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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.17November1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfrozenbeefandvealfallingwithinsubheading 02.01Alib)
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(80)719final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.During theGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean Economic
Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota of
50,000 tonnes offrozen beef andveal ,expressed asboned orboneless
meat ,falling within subheading 02,01 AIIb)oftheCommon Customs
^Tariff at20^duty ,Compensatory amounts introduced inconnection
with fluctuations inexchange rates aretobelevied onJ6500tonnes
ofthis ,quota ,
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2.Consequently ,tomeet theCommunity sobligations ,aregulation
should be-abopted before 1January 1980 ontheopening ,allocation and
administration oftheCommunity tariff quota inquestion . -
Inthis connection ,itshould bementioned .that ,asaresult ofthe
possibility ,toapply thesystem ofmonetary compensatory amounts toavo-"
iurae of16500tonnes ,theCommission hasbeen led initsproposal tosplit
thetotal quota volume of50000tonnes into twoparts ,oneof33500tonnes
and theother of16500 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 (eeg.GATT quota ,Iinket*=s_a lessystem ,-ACPp
ferential arrangements andbalance ofmeat processing ).Itistherefore pos­
sible that these figures arenotrepresentative ofthetrend ofimports andre~
quirements ineach oftheMember States .Furthermore ,theeconomic prospects v
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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ofNine ,sothat thefigures available forthis country cannot becompared
with those ofeach oftheMember States oftheCommunity ofNine .
Forthese reasons ,theCommission proposes that thebreakdown used in1980
should beretained •except forIreland ,which hasbeen allocated 0.01 %-
irtorder tomaintain the Community nature ofthequota ,andthat Greece should
begiven aquota share of3%,corresponding toitspresumed requirements .
4.Inview ofCherelatively high level oftheCommunity tariff ,quota
opened initiallv inrelation toimport requirements ,theCommission
tobelieves ,that itWould runcontrary /theCommunity nature ofthequota
toallocate thetariff Volumes indefinitive shares totheMember States#
Forthis reason ,theproposal annexed hereto provides forthe
creation ofCommunity reserves which ,even ifthey arelimited to •
107,ofeach of"thequota volume s,will assist inensuring equal
access forallimporters and *inavoiding a situation
where customs preference isnolonger applied iuonsorsnore Member
States while ,it .isstill applied inothers *
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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 (1981 )
THECOUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,'
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 113and 43thereof , , • .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion .oftheEuropean Parliament , ■t ■' ■
Whereas inthecourse oftheGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean
Economic Community undertook toopen anannual Community tariff quota at20%
duty inrespect of50000tonnes offtozen 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 .198.1 ,thetotal quota volume of50000tonnes being
^divided into twoparts according tothetariff arrangements applicable ;
Whereas ,under Article 64oftheActofAccession pfGreece ,that country shall bereqired ,for
theproduct inquestion ,toapply theCommon Customs Tariff duty infull from
1January 1981 ;whereas from that date ,therefore ,quantities required bythat Member
State from non-member countries should becovered bythetariff quota inquestion
fortheduration ofthequota period ;
Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota should beensured forall ....
Community importe -sandtherate ofduty forthetariff quota should beapplied uninter­
ruptedly inallMember States toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until
thequota isexhausted ;whereas inthelight ofthese principles ,arrangements '
fortheutilization oftheCommunity tariff qupta based onanallocation among -
theMember States would seem tobeconsistent with theCommunity nature ofthe
quota ; - ' '
whereas ,inorder that itmaycorrespond asclosely aspossible totheactual •
trend ofthemarket intheproduct inquestion ,thequota should beallocated .
. '* '
inproportion totherequirements oftheMember States ascalculated byre­
ference tostatistics ofimports from ,third -countries ,during ,a^representative
reference period andtotheeconomic ;outlook :forthequota -year in.question ;

