Council Regulation (EC) No 3073/94 of 12 December 1994 opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 (first half of 1995)
Date: 1994-12-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: buffalo meat, certificate of origin, frozen product, tariff quota













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31994R3073

Council Regulation (EC) No 3073/94 of 12 December 1994 opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 (first half of 1995)  


Official Journal L 325 , 17/12/1994 P. 0005 - 0005 Finnish special edition: Chapter 2 Volume 13 P. 0152  Swedish special edition: Chapter 2 Volume 13 P. 0152  





COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3073/94 of 12 December 1994 opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 (first half of 1995)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,  Whereas the Commission has undertaken, within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of duty of 20 % without a levy for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30  90, the total quantity of which, expressed in terms of boneless meat, has been fixed at 2 250 tonnes;  Whereas it is planned, pursuant to the agreements reached during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, due to apply from 1 July 1995, to maintain that quota under the 'current access' arrangements; whereas, therefore, at this stage the  quota should only be opened for the first half of 1995 and for the quantity coresponding to that period of the year, that is 50 % of the 2 250 tonnes available for 1995; whereas a quota for the remaining quantity will be opened after the entry into  force of and in accordance with the provisions on the application of the abovementioned agreements;  Whereas there should be a guarantee in particular of equal and continuing access by all interested traders within the Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the products in  question until the quota is exhausted;  Whereas, pursuant to Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), the Commission must adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  1. A Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 amounting to a total of 1 125 tonnes, expressed in terms of boneless meat, is hereby opened for the first half of 1995.  2. The common customs tariff duty applicable to the quota shall be 20 % and the levy shall be nil.  Article 2  The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in particular:  (a) provisions to guarantee the nature of the products, their provenance and origin;  (b) provisions concerning recognition of the document enabling the guarantee referred to in (a) to be verified.  Article 3  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 1995.  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 12 December 1994.  For the Council The President J. BORCHERT (1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1884/94 (OJ No L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 27).