CELEX: 31975R3376
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 of the Commission of 23 December 1975 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 renewing the arrangements for the reduction of import charges on beef and veal products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States

No L 333/44                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 12. 75
                             REGULATION ( EEC) No 3376/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 23 December 1975
               laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75
               renewing the arrangements for the reduction of import charges on beef and veal
                        products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      the destination within the Community ; whereas provi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        sion should therefore be made for a standard method
                                                                    of calculating the amounts, on the basis of only two
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Community regions, namely the new Member States,
Economic Community ;                                                which still apply accession compensatory amounts,
                                                                    and the other Member States ; whereas, in each of
                                                                    those two regions, the compensatory amounts appli­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        cable to imports in the Member State which absorbs
3328 /75 (') of 18 December 1975 renewing the                       most of the imports in question should be taken as a
arrangements for the reduction of import charges on                 basis, it being possible also to consider those amounts
beef and veal products originating in the African,                  as close to the average of the compensatory amounts
Caribbean and Pacific States, and in particular Article             applicable for each of the Member States ;
3 ( 1 ) and (2) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas there is good reason to derogate from the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­             quarterly fixing of the amounts of reduction pursuant
tion (EEC) No 1599/75 (2 ) of 24 June 1975 on the                   to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75
arrangements applicable to agricultural products and                because of the new marketing year for the beef and
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul­             veal sector beginning 1 March 1976 ;
tural products originating in the African , Caribbean
and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and terri­          Whereas proof that the export tax has been collected
tories, no customs duties are applied to the imports in             may be supplied by entering the relevant amount on
question ;                                                          the movement certificate provided for in Council
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 ;
Whereas the rules governing the origin of the
products in question are those appearing in Annex II                Whereas detailed rules for the application of the
to Regulation ( EEC) No 1 598 /75 (3 ) of 24 June 1975              system of import licences for the products coming
on the advance implementation of certain provisions                 from the beef and veal sector are specified in Commis­
of the ACP-EEC Lome Convention relating to trade                    sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 93/75 (4) of 17 January
in goods ;                                                          1975, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2104/75 (5)
                                                                    and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2045/75 (6) of
                                                                    25 July 1975 ; whereas there is good reason to take
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3328 /75             special measures for the delivery of import licences
lays down that the charges on imports of beef and                   within the framework of the present Regulation ;
veal originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific
States are to be reduced, provided that a tax of corres­
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
ponding amount is collected when the goods are                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
exported from the country of origin ;                               ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,
Whereas the import charges result from the level of
the levy applicable ; whereas that levy may be adjusted
by accession and monetary compensatory amounts ;                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas since those amounts differ according to the
arrangements applicable in each Member State, the
import charges also differ ;                                                                   Article 1
Whereas, however, the precise application of those                  Import licences shall be issued for beef and veal
amounts would result in complex administrative                      products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
problems and would oblige the non-member coun­                      and Swaziland , under the conditions laid down in this
tries concerned to levy different amounts according to              Regulation and within the limit of the quantities
(') OJ No L 329 , 23 . 12 . 1975, p . 4 .                           (4 ) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10 .
( : ) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975 , p . 67 .                         (5 ) OJ No L 214, 12 . 8 . 1975 , p . 20 .
(') OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975 , p . 1 .                            (0) OJ No L 213 , 11 . 8 . 1975, p . 21 .
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expressed in metric tons of boned meat as fixed in            with the rules of origin applicable to the products in
Regulation (EEC) No 3328 /75 :                                 question in accordance with the provisions of Annex
         Botswana
                                                               II to Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 .
                                8 680 metric tons,
         Kenya                     65 metric tons,
         Madagascar             3 478 metric tons,                                      Article 4
         Swaziland              1 543 metric tons .
                                                               1 . The amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regu­
 100 kg of boned meat shall be equivalent to 130 kg of         lation (EEC) No 3328 /75 for each product intended
unboned meat .                                                 for importation into Ireland or the United Kingdom
                                                               shall be equal to 90 % of the amount resulting from
                         Article 2
                                                               the levy reduced by the accession compensatory
                                                               amount applicable to imports into the United
 1 . Applications for import licences may be                   Kingdom from non-member countries and by the
submitted to the competent agencies of the Member              monetary compensatory amounts, valid for imports
States only during the first 10 days of each month .           into that Member State during the week :
                                                              (a) beginning 5 January 1976, for imports to be
The country of origin shall be indicated in box 14 of              effected in January and February 1976 ;
the application for a licence and of the licence .
                                                              (b) beginning 1 March 1976, for imports to be
The licence entails the obligation to import from the              effected in March 1976 ;
country indicated .                                           (c) beginning 22 March 1976, for imports to be
                                                                   effected in the second quarter of 1976.
2. On the working day following the last working
day of the period for the submission of applications,         2. The amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regu­
Member States shall inform the Commission , by telex,          lation (EEC) No 3328 /75 for each product intended
of the total quantity for each of the non-member               for importation into a Member State other than those
countries which are the subject of the applications           mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be equal to 90 % of
referred to in paragraph 1 .                                  the amount resulting from the levy corrected, if such
                                                              should be the case, by any monetary compensatory
The Commission shall decide , for each non-member             amount applicable for France during the week :
country concerned , which applications can be
accepted . If the quantities of products originating in a     (a) beginning 5 January 1976, for imports to be
non-member country in respect of which licences are                effected in January and February 1976 ;
applied for exceed the quantity available from that           (b) beginning 1 March 1976, for imports to be
non-member country, the Commission shall fix a                     effected in March 1976 ;
single percentage for the reduction of the quantities
                                                              (c) beginning 22 March 1976, for imports to be
applied for.                                                       effected in the second quarter of 1976 .
3.    If the total quantity forming the subject of appli­
cations relating to a non-member country is lower                                       Article 5
than the quantity available from that non-member
country , the Commission shall decide what shall be            1 . The import charges shall be reduced by the
done with the remaining quantity.                             amount fixed in accordance with Article 4 only if the
                                                              model of the certificate for the movement of goods
4. The import licences shall be valid only until 30           EUR. 1 contained in Annex 5 to Annex II to Regula­
June 1976 .                                                   tion ( EEC) No 1598 /75 indicates :
5.    The licences shall be issued on the 21st day            (a) in box 5, the group of countries of destination , by
following the first day of the period for the submis­              means of the figure T for the Member States
sion of applications .                                             referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) and by means of the
                                                                   figure ' 2' for the Member States referred to in para­
6.    Subject to the provisions of Article 1 8 of Regula­          graph 2 of that Article ;
tion ( EEC) No 193 / 75, the security shall be released
immediately for a quantity in respect of which no
                                                              (b) in box 7, the amount of the export tax collected
                                                                   per 1 00 kg ;
import licence has been issued .
                                                              (c) in box 8 , the subheading of the Common Customs
                                                                   Tariff for the product in question .
                         Article 3
                                                              A separate certificate shall be drawn up for each
Importation to benefit from the system of import              subheading of the Common Customs Tariff.
charge reductions may take place only if the origin of
the products concerned is certified by the competent          2 . The application of this Regulation may not in
authorities of the exporting countries in conformity          any event give rise to the granting of an amount .
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3 . The export tax to be collected shall be that in                                 Article 6
force at the date of completion of the customs export
formalities .
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
The amount by which the import charges shall be              1976 .
reduced shall be that valid on the day of completion
of the customs import formalities in the Community
region indicated in box 5 of the certificate .               It shall apply until 30 June 1976 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 December 1975 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission