CELEX: 51990PC0028
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-26
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) SUSPENDING THE IMPORT LEVY ON GOATMEAT AND SHEEPMEAT

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                         COMOO) 28 final
                                         Brussels,26 January 1990
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           suspending the import levy on goatmeat and sheepueat
                       (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- 1.  In accordance with the directives adopted by the Council, negotiations
   were initiated with the countries which are the main suppliers of
   sheepneat and goatmeat to the Ooranunity, with a view to adjusting the
   relevant voluntary restraint agreements concluded with those countries.
2. As a result of the negotiations, agreements were concluded with some of
   the countries concerned, namely New Zealand, Argentina and Australia.
   It is laid down in these agreements that the Community will make a
   counter concession by completely suspending the import levy on sheepmeat
   and goatmeat.
   For New Zealand, the first oountry with which the adjustment agreement
   was signed, the tariff suspension was applied by Commission
   Regulation (EEC) No 3652/89 of 6 December 1989, with retroactive effect
   from 1 January 1989.
3. In view of the Community's international obligations, and more
   especially Article 1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
   (GATT), this tariff suspension must be applied unilaterally to all the
   other countries, on the same basis as for New Zealand, without awaiting
   the conclusion of the negotiations in progress with the other countries
   which supply the Community.
4. It is therefore proposed that the Council should adopt the attached
   draft regulation.
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suspending the import levy on goatmeat and sheepmeat
THE OODNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN OOMMONITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Ctammunity,
and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in the context of the recent adjustments to the common
organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, it was considered
necessary to adjust the relevant voluntary restraint agreements with
certain non-Community countries in order to stabilize imports and improve
import prices;
Whereas negotiations were conducted to that effect with the countries
concerned and an agreement was concluded with New Zealand;1 whereas that
agreement provides for the complete suspension of the import levy on
sheepmeat and goatmeat until 31 December 1992 as a counter concession by
the Community;
Whereas the Community has voluntary restraint agreements with its main
suppliers, or, failing that, equivalent unilateral arangements; whereas
negotiations are still being held on those agreements or arrangements, and
in particular on the quantities to be laid down,
Whereas, in accordance with the Community's international obligations, the
suspension should be extended to all supplier countries, subject to certain
quantitative limits;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1 0 J L 318, 31.10.1989, p. 13.
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Article 1
By way of derogation from the voluntary restraint agreements concluded with
Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Romania, and
Yugoslavia, and by way of derogation from Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85, the oolleotion of the levy on imports of
sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN code 0204 shall be suspended until
31 December 1992, within the quantitative limits laid down in the
abovementioned agreements and in Council Regulation (EBC) No 3643/85
respectively.
Article 2
Detailed rules for implementing this Regulation shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 30 of
Regulation (ESC) No 3013/89.*
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1989.
This Regulation shall be binning in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at ....
                                                        For the Council
                                                        The President
1 Q J L 289, 7.10.1989, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL ST&EBfENT
                                                             (POKM/90/FF002)
                                                             EflTE: 11.1.1980
1. BUDGET HEADING:   100                  APPROPRIATIONS: BCU 1 152.8 m i l l i o n
                                                 d r a f t 1990 budget
2. TITLE:
Proposal for a Council Regulation suspending the import levy on sheepmeat
and goatmeat
3. LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Treaty
4. AIMS: Extension to all sheepmeat and goatmeat supplier countries of the
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:       PERIOD          CUKKfcWT             FOLLOWING
                                 OF 12           FINANCIAL            FINANCIAL
                                 MONIES          YEAR                YEAR
                                                  (1990)              (1991)
5.0. EXPENDITURE
     - CHARGED TO THE EC
       HTlDGKr                   token            token               token
       (IMTERVHjriCNS)           entry^- entry* entry
5.1. REVENUE
     - EC CWN RESOURCES
       (LEVIES)                  - ECU 1..7       - BCU 3.4           - ECU 1.7
     - NATIONAL                  mllHem          mi 1 H an           million
                                 1992
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPQdETDRE      token entry
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENDE         - BCD 1.7 million
5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION:
The average levy on sheepmeat imports is ECU 1.750/t. For imports from
these nce-Camraunity countries the levy is, however, limited to the 10%
autonomous duty arising from the binding under GKn, i.e. about ECU 150/t.
If this duty were suspended, the loss of revenue for 12 months would be:
10 365 t x ECU 150/t xl.ll (double rate) - - BCO 1.7 million.
Since the measure Is retroactive from 1 January 1989, the levies collected
on meat imports in 1989 will have to be reimbursed in 1990. It is
estimated that the cost of this reimbursement under the 1990 budget will be
ECU 1.7 million.
6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS HWERHD IN THE
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF OSE CURRENT BUDGET?                                       NO
6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BY FINANCED EY TRANSFHl BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE
CURRBtT BUDGET?                                                               NO
6.2. WILL A SUPPLEMBJTAKY BUDGET BE NBCESSAK??                                NO
6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?                          YES
 ---pagebreak--- COMMENTS: (1)
Since there is no precise undertaking concerning the import price in the
agreement, the zero import levy on this type of meat may depress prices on
the Community market, and cause a corresponding rise in the premiums
granted and so increase Community budget expenditure. It is difficult to
estimate the extent of this phenomenon.
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 ---pagebreak---                 FICHE D'IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L'EMPLOI
          Proposition de règlement du Conseil relatif à la suspension
    du prélèvement applicable à l'Importation de viande ovine et caprine
Ce projet de règlement vise à étendre, en faveur de l'ensemble des pays
fournisseurs de viande ovine et caprine de la Communauté, une concession déjà
accordée à certains pays, notamment        la Nouvelle-Zélande,      l'Argentine,
l'Australie et l'Uruguay, (suspension totale du prélèvement applicable à
I'importât ion).
La mesure     proposée   s'avère nécessaire, compte      tenu  des    obligations
internationales de la Communauté et plus particulièrement des dispositions de
l'article premier de l'Accord Général sur les tarifs Douaniers et le Commerce
(GATT)
Dans la mesure où il ne modifie pas les quantités traditionnelles réellement
importées    et   compte   tenu  de   l'Importance   des    quantités    fournies
traditionnellement par les quatre pays indiqués ci-dessus, ce projet n'a
pratiquement pas d'impact sur les entreprises. On peut également considérer
que la mesure proposée ne leur imposera pas des coûts supplémentaires.
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