Council Regulation (EEC) No 1568/92 of 16 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986
Date: 1992-06-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Faroes, goat, goatmeat, sheep, sheepmeat, tariff quota













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31992R1568

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1568/92 of 16 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986  


Official Journal L 166 , 20/06/1992 P. 0003 - 0004 Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 42 P. 0144  Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 42 P. 0144  





COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1568/92  of 16 June 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986THE 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 (1),  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 (3) lays down the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries which traditionally export to the Community;  Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands has been approved by Decision 91/668/EEC (4);  Whereas this Agreement provides for the opening of an annual zero tariff quota for 20 tonnes 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 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:  'Article 1  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  Third country and quantity concerned     Chile  Other third countries (a)       0104  Live sheep and goats:    0104 10    sheep:    0104 10 90      other than pure-bred breeding animals (b)  0  50  0104 20    goats:     0104 20 90      other than pure-bred breeding animals (b)    0204  Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:       fresh or chilled  0  100     frozen  1 490  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.   2. For the following products coming from 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:      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  0210 90 60   ex 1601  Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, food preparations based on these products:   - of sheep and  goats  ex 1602  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 CN codes 0206 80 99, 0206 90 99 and 0210 90 60 and notwithstanding the  first subparagraph of Article 15 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (*), application of paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon the presentation of an import  licence issued subject to the conditions laid down in Article 15 of the said Regulation.  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.   (*) OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1741/91 (OJ No L 163, 26. 6. 1991, p. 41).'  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  It shall apply from 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1992. For the Council  The President  Arlindo MARQUES CUNHA   (1) OJ No C 82, 2. 4. 1992, p. 7. (2) Opinion delivered on 12 June 1992 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No L 348, 24. 12. 1985, p. 2. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1).  (4) OJ No L 371, 31. 12. 1991, p. 1.