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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)537 final .
Brussels ,28October 1977
Proposal fora
/COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forfrozen beef andveal falling within subheading
02.01 AIIb)oftheCommon Customs Tariff (1978 )
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(submitted totheCouncil by "theCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.During theGATT multilateral negotiations theEuropean Economic
Community under stook toopen anannual Community tariff quota of
38500 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 are tobelevied on16500tonnes
ofthis quota .
2.Consequently ,tomeet theCommunity 'sobligations ,aregulation
should beadopted before 1January 1978 ontheopening ,allocation and
administration oftheCommunity tariff quota inquestion .
Inthis connection ,itshould bementioned that ,asaresult
ofthedecision toapply thesystem ofmonetary compensatory amounts
toavolume of16500tonnes ,theCommission hasbeen ledinits
proposal tosplit thetotal quota volume of30500 tonnes into two
parts ,one of22000 tonnes and theother of16500 tonnes ,tobe
allocated separately among all theMember States
regardless ofthefact that theCommission decided ,inCommission
Regulation (EEC)No3187 /76of22December 1976 (1)not toapply
thecompensatory amount for thequota of38500tonnes .
3.TheCommunity 'simports offrozen beef andveal from non-member
countries ,expressed intonnes ofboned orboneless meat ,for the
last three years were asfollows :
1974 1975 1976
tI 7
It % t %
Bénélux 10900 8.34 I5853 9.65 11064 9.15
Denmark 452 0.35 468 0.77 599 0.50
Germany 22208 17 9319 15.36 31076 25.69
France 13363 10.23 4035 6.65 10748 8.89
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 39780 30.45 15234 25 .11 27888 23.06
United Kingdom 43922 33.63 25762 42.46 39566 32.71
130 625 60671 120 941
(1)OJL359 ,30.12.1976 ,p.25.i««/•••

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However ,during the last three years ,importations offrozen and
veal beef have almost exclusively been carried outunder thespecial
regimes (such asGATT quota ;Exim regime ,exchange systems andthe
ACPpreferential regime ).Therefore ,these statistics cannot be
representative ofthetrend ofimports into each Member State .This
iswhytheCommission proposes toretain for1978 ,theparticipation
percentages agreed bytheCouncil for1977 ,except forIreland which
receives apercentage of0;01%inorder toretain theCommunity
character ofthe quota .
4.Inview oftherelatively high level oftheCommunity tariff quota
opened initially inrelation toimport requirements ,theCommission
believes that itwould runcontrary theCommunity nature ofthequota
toallocate the tariff volumes indefinitive shares tothe Member States .
For this reason ,theproposal annexed hereto provides forthe
creation ofCommunity reserves which ,even ifthey arelimited to
10%ofeach ofthequota volume ,will assist inensuring equal
access forallimporters and inavoiding apossible situation in
which customs preference isnolonger applied inone ormore Member
States while itisstill applied inothers .

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )..;./ 77//
onthoopening ,allocation and achnini strati onof'a
Community tariff quota forfrozen "beef andveal
falling within subheading 02.01 AIIb).oftho
Common Customs Tariff (1978 )
THECOUTOIL OPHIEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothoTreaty establishing theEuropean Eoononiio Conmunity ,
andinparticular Artioles 113and /r3thereof ,
Having regard tothoproposal from thoCommission ,
Having rogcuxL totheOpinion ofthoEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas inthecourse oftho GATT foulti lateral • 'negotiations tho
European Eoonomio Community undertook toopen oaiannual Community tariff
quota at20^duty inrespect of38300 tonnes offrozen "beef endveal ,
expressed as "boned orboneless meat ,falling within subheading 02.01 AIIb)
whereas theCommunity tariff quota inquestion must therefore beopened on
1January 1978 ,thetotal quota volume of38500tonnes being divided into
twoparts according tothetariff arrangements applicable toeach ;
1/horoas equal andcontinuous aooes3 tothoquota should boensured for
allCommunity importors andtho rate ofduty forthotariff quota
should "boappliod regularly .inallMember States toallimports
ofthoproduct inquestion until thoquota i3exhaust cd;*whereas ,in
tholight oftheso principles ,arrangements forthoutilization of
thoCommunity tai'iff quota basod onanallocation among theMember States
would socm to "boconsistent with tho Community nature ofthoquota ;
whoroas ,inorder that itmaycorrespond asolosoly aspossiblo to
thoaotual -trend ofthomarket inthoproduct inquestion ,allocation
oftho quoiia should boinproportion tothorequirements ofthe
Member States ascalculated byroforonce tostatistics ofimports froa
third countrios during arepresentative rofcrcnco period andtotho
economio outlook forthoquota yoar inquostion ;