Whereas,overthelastthreeyearsforwhichfullstatistics areavailable,
almostallimportsofbeefandvealfromnon-membercountriesintotheCom­
munityofNinehavebeeneffectedunderspecialarrangements ;whereasduring
thisperiodimportsintoGreecewereeffectedundercompletelydifferentar­
rangements fromthoseapplicableintheCommunity;whereastheeconomicdata
thusobtainedcannotbeusedforthepurposesofcomparison andmaytherefore
notberepresentative ofthetrendofimportsintoeachoftheMemberStates;
wereas,inthelightofthesefactorsandgiventhatitisdifficulttoesti­
matetheMemberStates'importrequirements in1981,inordertoapportionthe
tariffquotaequitablyandsafeguarditsCommunitynature,theinitialpercentage
sharesofeachoftheMemberStatesshouldbefixedatthefollowinglevels:
Bénélux 9.82
Deninark 0.48
Germany 18.54
Greece 3.00
France 10.30
/\ . •• ,
Ireland 0.01
Italy 28.83
UnitedKingdom29.02
•Whereas,''ko'takeaccountoffuturetrondoof.iroportooftheproductunder.
'?., ^■.'•' . rhacruotavolumes'shouldbconsideration intothevariousMemberStates, ^
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstallocatodaraoncthe}iOjrfoor>
•''♦.'* ' . .. u
■States -And'thosecondheld'-as.aroaorvotobeusedsubsequenttyfocover,the
:requirements "ofMemberStatos,'shouldtheyexhaustthoirinitial.oharoe;
v?hcroad,to.flivoimportersin>eaohMemberStatesoaodegrooof-••.
■■certainty,thefircttranohoof;-eachqupta-volume*..should,inthis.instancebe
xe^atapproximately 907®ofitsfullamount;,f- , »•..• *

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Where aaKcm"bor States *mayexhaust -their *ipi"I;xal bhcuraa *atdifferent _,
vtxto o;-whereas -boavoid .disruption ^:?supplies onthis aocount l;tStipulated ' ' .• - .,should "bo thai anyKonbor Stato "whiohhasalmost used upono
cf±~IGxjaitial eharos should :draw anadditional charo from tho
àpproprinta 'rocjorve ;"whcrc&o' oaeh tirào iteaddii ional shuro icalmost -
oxhauotod a.Horrtbcr.' Stato .should draw afurthor share ,"and -aoonao ..
many times asthoresorvo allousj vrhoroaa thoinitial .and >cdditoncl .
sharo8 should hovalid "-until thoond of'thoquota period ;vh'oroas this
fonn ofactainint rationrequires olosd'-'colla'boration "botvxoon thoi licmoor
StatooandthoCommission *,andthoCommission must "boinapositionvolumes .*.....'
tokocp account oftho ojctont to "whioh thoquota/hav^"boon -used up
and .inform tho -Momhor States accordingly ; 'Za
Whoroas ifatagiven date inthoQuota period aoonsidorablo quantity
• \* • < »
ofaJfombor State 'sinitial sharp remains tumaody itisessential ,
toprovont a-part ofthotariff quota from remaining uiiusod inono '
I-tcm'bor Stato while itcould ho "unod inothor ?,-that suoh S'lvfcoshould
return asignificant proportion thoroofto thoappropriate .rasorvb :
_r~\ ' , • .
. „ -•the ......-r.
.Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium .,theKingdom of/Netherlands -
andtheGi'and Duchy of .Luxembourg areunited within andjointly
represented ;bytheBenelux Ecbnomic Union ,anytransaction inre– '■
spect 1oftheadministration oftheshare allocated tothat Economic
Union maybecarried outbyanyone of'itsmembers :
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION

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Article 1 •
1.There ishereby opened inrespect ofthe peirxod 1January to
31December 1981 aCommunity tariff quota of50000 tonnes offro-
I
zenbeef andveal ,expressed asboned orboneless meat ,falling
I t I
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
- arrangements
t>ther preferential tariff / shall notbesetoffagainst
this tariff quota .
3.TheCommon Customs Tariff duty for this quota snail be20%.
Article 2
1.,Thequantity of'50000tonnes referred toinArticle 1<1>shall
bedivided intotwojsarts ,oneof33500tonnes ,theother ,of1650C -• ;
tonnes .Eachoneofthose parts shall besubdivided into twotranches . 1
2-Th6 .first -tranches of"'30i50 ;tonnes and14850''tonnes respectively •
>kaU -beallocated ,asfollows among theMember States/theshares being' !
.valid fromVJanuary until 310ecemb eri981 subject tot^eprovisions of """"
.Article 5: ' -'-v •■' t • V " - 77"'
/

