CELEX: 51985PC0477(02)
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) OPENING A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR HIGH-QUALITY, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 02.01 A II A) AND B) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1986)

10.10. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 258/5
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             Proposal for a Council Regulation opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality, fresh,
             chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) and b) of the Common
                                                   Customs Tariff (1986)
                                                     COM(85)     477final
                            (Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 23 September 1985)
                                                       (85/C 258/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the detailed rules to implement these provisions
                                                                  should be drawn up in accordance with the procedure
                                                                  laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by the
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and             1979 Act of Accession,
113 thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (*),                                       Article 1
                                                                  1.     A Community tariff quota for high-quality, fresh,
                                                                  chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within sub-
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parl-                headings 02.01 A II a) and b) of the Common Customs
iament (2),                                                       Tariff shall be opened for 1986.
                                                                  The total volume of this quota shall be 29 800 tonnes,
                                                                  expressed in product weight.
Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to                 2.     Under this quota the applicable duty of          the
open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of duty           Common Customs Tariff shall be fixed at 20 %.
of 20 % for a quantity, expressed in product weight,
fixed at 29 800 tonnes of high-quality, fresh, chilled or                                    Article 2
frozen beef and veal falling within subheadings 02.01 A
II a) and b) of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas                Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall
this quota should thereof be opened for 1986;                     be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
                                                                  in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in
                                                                  particular:
Whereas there should be a guarantee of equal and                  (a) provisions to guarantee the nature of the products
continuing access by all interested operators within the               where they are coming from and their origin;
Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted                  (b) provisions concerning recognition of the document
application of the rate laid down for that quota, to all               to enable verification of the guarantee provided for
imports of the products in question, in all the Member                 in (a).
States, up to the limit of the volume of the quota;
whereas it seems appropriate, to this end, to set up
                                                                                             Article 3
a system of use of the Community tariff quota, based
on the presentation of a certificate of authenticity              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.
guaranteeing the nature of the products, where they are
imported from and their origin;                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                                                                  directly applicable in all Member States.
C) OJ No C 227, 17. 10. 1984, p. 6.
O OJ No C 12, 14. 1. 1985, p. 1.                                  (») OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.