Whereas forthe last three years forwhich statistics are .available ,
imports offrozen beef andveal have "been authorized almost exclusively under
special arrangements ,andwhereas consequently thestatistics cannot "be
considered assufficiently representative toserve asthe basijf forthe
allocation ofthequota among theMember States ;whereas anestimate
oftheimport needs oftheMember States for1978 isdifficult to
make because ofthechanges which have occurred inreoent years ;whereas itis
necessazy ,inorder toapportion thetariff quota inanequitable wayandto
preserve itsCommunity nature ^"tofixatthelevels given below
the initial percentage shares ofeach Member State :
Bénélux 11.01
Denmark 0.51
Germany 19.70
France 6.96
Ireland 0.01
Italy 28.70
United Kingdom 33.11 ;

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Wheroas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsofimportsintothevarious
MemborStatesofthoproductunderconsideration ,thoquotavolumesshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirst"beingallocatedamongthoMember
Statesandthosecondheldasaro3orvctocoversubsequentlythe
requirementsofMemberStates,shouldthoyexhausttheirinitialsharos;
whereas,togivoimportersineachMemberStatosomedegreeof•
certainty,thofirsttrancheofeachQuota,volumeshouldhefixed,
atapproximately 90#ofitsfullamount;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialSharesatdifferent ,
rates;whorcastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldhoprovidedthatanyMemberStatowhichhasalmostusedupono
ofitsinitialsharosshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromtho
appropriate'resorve;'whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmost
exhaustedaMomborStatoshoulddrav/afurthorshare,andsoonas
manytimesa3thoresorvoallows;whereasthoinitialandadditonal
sharosshould "bovaliduntilthoendofthoquotaperiod;whorcasthis
formofadministration requiresclose'-collaboration betweenthoI-Icrrfbor
StatesandthoCommission ",andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheoxtenttowhichthoquotashavebeen-usedup"''•
andtoinformthoMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whoroasifatagivendateinthoquotaperiodaconsiderable quantity
ofaMomberStato'sinitialsharpremainsunused,itisessential,
topreventapartofthotariffquotafromremainingunusodinono
MemborStatowhileitcouldbeusedinothors,thatsuchS\ateshould
returnasignificantproportionthorooftothoappropriate -isorvo;
Wncreas,pursuanttoArticle2(4)ofCommission
Regulation (l')l;C)NoI9.V75of17January1975
layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesandi
advancefixingcertificatesforagriculturalproducts,1-gg
importlicencesauthorizetheimportationofaquan­
tityexceedingby.S%thequantityindicatedtherein;i
whereas,however,thelevyprovidedforinArticle 12i
ofCouncilRegulation(liF.C)No80.5/68of27June ,
1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
beefandveal3nslastamendedbyRegulation(KEC)
No425/77,shouldbeappliedtoanyquantity
exceedingthatindicatedinthelicence;
10JNoL25,31.1.1975,p.10
20JNoL94,16.4.1977,p.5
30JNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24
40JNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No773/77,
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Whereas,oincothoKingdomofBelgium,thaKingdomoftheMotherlands
end"thoGrandDuchyofLuxembourgaro\mitedwithindavlJointlyroprcoontod
"bythoBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactioninrospectoftho
administration of•thoshareallocatedto'"thatEconomicUnionmay
"bocarriodout"byany<Jnoof"itsmeriVborGj
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Thereisherebyopenedinrespectoftheperiod1Januaryto31December1978
aCommunitytariffquotaof38500tonnesoffrozenbeefandveal,expressed as
bonedorbonelessmeat,fallingwithinsubheading 02.01AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
Forthepurposeofchargingimportsagainstthisquota,100kilogrammes of
unboned(bone-in)meatshallbetakentobeequivalentto77kilogrammes ofboned
orboneless meat.
2.Importsofthesegoodswhichhavebeenadmittedunderthebenefitofsomeother
preferentialtariffregimeshallnotbesetoffagainstthistariffquota.
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthisquotashallbe20%.
4"Importsoftheproductsconcernedshallbe
subjecttotheprovisionsadoptedunderRegulation
(EEC)No974/71('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No557/74^),asregardsthefluctuationofthe
currenciesofcertainMemberStates.
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5.ForthepurposeofapplyingthisRegulation,the
levyfixedinaccordancewithArticle'12ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68shall,asregardsimportseffected
undertheconditionslaiddowninArticle2(4)of
Regulation (EEC)No193/75,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No773/77,beapplied
toanyquantities exceedingthoseindicated
intheimportlicence.
(1)0JNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1
(2)0JNoL67,15.3.1976,p.1.

