 1. 
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2. Applications for an import licence shall be accompanied by a document 
setting out the name of the Republic in which the products concerned 
originate. 
3. On the issue of import licences for the products referred to in the 1981 
Agreement, care must be taken to ensure a fair distribution of the 
licences among the various Republics with particular attention being 
devoted to the distribution of production among those Republics. 
Article 3 
1. Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted 
by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
30 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89. 
2. The detailed rules shall concern in particular: 
(a) the issue of import licences on the basis of the criterion referred 
to in Article 2(3) and, where necessary, the adoption of rules on 
the origin of the products concerned; 
(b) the suspension for the remainder of the year of imports originating 
in the various Republics if during that period: 
- the imports originating in the various Republics exceed the 
quantities referred to in the 1981 Agreement, or 
- the individual imports from one of those Republics exceed 
the quantities arising from the fair distribution referred 
to in Article 2(3) of this Regulation; 
(c) the monitoring, on the basis of the monthly price average, of the 
prices at which lamb carcases and live animals originating in the 
Republics referred to in this Regulation are imported; 
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(d) the determination of the measures to be taken, if necessary, in 
cases where a drop in the prices for lamb carcases and/or live 
animals imported from the Republics is observed in a Member State 
and is indicative of a problem; 
(e) the temporary measures necessary to facilitate the introduction of 
the import arrangements provided for in this Regulation. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at 
For the Council 
The President 
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