CELEX: 51988PC0005(02)
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-12
Title: PROPOSAL TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING, ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FALLING WITHIN HEADING 0202 OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE ( 1988 )

No C 30/10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          4.2.88
           Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening a tariff quota for high-quality
           fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 of the combined
                                                   nomenclature (1988) (*)
                                                      COM(88) 5 final
           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                              EEC Treaty on 14 January 1988)
                                                        (88/C 30/09)
           The proposal for a Council Regulation as set out in Doc. COM(87) 464 final is hereby
           amended as follows:
           1. The title is replaced by the following:
               'Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening a Community tariff quota for high-
               quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 and
               subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988)'.
           2. The first recital is replaced by the following:
               'Whereas, for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within heading Nos
               0201 and 0202 and subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature,
               the Community has undertaken in the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
               Trade (GATT) to open an annual tariff quota attracting duty of 20 % the quantity of
               which, expressed in weight of product, is fixed at 29 800 tonnes; whereas, under the terms
               of an agreement signed with Argentina pursuant to Article XXIV of the GATT, the quota
               has been raised to 34 300 tonnes and whereas that quota should therefore be opened for
               1988;'.
           3. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
               '1.    A Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
               falling within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 and subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of
               the combined nomenclature is hereby opened for 1988.
               This quota shall amount in total to 34 300 tonnes, expressed in weight of product.'
           (') OJ No C 286, 24. 10. 1987, p. 8.
           Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the
           administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading
                                     No 0202 of the combined nomenclature (1988) (')
                                                      COM(88) 5 final
           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                              EEC Treaty on 14 January 1988)
                                                        (88/C 30/10)
           The proposal for a Council Regulation as set out in Doc. COM(87) 464 final is hereby
           amended as follows:
           1. The title is replaced by the following:
               'Proposal amending a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the
               administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading
               No 0202 and subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988)'.
           (') OJ No C 286, 24. 10. 1987, p. 9.
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             2. The first recital is replaced by the following:
                'Whereas, for frozen beef and veal, falling within heading No 0202 and subheading
                0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature, the Community has undertaken, within the
                framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAIT), to open an annual
                Community tariff quota attracting duty of 20 %, the amount of which expressed in boneless
                meat is fixed at 50 000 tonnes; whereas, under the terms of an agreement with Argentina
                pursuant to Article XXIV of the GATT, the quota has been raised to 53 000 tonnes;
                whereas that quota should accordingly be opened for 1988;'.
             3. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
                '1.     A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading No 0202
                and subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature of a total of 53 000 tonnes
                expressed in terms of boneless meat is hereby opened for 1988.'
             4. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                 'Article 2
                The quota amount of 53 000 tonnes shall be subdivided into two parts, one totalling 36 500
                tonnes and the other 16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows:
                                                              For the part totalling        For the part totalling
                              Member State
                                                                 36 500 tonnes                  16 500 tonnes
                Benelux                                              3 369                          1 523
                Denmark                                                 340                           153
                Germany                                              7 698                         3 480
                Greece                                                  997                           450
                Spain                                                 1 036                           469
                France                                               5 599                         2 531
                Ireland                                                 292                           132
                Italy                                                7 322                         3310
                Portugal                                                543                           246
                United Kingdom                                       9 304                         4 206'
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, for 1988, a special unilateral tariff quota for
             imported high-quality beef and veal falling within heading No 0201 and subheading 0206 1095
                                                  of the combined nomenclature
                                                         COM(88) 5 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1988)
                                                           (88/C 30/11)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              XXIV (6) of the GATT following the accession of Spain
                                                                      and Portugal provides for a unilateral concession under
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 which 1 000 tonnes of fresh high-quality beef and veal
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and                 falling within heading No 0201 and subheading
113 thereof,                                                          0206 10 95 of the combined nomenclature may be
                                                                      imported in 1987/88 at a rate of duty of 20 %, thus
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    covering the period between the initialling of the
                                                                      Agreement and its entry into force in the Community;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                              Whereas there should be a guarantee of, inter alia, equal
                                                                      and continuing access for all interested importers in the
Whereas the Agreement on the conclusion of the                        Community to the said tariff quota and of uninterrupted
negotiations held with Argentina pursuant to Article                  application of the rate laid down for that quota to all