CELEX: 31977R2121
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2121/77 of 26 September 1977 fixing the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported under special terms in the fourth quarter of 1977

No L 247/ 16                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 9. 77
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2121 /77
                                                         of 26 September 1977
                fixing the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be
                               imported under special terms in the fourth quarter of 1977
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Article 1 1 (3) of this Regulation provides that licences
COMMUNITIES,                                                           shall be normally issued on the 30th day of each
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  quarter ; whereas however it is appropriate from this
Economic Community,                                                     rule to avoid an excessive supply of beef on the
                                                                        Community market when grass feed cattle are being
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           sold ;
805/.68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                        ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
Article 14 (4) (a) thereof,
Whereas the Council has estimated at 75 000 tonnes
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                       N
the deficit of meat for processing in 1 977 (3) ; whereas,
pursuant to Article 14 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
805/68, the quantities of meat referred to in paragraph
 1 (a) and (b) of that Article which may be imported                    1 . For the period 1 October to 31 December 1977,
separately and the rate of suspension of the levy in the               the maximum quantities as referred to in Article 14
case of the meat referred to in paragraph 1 (b) thereof                (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be :
must be determined ;                                                   (a) 5 000 tonnes of meat expressed bone-in in respect
Whereas the considerable and increasing Community                           of meat as referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) (a) of the
supplies of meat suitable for processing are almost                         said Regulation ;
sufficient to meet the needs of the processing                         (b) 10 000 tonnes of meat expressed bone-in in
industry ; whereas the deficit for the fourth quarter of                    respect of meat as referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) (b)
 1977 can therefore be estimated at 15 000 tonnes of                        thereof,
meat expressed as bone-in meat, of which 5 000
tonnes * is meat intended for the manufacture of                        2. The levy to be charged on the import of the
certain preserves, and 10 000 tonnes is meat intended                   meat referred to in paragraph 1 (b) shall be equal to
for the manufacture of other products ;                                the levy applicable on the day of import less 45 % .
Whereas the detailed rules for the application of the                                           Article 2
special import arrangements for certain types of
frozen beef intended for processing were laid down in                   By way of derogation from Article 1 1 (3) of Regulation
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 597/77 of 18                            (EEC) No 585/77 licences shall be issued on 21
                                                                        November 1977.
March 1977 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1384/77 (5) ; whereas the system of import licences for                                        Article 3
these products was laid down in Articles 9 to 11 of
Regulation (EEC) No 585/77 of 18 March 1977 (6), as                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 384/77 ; whereas                       1977 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 26 September 1977.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
(')  OJ No L   148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.
(2)  OJ No L   61 , 5. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ No L   15 , 18 . 1 . 1977 , p . 28 .
(«)  OJ No L   76, 24. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(5 ) OJ No L   157, 28 . 6 . 1977, p . 16 .
(6)  OJ No L   75, 23 . 3 . 19 77, p . 5 .