CELEX: 51988PC0446
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, for 1988, a special unilateral import quota for fresh, chilled or frozen high quality beef and veal of codes 0201 and 0202 and for products of codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the Combined Nomenclature (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(88 ) 446 final
                                                       Brussels , 5 August 1988
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL   REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening , for 1988 , a special unilateral import quota for fresh , chilled
   or frozen high quality beef and veal of codes 0201 and 0202 and for
            products of codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the
                             Combined Nomenclature
                        ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Following the Tokyo Round the Community opened an               import quota
for high quality beef and veal at nil levy and 20 % customs duty . Under the
agreements concluded between the Communtiy and the countries concerned this
quota is entirely reserved for imports from those countries that are
traditional suppliers of the Community .
At the time of the negotiations Brazil had no meat available of the required
quality standards . The situation has changed and Brazil is now producing high
quality meat up to the standards laid down by the Community . On 18 December
1987 Brazil formally requested , on the basis of Article 1 of the GATT , access
to the Community market for high quality beef , by means of a tariff quota of
10 000 tonnes .
For a number of years Uruguay has been asking for an improvement in its access
to the Community market for such meat , in view of the importance of beef in
its economy .
In the interest of maintaining harmonious trade relations with these countries
the Commission proposes to open a special unilateral import quota for 1988 of
2 000 tonnes of high quality beef and veal from grass-raised animals at a duty
rate of 20% and exemption from the levy .
                                                                                I
 ---pagebreak---                                       Proposai for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No    / 88
                                 of                  1988
           opening , for 1988 , a special unilateral import quota for fresh ,
     chilled or frozen high quality beef and veal of codes 0201 and 0202 and for
      products of codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the Combined Nomenclature
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
Whereas in view of the situation on the beef and veal markets both inside and
outside the Community and of the interest of the Community in maintaining
harmonious trade relations with certain countries a special unilateral tariff
quota for 1988 should be opened for the importation at 20% duty rate of 2 000
tonnes of high quality fresh , chilled or frozen beef and veal of codes 0201
and 0202 and of products of codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the Combined
Nomenclature ;
Whereas all interested Community operators should be guaranteed equal and
uninterrupted access to the quota at the specified rate for all imports of the
products in question into all Member States until the quota amount is used up ;
whereas to this end it would be advisable to make arrangements for utilisation
of the quota involving presentation of a certificate of authenticity
guaranteeing the nature , provenance and origin of the products ;
Whereas detailed rules for the application of these provisions must be adopted
by the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal ( 3 ),
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 467 / 87 ( 4 ),
( 1 ) OJ No L
( 3 ) OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 24 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 48 , 17.2.1987 , p. 1 .
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                                         2
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
1.  A special Community tariff quota for high quality fresh , chilled or frozen
    beef and veal of codes 0201 and 0202 and of codes 0206 10 95 and
    0206 29 01 of the Combined Nomenclature is opened for 1988 .
    The total volume of the quota shall be 2 000 tonnes by product weight .
2.  TheCommon Customs Tariff duty rate applicable for the quota shall be 20 % .
    No levy shall be imposed on the quota .
                                     Article 2
Rules for the application of this Regulation shall be determined by the
procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 . These shall
a)  guarantee the nature , provenance and origin of the products , and
b)  cover recognition of the document providing these guarantees .
                                     Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels                                  For the Council ,
                                                  The President ,
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        FINANCIAL              STATEMENT
                                                               Date : 3 May 1988
1 . Budget heading : 2100                       Appropriations : DB 1988 : 1303
2 . Title : Draft Council Regulation opening for 1988 a special unilateral import
            quota for high quality beef and veal
3 . Legal basis : To open for 1988 a special unilateral quota of 2 000 tonnes of
                    high quality beef at 20% duty rate
4 . Aims of project :
                                              period of           current              following
                                              12 months      financial year        financial year
5.    Financial implications                                        ( 1988 )             ( 1989 )
5.0   Expenditure
      - charged to the EC budget
        ( refunds )                            + 3.3              + 3.3
      - national administration              million ECU       million ECU
      - other
5.1   Receipts
      - own resources of the EC
        ( levies )                             - 8.4              - 8.4
      - national                             million ECU       million ECU
5.0.1 Estimated expenditure                             Measure limited to 1988
5.1.1 Estimated receipts
5.2 Method of calculation :
     Refunds : Since the sector is in surplus an equivalent quantity ought to be
               exported
               2000 t x 1500 ECU / t x 1.107 = 3.3 million ECU ( B )
     Maximum
     Levy loss : 200 t x 3800 ECU / t : 1.107 = 8.4 million ECU ( B )
6.0  Can the project be financed from appropriations entered in the relevant chapter
     of the current budget ?                                                               yes
6.1 Can the project be financed by transfer between chapters of the current budget ?
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6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ?                                                  xxxxxx
6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ?                                            no
Observations :
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