CELEX: 51983PC0554
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Date: 1983-09-29
Title: 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 subheading 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff (1984) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                            COM(83) 554 f in a l
                                                            Brussels, 29 September 1983
                                     Proposal fo r a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
 opening, a llo c a tin g and providing fo r the administration of a Community
     t a r i f f quota fo r frozen beef and veal f a l l i n g within subheading
                 02.01  A I I b) of the Common Customs T a r i f f (1984)
                     (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 554 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
As a result of multilateral negotiations within GATT, the Community under­
took to provide an annual quota for frozen beef and veal falling within
subheading 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, carrying      dutyat
20% and with a volume of 50 000 tonnes expressed in boned meat.
In order to meet the Community's commitment, a Regulation must be adopted
before 1 January 1984 opening a Community tariff quota, allocating it among
the Member States and establishing rules for managing it.
It should be pointed out that the possibility of applying monetary compen­
satory amounts to a quantity of 16 500 tonnes has led the Commission to
divide the quota of 50 000 tonnes into two parts, one of 33 500     tonnes and
one of 16 500 tonnes, each being allocated separately between all the
Member States.
The Commission is therefore proposing that the allocation formula used in
1982 and 1983 be applied to the GATT quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef
and veal in 1984. It should be recalled that imports of frozen beef and
veal into the Community in recent years have been covered almost entirely
by special arrangements such as GATT quotas, the ACP preferential scheme
and the arrangements for making up meat processing requirements, the latter
two involving tendering procedures. This makes it possible to adjust the
global volume of imports to needs in each Member State and to commercial
prospects in the year to which a quota applies.
 ---pagebreak---                            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 subheading 02.01 A II b) of the
                        Common Customs Tariff (1984)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
 particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
 Whereas, in the context of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),
 the Community has undertaken to open, at a duty of 20%, an annual Community
tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef and veal falling within subheading
02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed as boned meat;
whereas, therefore, this tariff quota should be opened on 1 January 1984;
Whereas in particular equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured
for all persons concerned and the rate laid down for the tariff quota should be
applied consistently in all Member States to all imports of the product in
question until the quota is used up; whereas a system of utilization of the
Community tariff quota, based on an allocation between the Member States con­
cerned, would, in the light of the principles outlined above, appear consis­
tent with the Community nature of the quota; whereas, in order to arrive at
a fair allocation between the Member States and to represent as closely as
possible the actual market trends in the product in question, the said allocation
should be proportionate to the requirements of the Member States calculated with
reference to statistical data on imports from third countries during a repre­
sentative reference period and to the economic prospects for the quota year in
question;
(1 )
 ---pagebreak---                                       -  2 -
  Whereas,, pursuant to Article 8(4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 of
  3 December 1980 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the
  system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­
  cultural products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2666/82 (3),
  import licences authorize       import       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 the Act of Accession of
  Greece,       should be applied to any quantity exceeding that indicated in the
  li cence;
  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 apportion­
  ment 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 Belgium, the Netherlands and 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 provision should be made for apportionment by the Council of quantities
 which have not been used up,
 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 meat, is hereby opened for 1984.
      For the purpose of charging imports against this quota, 100 kilograms of un­
      boned meat shall be taken to be equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned 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.
(2) 0J No L 338, 13.12.1980, p. 1       (4) 0J No L 148, 28. 6.1968, p. 24.
(3) 0J No L 283, 6.10.1982, p. 7.
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 3 -
 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, broken down as follows:
         Member State        For the part totalling       For the part totalling
                                 33 500 tonnes                16 500 tonnes
   Benelux                           3 189                       1 571
   Denmark                             157                          78
   Germany                          6 020                        2 965
   Greece                            1 710                         840
   France                           3 343                        1 647
   Ireland                               3                           2
   Italy                            9 658                        4 757
   United Kingdom                   9 420                        4 640
                                  Article 3
1.   Member States shall take all appropriate steps to guarantee all persons
     concerned free access to the quota shares allocated to them.
2.   The extent to which the shares of the Member States have been used up shall
     be verified on the basis of imports as the product is presented for customs
     clearance under the declaration for free circulation.
                                  Arti eie 4
Member States shall regularly inform the Commission of imports which have
been charged against their shares.
                                  Article 5
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this
Regulation is complied with.
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 6
The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1984, submit to the Council a
report on the quantities for which licences have been delivered in each Member
State.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission,
shall, where appropriate, reallocate the amounts which have not been used up.
                                Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.
Done at Brussels,                               For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                           FINANCIAL                          STATEMENT
                                                                                                                            cats   I VI/4471/83               30.8.83
                                                                                                       APPROPRIATIONS:
         1.    BUDGET LIN S CONCERNED I                                100 Revenue           Draft budget 1984 : 1 946.65 mio ECU
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                                         administration of a Community tariff'quota for frozen beef falling within
                                         subheading 02.01 A II b) of the CCT
         Ì. legal basis                     i Article 43 of the Treaty
        4 . objectives «                              Opening of the 1984 GATT quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef
                                                    at 20% duty rate
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