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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 346  final 
Brussels,  10 June 1983 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
concerning  the import system  applicable  to certain non-member  countries 
in the sheepmeat  and goatmeat  sector during  the first quarter  of 1984 
(submitted  to the  Council by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 346  final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
1. Pursuant  to Regulation  (EEC) No 1837/80 on the  common  organization 
of the market in sheepmeat  and goatmeat  voluntary  restraint  agreements 
have been  concluded with  the following  non-member  countries  : 
Argentina,  Australia,  Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,  Hungary, 
Iceland,  New Zealand, Poland,  Romania, Uruguay  and Yugoslavia.  These 
agreements  will remain  in force at least  until 31 March 1984. 
2. There are a  small number  of non-member  countries exporting products 
in this sector  which have  not yet  been able to give a voluntary 
restraint  undertaking  ; however,  it is desirable that they should  be 
allowed to export certain quantities  of these products  to the  Community, 
up to 31 March 1984, on  terms similar  to those accorded  to the 
non-member  countries referred  to under 1 above. 
For the rest of 1984 new  provisions  will have to be  adopted,  if 
necessary,  in the  light of amendments  with effect  from 1 April 1984 
to Article  34 of the  basic Regulation  as regards trade with  non-member 
countries  in the  sector in question. 
3. The purpose  of the  proposal  by the  Commission  is accordingly  to limit 
the amount  of the  levy collected  and the  issue of import licences 
for certain products  in the  sheepmeat  and goatmeat  sector  from non-member 
countries  other than those referred  to under 1 above. The main countries 
concerned  are Chile and Spain. 
(1) Regulation  (EEC) No 1837/80, 0J No L 183 of 1980. 

Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
concerning the import  system  applicable to  certain  non-member  countries in 
the sheepmeat  and goatmeat  sector during the  first quarter of 1984 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the  European  Parliament, 
Whereas  Council Regulation (EEC) No  1837/80  of 27 June 1980 on the  common 
organization  of the  market  in sheepmeat  and goatmeat , as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No  1195/82  , established a  system  of trade with 
non-member  countries in  this sector ;  whereas  this system  includes the 
collection  of an import levy ; 
Whereas  the Community  has concluded voluntary  restraint  agreements  with the 
great majority of the  non-member  countries exporting  sheepmeat  and goatmeat 
products ;  whereas  under Article  34 of the  above-mentioned  Regulation the 
Council  may, before 1  April 1984, make amendments  to the various  systems 
applying  to the  market  in the products in question ; 
Whereas,  pending  the conclusion of  agreements  with other  non-member  countries 
which traditionally  export to the  Community  and pending  amendments  to the 
existing  voluntary  restraint  agreements,  the collection  of the levy and the 
issue of import  licences  in respect of  certain  products  from these countries 
should be  limited  during the  first quarter of 1984 ; 
Whereas  imports  into the Member  States should be allowed,  account  being 
taken of  traditional  trade patterns. 
(1) OJ No L 183,  16.7.1980,  p. 1 
(2) OJ No L 140,  20.5.1982,  p. 22 

2. 
HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
1. The import  levy applicable  to the  following  products  shall be limited 
to a maximum of 10 % ad  volorem subject  to the  following  quantitative 
limits expressed  in tonnes of carcase equivalent  per non-member  country 
concerned  and per  category  : 
I No-member country concerned  | 
CCT heading Description and quantity  | 
No 
I Chile I | Other non- | 
Spain | member | 
|countries  (a)| 
I 01.04 I Live sheep and goats : i I I I 
I I B. Other (b) I o I 0 | 25 | 
I 02.01 I Meat and edible  offal of the 
animals  falling  within  headings 
Nos 01 .01, 01 .02, 01 .03  or 
01.04, fresh,  chilled  or frozen : 
A. Meat : 
IV. Of sheep or goats : ! ! 
I I a) Fresh  or chiiled I o I 125 | 25 | 
b) Frozen I 373 J 0 | 25 | 
(a) Excluding Argentina,  Australia,  Austria,  Bulgaria,  Czechoslovakia, 
Hungary,  Iceland,  New Zealand, Poland,  Romania,  Uruguay  and Yugoslavia. 
(b) The coefficient  to be employed  for converting  net mass  (live weight)  into 
carcase mass (carcase weight equivalent)  shall be 0.47 for products  falling 
within sub-heading  01.04 B of the  Common Customs  Tariff. 
2. Member  States may be  authorized  to issue import  licences  for the products 
referred to in  paragraph  1 up to the  limit of quantities  corresponding 
to their traditional  imports  coming from the non-member  countries  concerned. 

