DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES AND ADVANCE FIXING CERTIFICATES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1955/79 ( 4 ), 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 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , 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 , TOTALLING 50 000 TONNES EXPRESSED AS BONED OR BONELESS MEAT , IS HEREBY OPENED FOR 1981 .
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 % .
ARTICLE 2
THE QUANTITY OF 50 000 TONNES SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS , ONE TOTALLING 33 500 TONNES , THE OTHER 16 500 TONNES , ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS :
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// FOR THE PART TOTALLING 33 500 TONNES // FOR THE PART TOTALLING 16 500 TONNES //
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BENELUX // 3 288 // 1 620 //
DENMARK // 163 // 80 //
GERMANY // 6 213 // 3