CELEX: 31974R0442
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 442/74 of the Commission of 21 February 1974 on protective measures for beef and veal

22. 2 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 50/33
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 442/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 21 February 1974
                                         on protective measures for beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whole Community ; whereas, therefore, until such
COMMUNITIES,                                                       time as the Council has adopted definitive rules on
                                                                   the matter, all imports of live animals and of beef and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              veal should be subject to the production of the import
Economic Community ;                                               licence provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 1373/70 (3) of 10 July 1970 on common detailed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       rules for the application of the system for import and
805/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended               cultural products subject to a single price system, as
by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular               last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1796/73 (4), and
Article 21 (2) thereof ;                                           the issue of the licence should be subject to the
                                                                   lodging of security ;
Whereas the French Republic and the Italian Repu­
blic placed requests before the Commission for the                 Whereas the importation of products accompanied by
adoption of protective measures in respect of imports              an advance fixing certificate as provided for in Article
of beef and veal ;                                                 12 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should not be
                                                                   suspended if the certificate has already been issued,
Whereas the beef and veal market has for some time
now been very unsettled, which led the Commission,
as a normal administrative measure, to extend the
number of products for which refunds are granted and               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to introduce aids for private storage ;
Whereas, however, those measures have not as yet                                            Article 1
proved sufficient to re-establish market equilibrium ;
whereas the forthcoming adoption of a guide price for
the 1974/75 marketing year will improve the situation              1 . All imports into the Community of the products
somewhat ; whereas, however, the expected increase in              referred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
the. guide price could disturb the market if at any time           805/68 shall be subject to production of an import
the difference between world market prices and the                 licence provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70,
guide price were too great, particularly on the most               which, subject to Article 2 shall be issued by the
sensitive markets ;                                                Member States to any interested party who applies
                                                                   therefor, whatever the place of his establishment in
                                                                   the Community.
Whereas it is necessary in these circumstances to
protect those markets so as to avert the risk of a sharp
drop in prices giving rise to movements liable to                  However, this licence shall not be required for
disturb the market in beef and veal shortly before the             products in respect of which certificates issued
increase in the guide price ; whereas Italian market               pursuant to Articles 12 (a) or 15 of Regulation (EEC)
prices are largely determined by imports while, among              No 805/68 are produced.
Community markets, the French is the largest
producer market ; whereas those two markets are there­             2.     The issue of the licence referred to in the first
fore the most sensitive to imports from third coun­                subparagraph, paragraph 1 shall be subject to the
tries ;                                                            lodging of security amounting to :
Whereas the suspension of the importation of fresh                 — 5 units of account per 100 kg in respect of live
and chilled meat into those Member States could                         domestic bovine animals other than pure-bred
therefore contribute to the achievement of the aim in                   breeding animals, of subheading No 01.02 A II of
                                                                        the Common Customs Tariff ;
view ; whereas such suspension should however be
limited to the period strictly necessary ;                         — 10 units of account per 100 kg for edible meats of
                                                                        domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled, of
Whereas the adoption of such measures requires atten­                   subheading No 02.01 A II a) of the Common
tive surveillance of imports of beef and veal into the                  Customs Tariff :
(>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.                           (>) OJ No L 158 , 20 . 7. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 .                            (4) OJ No L 183, 5. 7. 1973, p. 1 .
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— 10 units of account per 100 kg for edible meats of                                 Article 3
     domestic bovine animals, salted or in brine, dried
     or smoked, of subheading No 02.06 C I a) of the        Meat in respect of which advance fixing certificates
     Common Customs Tariff.                                 have been delivered before the day of the entry into
                                                            force of this Regulation may be put into free circula­
3 . The import licence shall be valid for 60 days           tion in France and Italy.
from the date of issue, within the meaning of Article
8 ( I) of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 .                                              Article 4
4. Applications for licences and the import licences        The    Member     States  shall communicate   with   the
and advance fixing certificates shall indicate under         Commission, at the latest on the second working day
item 1 2 the Member State into which the products are       of each week, the quantities, broken down by tariff
to be put into free circulation .                           subheading, in respect of which licences have been
                                                             issued during the week preceding that in which the
                       Article 2                            communication is to be made .
No import licence or advance fixing certificate shall                                Article 5
be issued for the importation of edible meats of
domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled, falling          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
within subheading No 02.01 A II a) 1 of the Common           publication in the Official Journal of the European
Customs Tariff which are to be put into free circula­        Communities. It shall apply as from 23 February 1974
tion in France or Italy.                                    until 24 March 1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 21 February 1974.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI