, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 193/75 OF 17 JANUARY 1975 LAYING DOWN COMMON DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES AND ADVANCE FIXING CERTIFICATES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ( 2 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1955/79 ( 3 ), IMPORT LICENCES AUTHORIZE THE IMPORTATION OF A QUANTITY EXCEEDING BY 5 % THE QUANTITY INDICATED THEREIN ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE LEVY PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 12 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2916/79 ( 5 ), SHOULD BE APPLIED TO ANY QUANTITY EXCEEDING THAT INDICATED IN THE LICENCE ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION IS RELATIVELY SMALL , IT OUGHT TO BE POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FOR A SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION BASED ON A SINGLE APPORTIONMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES , WITHOUT THEREBY DEROGATING FROM ITS COMMUNITY NATURE ; WHEREAS IT APPEARS BEST TO LEAVE TO EACH MEMBER STATE THE CHOICE OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ITS SHARE OF THE QUOTA , SO THAT IT MAY ENSURE AN ALLOCATION WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FROM AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY OPERATION CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUOTA SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ;
WHEREAS , IF AT A GIVEN DATE DURING THE QUOTA PERIOD IT IS FOUND THAT A BALANCE OF A QUOTA SHARE REMAINS IN ONE OR OTHER MEMBER STATE , IT WILL BE NECESSARY , WHERE APPROPRIATE , TO RE-ALLOCATE THE AMOUNTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN USED UP , IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT BE USED UP BY OTHER MEMBER STATES ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A II B ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND TOTALLING 50 000 TONNES EXPRESSED AS BONED OR BONELESS MEAT , IS HEREBY OPENED FOR 1980 .
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHARGING IMPORTS AGAINST THIS QUOTA , 100 KILOGRAMS OF UNBONED MEAT SHALL BE TAKEN TO BE EQUIVALENT TO 77 KILOGRAMS OF BONED OR BONELESS MEAT .
2 . IMPORTS OF THOSE GOODS WHICH HAVE BEEN ADMITTED UNDER THE BENEFIT OF ANOTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF REGIME SHALL NOT BE SET OFF AGAINST THIS TARIFF QUOTA .
3 . THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY FOR THIS QUOTA SHALL BE 20 % .
4 . FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THIS REGULATION , THE LEVY FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 SHALL , AS REGARDS IMPORTS EFFECTED UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION