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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)312 final
Brussels,28June1978
Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)/78
ontheconclusionofanAgreementintheformofaCommunitytariff
quotainfavourofMaltaforcertainpreparedorpreservedbovine
meatfallingwithinsubheading ex16.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff
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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
1. Article 7oftheAdditional Protocol totheAgreement establishing
anassociation between theEuropean Economic Community andMalta ,which was
signed on27October 1977 ,stipulates that forpreserved meat falling within
tariff subheading ex16.02 theCommunity shall open ,fortheperiod 1July
1977 to30June 1978 ,aCommunity tariff quota free ofcustoms duties of *
thevolume of6,50tonnes .Aderogation from the rules oforigin inAnnex II
totheOrigin Protocol isgranted inrespect ofthe same product until .
30June 1978 . ' •
•>
2. Innotes Verbales of16and 26May 1978 totheCommission ,the
Government ofMalta requested anextension ofthese provisions until 30"June
1979 .. . . '
3. TneCommission considers that inorder totake ,account ofMatla 's
special situation ,newarrangements should bemade initsfavour inaspect
oftheproduct inquestion ,fortheperiod from 1July 1978 to30June 1979
intheform ofatariff preference of80%from 1July to31December 1978
and60%from 1January to30June 1979 ,within thelimit ofaCommunity
(1)tariff quota of650tonnes
4. TheCommission submits totheCouncil herewith aproposal for aregu­
lation concluding anexchange ofletters tothat effect ,and aproposal for
aregulation opening theabove-mentioned Community tariff quota .The -Council
isrequested totake adecision assoon aspossible ,inorder that the
regulations canenter into force inJuly .;
(1)Asregard thequestion'of origin rules ,Maltese producers arenowable
toobtain rawmaterial supplies ontheCommunity Market .

.Regulation for a
Council Regulation (EEC ) /78
ontheconclusion ofanAgreement inthe form of
anexchange ofletters ontheopening ofa
Community tariff quota 'infavour ofMalta forcertain prepared
orpreserved bovine meat falling within subheading
ex16.02 ofthe Common Customs Tariff –<■
( ;
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Λ / *
" • I -
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof .
V I
Having regard ,tothe recommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas itisnecessary toestablish preferential arrangements forimports
into theCommunity ofcertain prepared bovine meat originating ^inMalta ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
I
Article 1
TheAgreement intheform ofanexchange ofletters ontheopening of
aCommunity tariff quota infavour ofMalta forcertain prepared orpreserved
bovine meat falling within subheading ex16.02 oftheCommon Customs tariff
hereby approved onbehalf oftheCommunity .
Thetext oftheAgreement isannexed tothisRegulation .

2.
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate
theperson empowered tosign theAgreement inorder tobind theCommunity .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
V • '
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety *
and directly applicable inallMember States .
-4 -
Done at
For the Council
The President

Agreementintheformofanexchange
oflettersontheopeningofa
Communitytariffquotainfavourof
Maltaforcertainpreparedorpreservedbovinemeat
falling .withinsubheading ex16.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff
LetterN°1.■ .-.
Sir-
Ihavethehonourto,refertoArticle7oftheAdditional protocol
\ • -\
totheAgreementestablishing anassociation betweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andMalta,concerning arrangements fortheimportation intothe
Communityofpreserved meat,whichexpireon30June1978,*andtotheMaltese
Government'srequestdated26May1978fortheextensionofthesearrangements
fortheseproductsuntil30June1979.
IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityiswillingto.
openaCommunitytariffquotaof650tonnesforcertainpreparedorpreserved
bovinemeatfallirrgwithinsubheading ex16.02BIIIb)1bb)oftheCommon
Customstariff,originating inMalta,fortheperiodfromthecompletionof
theprocedureforbringingthisAgreementintoforceuntil30June1979.
CustomsdutiesonimportsoftheseproductsintotheCommunitywillbe
reducedby80%fromthesamedateuntil31December1978;theywillbereduced
by60%from1January1979to30June1979.
IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldinformmeofyourGovernment's
agreementtothecontentsofthisletter.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
**• i
OnbehalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities

LetterN°2
Sir-
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledge yourLetteroftoday'sdatein .j
whichyouinformmeasfollows:
.IhavethehonourtorefertoArticle7oftheAdditionalprotocol !
totheAgreementestablishing anassociation betweentheEuropeanEconomic i
CommunityandMalta,concerning arrangements fortheimportation intothe
Communityofpreservedmeat>whichexpireon,30June1978,andtotheMaltese'•
Government'srequestdated26May1978fortheextensionofthesearrangements
fortheseproductsuntil30June1979.----- ».
vIhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityiswillingto..|
openaCommunitytariffquotaof650tonnesforcertainpreparedorpreserved
bovinemeatfalling'with\rrsubheading ex16.02BIIIb)^bb)oftheCommon
Customstariff,originating inMalta,fortheperiodfromthecompletionofthe
DrocedureforbringingthisAgreementintoforceuntil30June1979.Customs
dutiesonimportsoftheseproductsintotheCommunitywillbereducedby80%
fromthesamedateuntil31December1978;theywillbereducedby60%from•
1January1979'to30June1979. '
IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldinformmeofyourGovernment's
agreementtothecontentsofthisletter.
IhavethehonourtoadviseyouofmyGovernment'sagreementtothe
contentsoftheaboveletter.
Pleaseaccept.Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheGovernment ofMalta.