3. 
Article 2 
For the products  and non-member  countries  specified  in Article 1, the  import 
licences  provided  for in  Article 16 of  Regulation  (EEC) No  1837/80  shall be 
issued during the first quarter  of 1984  subject to the  quantitative  limits 
laid down in  Article 1. 
Article 3 
Detailed  rules for the  application  of this Regulation  shall be adopted  in 
accordance  with the procedure  laid down in  Article 26 of  Regulation  (EEC) 
No 1837/80. 
Article 4 
This Regulation  shall enter into force on the day of  its publication  in the 
Official  Journal  of the  European  Communities. 
It shall apply  from 1 January  1984 until the entry into force of voluntary 
restraint  agreements  with the non-member  countries  concerned  and at the  latest 
until 31 March 1984. 
This Regulation  shall be binding  in its entirety  and directly  applicable  in 
all Member  States. 
Done at For the Counci I 
The President 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
DATE J 28 March 1983 
l. BUDGÎ-T  MHS coucLTCJSD  i 100 (levies) Appropriations:  1 558.5 miLLion ECU 
2. ACTION : Draft Council Regulation  concerning  the import system  applicable  to 
certain non-member  countries  (in particular  Chile and Spain) in the  sheepmeat 
and goatmeat  sector in the  first quarter  of 1984. 
3. LEGAL BASIS : Article  43 of the  Treaty 
4. OBJECTIVES  : Lays down the  import system  applicable  to certain  non-member  countries 
in the sheepmeat  and goatmeat  sector for the  first quarter  of 1984. 
5. FINANCIAL  CCr.'SEC'JLNCE 
5.0 I'.Xi  EN DI  TURE 
-CIIARCED  TO TUB EC  BUDGET 
( RKhutiLG/iNT: ::RVr!TTi  o:.v> ) 
-CHARGED  TO NATIONAL  A DOT NI STR. 
-CHARGED  TO OTHER NATIONAL  CROUPS 
5.1 RECEIPTS 
-CaN RESOURCES  OF THE EC 
(LEVI  zs/mxmx  mzm 
-NATIONAL FOR THE MARKETING YEAR 
YEAR 
5.0.1 PLURIANNUAL FATTERN OF EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1 PLURIANNUAL PATTERN OF  RECEIPTS CURRENT PINANCIAL  YEAR 
L83J  
YEAR FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL  YEAR 
( 84 ) 
- 0.96 million ECU 1 
YEAR 
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION 
Live animals 
Meat (fresh/chilled) 
Meat (frozen) Quanti ty 
25 t 
150 t 
398 t Present 
normal 
levy 
1 090 ECU/t 
2 318 ECU/t 
1 741 ECU/t Reduced 
levy 
150 ECU/t 
220 ECU/t 
180 ECU/t Revenue  loss 
23 500 ECU 
314 700 ECU 
621 300 ECU 
959 500 ECU 
6. 
6. 
6. 
6.3 CREDITS  TO BE WRITTEN INTO FUTURE  BUDGETS  ? YES/ÎJCX 
CO/.XENTS  : 
(1) Since  this is an import system  existing  in 1983  which is being continued, 
there is no new  category  of revenue  losses involved.