Article 2
1.Thequantity of38500tonnes referred toinArticle 1(1)shall
bedivided into twoparts ,oneof22000tonnes ,theother of16500
tonnes .Each oneofthose parts shall besubdivided into twotranches .
2.The first tranches of20000tonnes and 15000tonnes respectively
shall beallocated asfollows among theMember States ,the shares being ,
subject totheprovisions ofArticle 5,valid from 1January until 31
December 1978 :
Ofthe 22000 tonnes Ofthe 16500 tonnes
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom2202 tonnes
102 tonnes
3940 tonnes
1392 tonnes
2tonnes
5740 tonnes
6622 tonnes
20000 tonnes1652 tonnes
77tonnes
2955 tonnes
1044 tonnes
1tonne
4305 tonnes
4966 tonnes
15000 tonnes
J. Tho second tranches of2000and 1500 tonnes
constitute tho reserves .respectively Ghall
Article 3
1.Assoon asaMember State hasused 9Qfrormore ofoneofitsinitial
chares asfixed inArticle 2(2),orofthat share minus anyportion
returned totheappropriate reserve pursuant tothoprovisions of
Artiole 5ii"tshall forthwith ,"bynotifying thoCommission ,draw asecond
share ,totheextont thr.t theappropriate roserve sopermit □,equal to
10<faofitsinitial share ,rounded up,ifnecessary ,tothenext whole number .
2.Assoon asaKcmber State ,having eshraxctccl onoofi'Je
initial shares ,hasused 90Joormore ofthesecond share drawn "byit,
that I-iernber State shall forthwith ,inthemanner andtotheextent
provided inparagraph 1,draw athird Ghare ecjual to5i»°f initial
share .

3«AsGOOnasaMeraborState,havingO^it-axotodonoofita
.secondshares,hasused90$oruioroofthethirdsharedrawn'byit,that
MemberStateshall,inthomann&randto.-fchofeciant_n,saforosaiu,draw
,afourthshareoqualtothethird.
Itehallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereservei3exhausted.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1to3,aMemberStatemaydraw
pharoslowerthanthoaospeoifi'edinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
for"believingthatthosenpecifiedmaynot"beusedinfull.AnyJ.Iomber
Statoapplyingtheprovisions .ofthisparagraphshallinformtheCommission
•ofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article A
EachoftheadditionalcharesdrawnpursuanttotheprovisionsofArticlo3
shall"bevaliduntil31December1978.
Article5
TheHer,10orStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlo.terthan1October197®,
'theunusedportionoftheirini.tialshareswhicty on15September197?,isin
excessof20$oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbolicvingthai;suchportionmaynotbeUGodinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October19781notifyuheCommission
ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproduotinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1978andchargedagainstthoCommunityquotaandof
anyportionoftheirinitialcharesreturnedtotheapproriatereservo.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthecharesopenedbytheIlenioor
StatespursuanttotheprovisionsofArticles2and3andshall,assoon
astheinformationreachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhich
thereserveshavebeenusedup. ../...

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Itr.hall,notlaterthan5October1978,informtheMeriberStatesOi.the.
amountsrt-illinroseivefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
,Article5*
Itrjhallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingareserveisdrawntheamo>uih
sodravmdoesnotexceedthe"balanceavailable,andtothisendshall"
notifytheamountofthat"balancetotheMemberStatemakingthelast
drawing.
Article7
1*EveryI'eniberStateshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensuretnat
additional shareGdravmpursuanttoArticle3ar©openedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedi>dthoutinterruption againstitsaccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.■
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2.Itshallensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestionestablished
initsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit,
3.TheextenttowhiohaMemborStatehasusedupitsohare3shallbe
determined "byrefoi-cuoGtotheimports oftheproductinquestion
enteredwiththecustomsauthorities forhomouse.
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Article8
OnreoeiptofarequestfromtheCommission,theMemberStatesshall
notifyitoftheimportseffectivelychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article0
TheHeroberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thatthisRegulationiscompliedwith. ,•
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Article10 •
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MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission/within45daysofthepublication
ofthisRegulationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities,of
thestepstheyhavetakentoimplementit.
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Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceoil1January1978.
ThisRegulationshallT>ebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
in"allMemberStates.''.
BonoatBrussels,•'■. PorthaColmoU
..... ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENTDate :9june 1977
1.Budget line concerned :Ch.12Art .120
2.Legal basis :Art .113and43oftheTreaty
3.Title ofthetariff measure *Proposal foraCouncil Regulation onthe
opening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota
forfrozen beef ,andveal falling within subheading 02.01 AIIb)
oftheCommon Customs Tariff (1978 )
4.Objectives :
Respect ofGATT contractual engagements ,
5.Method ofcalculation :
-MoofCCT
-Quota volume
-Quota duty rate
-Duty rate CCT02.01 AIIb)
38500 tonnes
20%
20% +Ρ
6.Loss ofreceipts :67375000UA