Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986
Date: 1992-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Faroes, goat, goatmeat, sheep, sheepmeat, tariff quota

CCA/MISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMVttJNITIES 

C0M(92) 87 final 

Brussels,  16 March  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL RFfj',1' AT I ON  fEEO 

amending Council Regulation  (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December  1985 
concerning the import  arrangements  applicable to certain third  countries 
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat  sector as from 1986 

(presented  by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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1.  On 2 December 1991, the Community of the one part and the Government 
of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands of the other 
part signed a free trade Agreement which entered into force on 
1 January 1992 

I1). 

This Agreement provides in particular for the opening of a zero 
tariff quota for 20 t of sheepmeat or goatmeat originating in the 
Faroe Islands. 

It has also been agreed under the Agreement that the quota will be 
applied as part of the autonomous arrangements provided for in 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85. 

It is therefore proposed to increase by 20 t the limit on the annual 
quantities provided for in that Regulation, on the understanding that 
this additional quantity will be reserved for the Faroe Islands. 

2.  The Council is therefore asked to adopt the draft Regulation attached 

hereto. 

(1) OJ No L 371, 31.12.1991, p. 1. 

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amending Council Regulation  (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December  1985 
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third  countries 
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986 

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 3643/85 of 19 December  1985 
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third  countries 
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat  sector as from  1986(*), as last amended by 
Council Regulation  (EEC) No 3939/87(2), lays down the import 
arrangements applicable to certain third countries which  traditionally 
export to the Community; 

Whereas an Agreement between the Community and the Government of Denmark 
and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands has been approved by 
Decision 91/668/EEC; 

Whereas this Agreement provides for the opening of an annual zero tariff 
quota for 20 t of sheepmeat and goatmeat originating  in the Faroe 
Islands; 

Whereas this Agreement also provides  for the said quota to be applied as 
part of the autonomous import arrangements provided  for in Council 
Regulation  (EEC) No 3643/85; whereas the aforementioned  Regulation must 
be amended  accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Article 1 of Regulation  (EEC) No 3643/85  is hereby replaced by the 
following: 

(1) OJ No L 348, 24.12.1985, p. 2. 
(2) OJ No L 373, 31.12.1987, p. 1. 

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1.  The import  levy applicable to the following products  shall be  limited 
to a maximum of 10% ad valorem,  subject to annual quantitative  limits 
expressed  in tonnes of carcase equivalent  for each third  country 
concerned  and by category: 

CN Code 

Description 

0104 

Live sheep and goats: 

Third  country 
concerned  & quantity 

Chile  Other third 

countries  (a) 

0104 10 
0104 10 90 

-  sheep: 
- - other than pure bred breeding 

animals  (b) 

50 

0104 20 
0104 20 90 

- goats: 
-  - other than pure bred breeding 

animals  (b) 

0204 

Meet of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled 
or  frozen: 
-  fresh or chilled 
-  frozen 

0 
1 490 

100 
200(c) 

(a) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria,  Czechoslovakia, 
the Faroe Islands, Hungary,  Iceland, New Zealand, Poland,  Romania, 
Uruguay, Croatia, Slovenia 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 subheadings 0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 of the 
combined  nomenclature. 

(c) Of which  100 tonnes shall be reserved  for Greenland. 

For the following products originating  in the Faroe  Islands, the 
import  levy or, where appropriate, the applicable  import duty  shall 
be zero, subject to an annual overall  limit of 20 tonnes expressed  in 
carcase weight  equivalent: 

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CN Code 

Description 

0204 

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or 
frozen 

0206 80 99 

Edible offal of sheep or goats, fresh or 
chilled 

0206 90 99 

Edible offal of sheep or goats, frozen 

0210 90 11 

Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked, with bone in 

0210 90 19 

Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked, boneless 

0210 90 60 

Edible offal of sheep or goats, salted, 
in brine, dried or smoked 

exl601 

exl602 

Sausages and similar products, of meat, 
meat offal or blood, food preparations based 
on these products: 
- of sheep and goats 

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat  offal 
or blood: 
- of sheep and goats 

3.  For the products referred to in paragraph 2 falling within the 

following CM codes:  0206 80 99 
0206 90 99 
0210 90 60 

and notwithstanding  the first subparagraph of Article  15(1) of Regulation 
(SEC) No 3013/89, application of paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon  . 
the presentation of an iaport  licence  issued subject to the conditions 
laid down in Article 15 of Regulation  (EIC) Ho  3Q13/&9. 

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4.  Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the 

products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 up to the limit of the 
quantities corresponding to their traditional imports coming from the 
third countries concerned. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 

It shall apply from 1 January 1992. 

Done at ... 

For the Council 
The President 

Financial  S tatement 

1. BUDGET  HEADING  :  ART.  100 

APPROPRIATIONS : ECU 1 353.12 m 

2. TITLE : 

Council  Regulation  amending  Council  Regulation  (EEC No 3643/85 of 19 December  1985 concerning  the 
imort arrangements applicable to certain  third countries in the sheepmeat  and goatmeat  sector as 
from  1986 

3. LEGAL  BASIS :  Article 43 of the Treaty 

4. AIMS 

The opening of a zero tariff quota  for 20 t of sheepmeat  and goatmeat  originating in the Faroe 
Islands 

5. FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS 

5.0 

CURRENT  FINANCIAL  YEAR 

(  ECU m  ) 

FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL  YEAR 
(  ECO m  2 

5.1  REVENUE 

- OWN  RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

5.0.1 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1997 

As the 10X ad valorem  levy  is currently suspended  for the other third countries in the 
autonomous  arrangement  and  the quantity  involved  is very small, it can be concluded  that  there is 
no  loss of levy. 

6.0  CAN  THE PROJECT BE FINANCED  FROM APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT  CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT  BUDGET ? 

6.1  CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF  THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 

6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET BE NECESSARY ? 

6.3  WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ? 

COMMENTS : 

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