CELEX: 51984PC0527(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-09-27
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 ( 1985 )

17.10. 84                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 277/5
                                                           II
                                                   (Preparatory Acts)
                                             COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the
             administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within sub-
                            heading 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff (1985)
                                                 (COM(84)     527final)
                         (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 September 1984)
                                                    (84/C 277/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    cultural products ('), as last amended by Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                   (EEC) No 2666/82 (2), import licences authorize the
                                                               importation of a quantity exceeding by 5 % the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                               quantity indicated therein; whereas, however, the levy
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                               provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation
Articles 43 and 113 thereof,
                                                               (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             organization of the market in beef and veal (5), as last
                                                               amended by the Act of Accession of Greece should be
Having regard to the opinion of the European                   applied to any quantity exceeding that indicated in
Parliament,                                                    the licence;
Whereas, in the context of the General Agreement on            Whereas, since the tariff quota in question is
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has                    relatively small, it ought to be possible to provide for
undertaken to open, at a duty of 20 %, an annual               a system of allocation based on a single
Community tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen              apportionment between the Member States, without
beef and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b)          thereby derogating from its Community nature;
of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed as boned               whereas it appears best to leave to each Member State
or boneless meat; whereas, therefore, this tariff quota        the choice of a management system for its share of
should be opened on 1 January 1985;                            the quota, so that it may ensure an allocation which is
Whereas, in particular, equal and continuous access            appropriate from an economic viewpoint;
to the quota should be ensured for all persons
concerned and the rate laid down for the tariff quota          Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
should be applied consistently in all Member States to         Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy
all imports of the product in question until the quota         of Luxembourg are jointly represented by the Benelux
is used up; whereas a system of utilization of the             Economic Union, any operation concerning the
Community tariff quota, based on an allocation                 administration of the quota shares allocated to that
between the Member States concerned, would, in the             economic union may be carried out by any one of its
light of the principles outlined above, appear                 members;
consistent with the Community nature of the quota;
whereas, in order to arrive at a fair allocation               Whereas the possibility should be provided for
between the Member States and to represent as                  whereby quantities which have not been used up may
closely as possible the actual market trends in the            be apportioned by the Council,
product in question, the said allocation should be
proportionate to the requirements of the Member
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
States calculated with reference to statistical data on
imports from third countries during a representative
reference period and to the economic prospects for                                       Article 1
the quota year in question;                                     1.    A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (4) of Commission               veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the
Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980
laying down common detailed rules for the                       (') OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.
application of the system of import and export                  O OJ No L 283, 6. 10. 1982, p. 7.
licences and advance fixing certificates for agri-              C) OJ No L 148. 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
 ---pagebreak---  No C 277/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 17.10.84
 Common Customs Tariff, totalling 50 000 tonnes                       within their territories, free access to the quota shares
 expressed as boned or boneless meat, is hereby                       allocated to them.
 opened for 1985.
                                                                      2.    The extent to which the shares of the Member
 For the purpose of charging imports against this
                                                                      States have been used up shall be verified on the basis
 quota, 100 kilograms of unboned meat shall be taken
                                                                      of imports as the product is presented for customs
 to be equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned or boneless
                                                                      clearance under the declaration for free circulation.
 meat.
 2.    Imports of those goods which have been                                                  Article 4
 admitted under the benefit of another preferential
                                                                     The Member States shall regularly inform the
tariff regime shall not be set off against this tariff
                                                                      Commission of imports which have been charged
quota.
                                                                      against their shares.
3.     The Common Customs Tariff duty for this
quota shall be 20 %.                                                                           Article 5
                         Article 2                                   The Member States and the Commission shall
                                                                     cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is
The quantity of 50 000 tonnes shall be divided into                  complied with.
two parts, one totalling 33 500 tonnes and the other
 16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows:                                                        Article 6
                            For the part        For the part
                                                                     The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1985,
                              totalling           totalling          submit to the Council a report on the quantities for
                           33 500 tonnes       16 500 tonnes         which licences have been delivered in each Member
Benelux                        3 189                1 571
                                                                     State.
Denmark                           157                  78
                                                                     The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
Germany                        6 020               2 965
Greece                         1 710                  840            proposal from the Commission, shall where appro-
France                         3 343               1 647             priate, re-allocate the amounts which have not been
Ireland                              3                   2           used up.
Italy                          9 658               4 757
United Kingdom                 9 420               4 640                                       Article 7
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                         Article 3                                   1985.
1.    The Member States shall take all appropriate                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
steps to guarantee all persons concerned, established                directly applicable in all Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality,
             fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) and b) of
                                                  the Common Customs Tariff
                                                        (COM(84)    527final)
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 September 1984)
                                                            (84/C 277/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Having regard to the opinion of the             European
COMMUNITIES,                                                         Parliament,
                                                                     Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the
                                                                     General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                     open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                     duty of 20 % for a quantity, expressed in product
Article 43 thereof,                                                  weight, fixed at 29 800 tonnes of high-quality, fresh,
                                                                     chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within sub-
                                                                     headings 02.01 A II a) and b) of the Common
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   Customs Tariff;