ProposaLfora
COUNCILRÉGÜLATÍON (EEC)NO.../78
Of■■!■>«>
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertainpreparedorpreservedbovinemeatfallingwithinheadingNoex16.02ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta(1978179)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
'peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
•Article 113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementintheformofan
exchangeoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunity andMaltalaysdownthattheCom­
munityistoopenaCommunitytariffquotaof
650tonnesatreduceddutyratesforcertain
preparedandpreservedbovinemeat,originating
inM^lta,fallingwithin-subheading -e)t-16.02B
HIb)Ibb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff;where
asthetariffpreference inquestionistoapply
fromthedateofentryintoforceoftheRegu­
lationbringingthesaidAgreementintoeffect
until30June1979;•berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabovethe
Communitynatureofthequotamightberespected
bymeansofasystemofuseoftheCommunitytariff
quotabasedonallocationamongtheMemberStates;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
stateofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,allo­
cationshouldbeproportionate totherequirements
oftheMemberStatesascalculatedfrombothstatis­
ticsonimportsfromMaltaduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthe
tariffperiodinquestion;
whereastherulesoforiginilaiddowninthePro­
tocolconcerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'ori­
ginatingproducts'andmethodsofadministrative
cooperationannexedtotheProtocollayingdown
certainprovisionsrelatingtotheAgreementestab­
lishinganassociationbetweentheEuropeanEcon­
omicCommunityandMalta(I);areapplicable;
whereasconsequently aCommunitytariff
quotaof650tonnesshouldbeopenedfor
theDeriodinquestion;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned
quotaforallCommunityimportersanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMem-Wherea*theCommunitystatisticsavailableprovide
noinformationonthesituationoftheproductsin
"questiononMember-States' markets;whereashow­
everitmaybetakenthatthoseproductsaremarket­
edalmostexclusivelyinoneMemberState;whereas
consequently ,toensureafairallocationofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates,eachMember
Stateshouldtakeasignificantpartofthequota
volume,makingdueallowanceforthesituation
referredtoabove:
Whereas,totakeaccountofthedevelopmentofim­
portsintothevariousMemberStatesoftheproducts
concerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coverthesubsequentrequirementsofthoseMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas
togiveeach•MemberState'simporterssomedegree
ofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunity
quotamightbefixedatapproximately 90%ofthe
quotavolume;
(1)0JNoL111-28.4.1976/p:3.WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatvaryingspeeds;whereasaccordinglyto
avoidanydiscontinuityanyMemberStatewhichhas
qlmostusedupitsinitialsharemusttakeanad­
ditionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofitsad­
ditionalsharesisalmostusedupandasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandad­
ditionalsharesmustapplyuntiltheendofthequota

period;whereasthisformofadministrationrequires
closecollaborationbetweentheMemberStatesand
theCommissionand-theCommissionmustbeable
tomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverina
MemberStateitisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportionto
thereservetopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsand.the-GrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateco­
nomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 ':
and
1.From1•••'until30June1979theCom­
monCustomsTariffdutyontheproductsindicated^o■nbelow,originatinginMalta,shallbereducedtotheLevelgiven
belowinrespectofaCommunitytariffquotaof
650tonnes: CustomsTariffdutiesapplicable
'•'t fortheperiod
from 1978,from1,1.1979until31.12.1978 until30.6.1979CCT
heading Description
No
16.02Otherpreparedor'preservedmeator
meatoffal:
B.Other:
III.Other: -
b)Other:
1.Containingbovinemeator
offal:
bb)Other5.2%10.4%
definition
2.TheProtocolconcerningthe^oftheconceptoorigmaing
products'andmethodsofadministrativecooperationannexedtotheProtocol
layingdowncertainprovisionsrelating.totheAgreementestablishingan
associationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandMaltaisapplicable.

Article2
:600•
1.Afirstinstalmentof/tonnesoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeal­
locatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shareswhichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
30June1979shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux 5tonnes,
Denmark 5tonnes,
.Germany 5tonnes,
France 5tonnes,
/Ireland 5tonnes,
Italy 5tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 570tonnes.
2.AThesecondinstalmentof50tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.■
Article3
1.If90%orftioreoftheinitialshareofaMem­
berState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),orofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserveif
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,takeasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
shareroundeduptothenextunit,insofarasthere­
servepermits.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted90%
ormoreofthesecondsharetakenbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallinaccordance
-withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1takea
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialsharerounded
uptothenextunit.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted
90%ormoreofthethirdsharetakenbyaMember

Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
sameway,takeafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmaytakesharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinformthe
Commissionofthereasonswhichledthemtoapply
thisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharestakenpursuanttoArticle3shall
applyuntil30June1979B
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan1May1979theunusedportionoftheirin­
itialshareswhichon15April197')isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreat­
eramountiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
amountmaynotbeusedup.
0
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionnot
laterthan1May1979ofthetotalimportsofthe
productsinquestioneffectedupto15April1979in­
clusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
andofanyportionof.theirinitialshareswhichthey
arereturningtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthequota
sharesopenedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .TheCommissionshallnotifyMemberStatesnotlater
than5May1979oftheamountinthereserveafter
thereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanysharetaken
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichtakesthe
lastshare.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
takenoutpursuanttoArticle3itispossiblefor
quantitiestobecharged,withoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
ίί
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof"the
importsoriginatinginMaltaenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
4 t
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tionisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforce^heSarr.e
day__as.CounciLRegulation (EEC)No
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident