CELEX: 51988PC0530
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening a Community tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling within subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature (1988) (presented by the Commission)

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                                     Proposai for a
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   j                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             opening a Community tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of
             bovine animals falling within subheading 0206 29 91 of the
                             combined nomenclature ( 1988 )
                            ( presented by the Commission )
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                              Explanatory memorandum
For a number of years the Member States applied differing tariff treatment to
thin skirt of beef ( diaphragm muscle ). Some treated it as meat ( 20% customs
duty + levy ) and others as offal ( 4% customs duty ).
When the CCT switched to the harmonised system the Community had to accept
classification of thin skirt as offal but retained the tariff treatment
accorded to beef ( levy + customs duty ).
Argentina , considering herself injured by this treatment , asked under GATT
Artide XXII-1 for thè opening of consultations , at which it maintained that
it exported 700 tonnes of thin skirt per year to thè Community that was
treated as offal and that it intended to maintain this trade flow .   There are
no statistics that would allow thè exact volume of thè Community's annual
imports to be calculated but they have been estimated at 1 500 tonnes .
The Article 113 Committee has given a favourable opinion on the Commission 's
proposal to open a unilateral general tariff quota of 1 500 tonnes . Under
GATT Article XIII the Commission will take the necessary action to ensure that
700 tonnes of this is allocated to Argentina , whose share of the supply it has
been possible to identify .
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                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) '
      open i nj ; .1 Commim i t y l.ir ill      lor I ro /.cti thin skirt ot bovine . mim.ils
       tailing wiLliin subheading U2()b 29 9 1 ot Ltie cumbinod nomenclature ( 1988 )
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 ,
Whereas the Community has undertaken , within the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade ( GATT ), to open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of duty
of 4% for 1 500 tonnes of frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling within
subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature ; whereas this quota should
therefore be opened for 1988 ;
Whereas there should be a guarantee of equal and continuing access by all
iterested traders within the Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted
application of the rate laid down for that quota , to all imports of the
product in question , in all the Member States , up to the limit of the volume
of the quota ; whereas it seems appropriate , to this end , to set up a system of
use of the Community tariff quota , based on the presentation of a certificate
of authenticity guaranteeing the nature of the product , where it is imported
from and its origin ;
Whereas the detailed rules to implement these provisions should be drawn up in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation
( EEC ) No 805 / 68 of 27 June 196S on the common organization of the market in
beef and veal ( 2 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3905 / 87 ( 3 ),
HAS AD0PTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) OJ No C
( 2 ) 0J No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 24 .
( 3 ) 0J No L 370 , 30.12.19S7 , p. 7 .
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                                      Artide 1
 1.   A Community tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling
      within subheading 0206 29 91 for the combined nomenclature shall be opened
      for 1988 .
      The total volume of this quota shall be 1 500 tonnes .
2.    Under this quota the applicable duty of the Common Customs Tariff shall be
      fixed at 4% .
                                      Article 2
Detailed rules for thè application of this Regulation shall be adopted in
accordance with thè procedure laid down in Artide 27 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 805 / 68 , and in particular :
( a ) provisions to guarantee the nature of product , where it is coming from and
      its origin ;
( b ) provisions concerning récognition of the document to enable verifiaction
      of the guarantee referred to in ( a ).
                                      Article 3
This Régulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the Europan Communities .
It shall apply with effect from
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
ail Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                   The President
                                                                                  A
 ---pagebreak---           FINANCIAL               STATEMENT
                                                          Date : 28 July 1988
 1 . Budget heading : Revenue - Article 100    Appropriations : 1 594.4 million ECU
 2 . Title :
     Proposai for a Council Régulation opening a Community tariff quota for frozen
     bovine thin skirt of combined nomenclature subheading 02062991 for 1988
 3 . Legal basis : Art 113 of Treaty
4 . Aims of project : To open a Community tariff quota of 1 500 t of frozen bovine
     thin skirt in order to maintain present trade patterns following classification
     of thin skirt in the new combined nomenclature
                                             period of      current           following
                                             12 months   financial year    financial year
5.     Financial implications                                 ( 1988 )          ( 1989 )
5.0    Expenditure
       - charged to the EC budget
          ( ref unds / intervention )
       - national administration
       - other
5.1    Revenue                                  -                 -                 -
       - own resources of the EC
         ( levies / customs duties )
       - national
5.0.1 Estimated expenditure
5.1.1 Estimated receipts
5.2 Method of calculation :
6.0 Can the project be financed         appropriations entered in the relevant chap
      of the current budget ?
6.1 Can the project be-'"! inanced by transfer between chapters of the
6.2 Is a^slapplementary budget necessary ?
ér'T'lwill future budget appropriations be necessÆ'ry^?
Observations :
This is a technical measure to maintain imports of thin skirt at their present level
and at the tariffs applied before introduction of the new combined nomenclature .
There are therefore no financial implications .
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   I,      Quelle est la justification principale de La mesure ?
           Maintenir Le régime tarifaire antérieur à L 1 appLi cation du système harmonisé ,
           pour L' importation de la hampe de boeuf congelée .
   21 .    Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées . En particulier :
           ( ai Y a - t - il un grand nombre de PME ?            non
           ( b ) Note - t - on des concent ra t ions dans des régions
                 i . éligibles aux aides régionales des Etats membres ? non
                ii . éligibles su Feder ?
   III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises 7
          « uv. ; . s    i z 1     uu i ga i "i ûir i susceptibles es 1 c c r a
          eux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
  V.     Y a - t - il des mesures spéciales pour Les PME ?                      non   Lesquelles ?
  V.I »  Quel est L' effet prévisible
         a) sur La compétitivité des entreprises ?                       néant
         h) sur L' emploi ?                                              néant
''VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont -ils été consultés ?                        non Quels sont leurs
         avis ?
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