CELEX: 31975R1681
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1681/75 of the Commission of 27 June 1975 concerning the issue of import licences, during the period of application of protective measures, for products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar and Swaziland

1 . 7 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 168 /73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1681 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 27 June 1975
               concerning the issue of import licences, during the period of application of
               protective measures, for products originating in Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar
                                                       and Swaziland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  (EEC) No 193/75 (4) of 17 January 1975 and in
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 (5) of 23
                                                                 December 1970, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1331 /75
Having regard to the Treaty .establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended                                       Article 1
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular
Article 21 (2) thereof ;                                         Licences for the importation of beef and veal products
                                                                 originating in Botswana, Kenya,^Madagascar and Swazi­
Whereas the safeguard measures taken in the beef                 land shall be issued as provided in this Regulation for
sector were made more flexible by inter alia Commis­             the following maximum quantities, expressed in
                                                                 metric tons of boned meat :
sion Regulation (EEC) No 780/75 (3) of 25 March
1975 concerning the arrangements for the importa­                     Botswana                     6 898 ,
tion , during ' the period of application of protective               Kenya                          111 ,
measures of products originating in Botswana, Kenya,                 Madagascar                    4 218 ,
Madagascar and Swaziland which allowed the                           Swaziland                     2 407 .
importing of certain quantities of beef originating in
these third countries, signatories of the Lome conven­           100 kg of boned meat shall be equal to 130 kg of
tion, whose traditional exports of beef into the                 unboned meat.
Community are an essential element ^ in their
economic development ;                                                                     Article 2
Whereas the motives underlying Commission Regula­                1 . Applications for import licences may be lodged
tion (EEC) No 780/75 remain valid ; whereas having               with the competent agencies of the Member States
regard to the particular difficulties encountered by             only during the first 10 days of each month .
these third countries during the first months of that
Regulation's application, notably on account of the             The country of origin shall be entered in Section 14
market price situation in the exporting countries and            of the application for a licence as well as in the
in the Community, these imports have not been able               licence. The licence shall carry with it an obligation to
to proceed at the anticipated rate ; whereas it is there­        import from that country.
fore appropriate to make certain amendments
concerning the time limit for the application and                2. On the first working day following expiry of the
period of validity of import certificates ; whereas it is        time limit for the lodging of applications, Member
also necessary to take into consideration the                    States shall inform the Commission by telex of the
remaining quantities covered by the Communities                  total quantity in respect of which applications as speci­
undertaking to the ACP countries, which up to the                fied in paragraph 1 have been lodged, broken down
present have been * unable to be imported in entirety            by the relevant third country.
within the framework of other measures taken by the              The Commission shall, for each of the third countries
Commission ; whereas the quantities covered . by this            concerned, decide to what extent licences may be
Regulation also include quantities remaining from the            granted. If the quantities in respect of which licences
first allocation and ' the entire amount of the second,
                                                                 for products originating in a given country have been
referred , to in Regulation (EEC) No 780/75 ;                    applied for exceed the quantity available for that
                                                                 country, the > Commission shall determine a single
Whereas the detailed rules in respect of new import              percentage by which the quantities requested are to be
licences were laid down in Commission Regulation                 reduced .
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. . 1968, p. 24.                          (4) OJ No L" 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10.
(2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14.                            (5) OJ No L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970, p. 15.
(3) OJ No L 77, 26. 3 . 1975, p. 34.                             (6) OJ No L 135, 27. 5. 1975, p. 9.
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 3. If the total quantity in respect of which applica­         (q) before the date referred to in (a), by :
 tions relating to a given third country have been                 (aa) the AY.l movement certificate provided for in
received is less than the quantity available for that                   Regulation (EEC) No 1251 /71 ( J ), in the case
country the Commission shall declare what quantity                      of products originating in Madagascar,
remains over.
                                                                   (bb) the AA.l movement certificate provided for
4.     The period of validity of the import licences                    in Regulation (EEC) No 1289/71 (2), in the
shall end on 31 December 1975 .                                         case of products originating in Kenya,
5. Licences shall be issued on the twenty-first day                (cc) a certificate of origin endorsed by the customs
following the first day of the period during which                      authorities, in the case of products originating
                                                                        in Botswana and Swaziland .
applications are lodged .
6. Subject to the provisions of Article 18 of Regula­                                    Article 4
tion (EEC) No 193/75, the security shall be released
immediately in respect of quantities for which no              At the request of those concerned, the period of
import licence has been issued .                               validity of the import licences issued in accordance
                                                               with Regulation (EEC) No 780/75 shall be extended
                         Article 3                             until 31 December 1975.
Importation shall be authorized only if the origin of
the products in question has been certified by the                                      Article 5
competent authorities of the exporting country :
(a) by documentary evidence, issued as provided in             Regulation (EEC) No 780/75 is hereby repealed.
     the Protocol on origin to the Lome convention on
     or after the date on which that convention is put                                  Article 6
     into effect, in the case of products originating in
     the third countries specified in (b) ;                   This Regulation shall enter into force oh 1 July 1975.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 June 1975.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                              (') OJ No L 135, 21 . 6 . 1971 , p. 1 .
                                                             (2) OJ No L 141 , 27 . 6. 1971 , p . 1 .