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C0M(90) 133 final 
Brussels,11 April 1990 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
suspending the import levy on live sheep and goats 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In accordance with the directives adoptai by the Council, negotiations 
were initiated with the countries which are the main suppliers of 
sheepmeat and goatmeat to the Cornmunity, with a view to adjusting the 
relevant voluntary restraint agreements concluded with those countries. 
2. As a result of the negotiations, agreements were concluded with some of 
the countries concerned, namely Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German 
Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia. 
It is laid down in those agreements that the Community will make a 
counter concession by completely suspending the import levy on live 
sheep and goats. 
For those countries, the tariff suspension was implemented by Commission 
Regulation (EEC) No /90 of 1990, with retroactive effect 
from 1 January 1990. 
3. In view of the Community's international obligations, and more 
especially Article 1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
(GATT), this tariff suspension should be applied unilaterally to other 
traditional supplies, i.e. Austria and Romania, and to the countries 
which supply live animals under the unilateral arrangements (Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85). 
4. It is therefore proposed to the Council that they adopt the attached 
draft regulation. 
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Proposal 
for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO.. ./89 
Of ... 
suspending the import levy on live sheep and goats 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN GOMMUNITIES, 
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, in the context of the recent adjustments to the common 
organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, it was considered 
necessary to adjust the relevant voluntary restraint agreements with 
certain nonHOmmunity countries in order to stabilize imports and improve 
import prices; 
Whereas negotiations were conducted to that effect with the countries 
concerned and agreements were concluded with Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the 
German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia;1 whereas those 
agreements provide for the complete suspension of the import levy on live 
sheep and goats until 31 December 1992 as a counter concession by the 
Community; 
Whereas the (immunity has voluntary restraint agreements with Austria and 
Romania and equivalent unilateral arrangements; whereas no further 
negotiations will be held on those agreements or arrangements, in view of 
the small quantities involved; 
Whereas, in accordance with the community's international obligations, the 
suspension should be extended to all supplier countries, subject to certain 
quantitative limits, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
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By way of derogation from the voluntary restraint agreements concluded with 
Austria, Yugoslavia and Romania, and by way of derogation from Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85, the collection of the levy on imports of live 
sheep and goats falling within CN codes 0104 1090 and 0104 2090 shall be 
suspended until 31 December 1992, within the quantitative limits laid down 
in the abovementioned agreements and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 
respectively. 
Article 3 
Detailed rules for implementing this Regulation shall be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 30 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89.1 
Article g 
This Regulation sha.11. enter into force on the day of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1990. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at .... 
For the Council 
The President 
1 OJ No L 289, 7.10.1989, p. 1. 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
DATE: 13.3.199u 
1. BUDGET HEADING: 100 APPROPRIATIONS: BCU 1 152.4 million 
2. TITLE: 
Proposal for a Council Regulation suspending the import levy on live sheep 
and goats 
3. LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Treaty 
4. AIMS: Total suspension of the levy on imports of live sheep and goats 
from Romania, Austria and pertain other countries with which agreement has 
not been reached. 
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: PERIOD CURRENT FOLLOWING 
OF 12 FINANCIAL FINANCIAL 
MONTHS YEAR YEAR 
(1990) (1991) 
5.0. EXPENDITURE 
- CHARGED TO THE BO 
BUDGET token token token 
(REFTINDS/INTEKVENEIGNS) entry1 entry1 entry1 
5.1. REVENUE 
- EC OWN RESOURCES 
(LEVIES) -ECU300000 - BCU 200 000 - BCU 300 000 
1992 1993 1994 1995 
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE token entry 
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE - ECU 300 000 
5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION: 
The average levy on sheepmeat imports is ECU 1.750/t. For imports from 
these non-Osmmunity oountries the levy is, however, limited to the 10% 
autonomous duty arising from the binding under GATT, i.e. about ECU 300/t 
for live animals. If this duty were removed, the loss of revenue for 12 
months would be: 777 t x ECU 300/t x 1.120 - ECU 300 000. In 1990 this 
loss would, be only ECU 200 000. 
6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE 
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? NO 
6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BY FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE 
CURRENT BUDGET? NO 
6.2. WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY? NO 
6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? YES 
COMMENTS: 
Since there is no precise undertaking concerning the import price in the 
agreement, the zero import levy on this type of meat may depress prices on 
the Community market, and cause a corresponding rise in the premiums 
granted and so increase Community budget expenditure. It is difficult to 
estimate the extent of this phenomenon. 
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Proposition de règlement du Conseil relatif à la suspension 
du prélèvement applicable à l'importation d'animaux vivants des espèces 
ovine et caprine. 
Ce projet de règlement vise à étendre, en faveur de l'ensemble des pays 
fournisseurs d'animaux vivants des espèces ovine et caprine, une concession 
déjà accordée à certains pays, notamment la Bulgarie, la Hongrie, la Pologne, 
la République Démocratique Allemande, la Tchécoslovaquie et la Yougoslavie 
(suspension totale du prélèvement applicable à l'importation). 
La mesure proposée s'avère nécessaire, compte tenu des obligations 
internationales de la Communauté et plus particulièrement des dispositions de 
l'article premier de l'Accord Général sur les tarifs Douaniers et le Commerce 
(GATT) 
Dans la mesure où il ne modifie pas les quantités traditionnelles réellement 
importées et compte tenu de l'importance des quantités fournies 
traditionnellement par les six pays indiqués ci-dessus, ce projet n'a 
pratiquement pas d'impact sur les entreprises. On peut également considérer 
que la mesure proposée ne leur imposera pas des coûts supplémentaires. 
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