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Ofthe33§00tonnesOfthe165QQtonnes
BeneLux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2959
146
5591
905
3106
2
8691
8750tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes1457
72
2754
445
1530
1
4281
4310tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonne
tonnes
tonnes
30150tonnes 14850tonnes
ThoBocondbranches .or3350<and1650'..tonnes ,resspootivoly Ghall
constitute ,thoreserves, '•.!.•''••
• •• • .
.• '•Artide3"v: ••'
•I,Aocoonasa.MemberStatehasusod99^<>vmo^oofonoof"itainitial
choresasTixodinArticle ,2(2)^orofthai^eharoiriinuaarxfportion
returnedtothoapprojiriatG reservepurcruanttothoprovisions of
Arbicle5,itshall'forthwith,"byr.otifyx'ngtho'Commission{drawa.oooond
• • • ••
oharc,tothecxtontthr.tthoappropriate roservesoporrnito.*'.©qua!to
' ./♦»••• ••leftoritainitialehsro*roundedup,ifnecessary,tothenextwhole*nqmber
2.Ascoonao•a?ftomber •State,havingc^ivnx\ot©d on«sof"its•.'•'
•initial'chares,'h&o'Usedormore;oftho'&acond sharedrawnIbyit,,.
thaiKorabcrStat©ehallforthwith »'isi.tlioBiaamorandtotho'extentlaid
'down .;inparagraphlf;&raw&thirduhfer©'equal -to5$its-initial *'
oharo* •■-, :vv
3.Assoonasa'MemberState,hav.inqexhaustedoneofitssecondshares,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall,
inthemennerandtotheextentdescribedabove,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.,

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4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State maydraw shares
Lower than -specified inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds forbelieving
that those specified maynotbeused infull .AnyMember State applying the
provisions ofthis paragraph shall inform the Commission ofitsgrounds
forsodoing . ••
Artj.cla 4 • •. '• v " .'
V •• ' . \ *' 1 ». '' s/
Each ofthe additional chares drawn pursuant "totheprovisions ofArtxolo 3 .
shall "bovalid "until 31DeoeBibor 19"8'1 .*' ,v" . '- .".
:. • Article 5'v ' ' .. ■ - .
TheMember States Bhn.ll return tothorenorvo ,not l'atortivui 1Ootooor 1981
•theurmoocl portion ,oftheir initio !shsrGSwhicly on15Scptoniber *isin
excess of20$oftheinitio ?!,amount *They r»v?yroturn a'greater por-tion if
there ore^ronndnfor T>oliovinft' thai 'such portion maynot '"boused' infull »'
• '* \
Webber States .shall rnotlater tha.nl .October •'1981#notify vheConuvdsGion .
efthe t'oteOL quantities oftheproduct inquestion iwportod .upto -and
including 15September "981midcharged against '-thoComnronity quota ,and .o'f
anyportion oftheir initial chares returned toth© _approiriata reserve .
.Article 6: %' ' • -*
t ■' Il M» • *
«b '. '*».•
TheCommission ehall keep anaccount ofthe chare aopened "bythe Ucnibor
Statess pursuant totho ,provi siona .'cf 'Ayticleo Zaad3•«»& ohali ,€wscoon
no'tho infonij&tioR reaches it,infdras each $*&a,t© .ot .tho ..extent •tos ,which
• .'
i&eracervos -feavo osen uso¿up*.. ,; - .. ■;,* •- ••' •

Itshall/'notlaterthan5October1981,-informthotfetfbrirStatespi'the.-
amountsstillinreservefollowingany'return"ofsi»dro3pursuantto •
Artjela5..' ''■ .;-'v: ;■'•_
ItsHailensure'thatWhon'anrjno^ntcsdioustingareserveisdrawntheamount
"sodrawndocs'notexceedtheWlancea.voila"bl'o~,..andto-thisendshall...
notifytho-:amount .ofthat"balancetotheMemberStatewakingthelast .
• ν* ··» ·. ·* ·
•drawmg. •
·'* . .,' ''.' *
''Artleie7.'•..•'' \
1.EvoryITenfoerStatoshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat'
additionalshoresdrawnpursuanttoArticle5areopenedinsuchawaythat
imports 'may"bechargod\/ithoutinterruption againstitsaccumulated
.chareaoftheConununityquota,*/ '•'|!; .
2,'Itshallcneurethatimportoru'of.theproductinquestionestablished
initoterritoryhavefreeaocoaototheeharecallocatedto'£%«'
•• "• ..'
3„•Theextentto"whichaT'lcmborStat©hasusedupit13charesshell"be
doter-minedsyrofavcrjoototheimportsoftheproductinquestion;'
enteredwith ,thecustomsauthorities .forhome'use«•'
r•. .••:■■■■ .."■• .
• »• . I
'Article0
OnreoeiptofaroguestfromtheCommission,theMemberStatesshall
notifyit'oftheimportseffectively ,charged«gairtsttheir'shares*
V•;.■' ■•.
; •'I•. •
N<'Articlo .9
'• 'I'.■"' . '' ;
TheMemberStates ,andthe.Commissionshall'.cooperateolooslytoensure
thatthisRegulationiscompliedwith•. ••''

Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,1980 FortheCounciI
ThePresident