CELEX: 51983PC0346
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Date: 1983-06-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning the import system applicable to certain non-member countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector during the first quarter of 1984 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                             COM(83) 346 f i n a l
                                                             B r u s s e l s , 10 June 1983
                                   Proposal f o r a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
 concerning the import system a p p l i c a b l e t o c e r t a i n non-member c o u n t r i e s
  in the sheepmeat and goatmeat s e c t o r d u r i n g the f i r s t q u a r t e r of 1984
                  (submitted t o t h e C o u n c i l by t h e Commission)
COM(83) 346 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. P u r s u a n t    t o Regulation            ( E E C ) No 1837/80 o n t h e common o r g a n i z a t i o n
   of t h e market i n sheepmeat                       and goatmeat v o l u n t a r y           restraint       agreements
    have been c o n c l u d e d          w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g non-member c o u n t r i e s :
    Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,                                                 Hungary,
    I c e l a n d , New Z e a l a n d ,      Poland,         Romania, Uruguay and Y u g o s l a v i a .                These
    agreements w i l l            remain i n force at least u n t i l                     31 M a r c h 1984.
2. T h e r e a r e a s m a l l n u m b e r o f n o n - m e m b e r c o u n t r i e s e x p o r t i n g          products
    i n t h i s s e c t o r which have n o t y e t been a b l e t o g i v e a v o l u n t a r y
     restraint undertaking                    ; however, i t i s d e s i r a b l e that they                   s h o u l d be
    allowed          t o export       c e r t a i n q u a n t i t i e s of these         products        t o t h e Community,
    up t o 31 M a r c h 1984, o n t e r m s s i m i l a r t o t h o s e                    accorded        to the
     non-member c o u n t r i e s r e f e r r e d t o u n d e r 1 a b o v e .
     F o r t h e r e s t o f 1984 new p r o v i s i o n s w i l l               have t o be a d o p t e d , i f
     necessary,            i n t h e l i g h t o f amendments w i t h e f f e c t from 1 A p r i l                      1984
     to    A r t i c l e 34 o f t h e b a s i c R e g u l a t i o n            as regards         trade with          non-member
     countries i n the sector i n question.
 3. T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e p r o p o s a l         by t h e Commission i s a c c o r d i n g l y t o l i m i t
     t h e amount o f t h e l e v y c o l l e c t e d and t h e i s s u e o f import                          licences
      for     c e r t a i n products         i n t h e sheepmeat            a n d g o a t m e a t s e c t o r f r o m non-member
      countries other than                   those       r e f e r r e d t o under 1 a b o v e . The main                 countries
      concerned a r e C h i l e and Spain.
  (1) R e g u l a t i o n    ( E E C ) No 1837/80, 0J No L 183 o f 1980.
 ---pagebreak---                                                        Proposal       for a
                                                 COUNCIL REGULATION             (EEC)
  concerning            the import              system a p p l i c a b l e to c e r t a i n non-member c o u n t r i e s i n
  the sheepmeat and goatmeat s e c t o r d u r i n g the f i r s t                          quarter of      1984
  THE     COUNCIL OF             THE     EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty e s t a b l i s h i n g the European Economic Community,
 and      i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 43       thereof.
 Having regard to the proposal                            from the        Commission,
 Having regard to the o p i n i o n of the European                                  Parliament,
 Whereas Council Regulation                           (EEC)   No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980              on the common
 o r g a n i z a t i o n of the market i n sheepmeat and                           goatmeat    , as  l a s t amended
 by Regulation                (EEC)       No     1195/82     , e s t a b l i s h e d a system of trade        with
non-member c o u n t r i e s i n t h i s s e c t o r ; whereas t h i s system i n c l u d e s the
c o l l e c t i o n of an import                  levy ;
Whereas the Community has                           concluded       voluntary        restraint   agreements with         the
great m a j o r i t y of the non-member c o u n t r i e s e x p o r t i n g sheepmeat and                         goatmeat
products           ; whereas under A r t i c l e 34 of the above-mentioned Regulation                                 the
Council may,               before         1 April      1984,   make amendments to the v a r i o u s systems
a p p l y i n g to the market i n the products                           in question        ;
Whereas, pending the c o n c l u s i o n of agreements with other non-member c o u n t r i e s
which t r a d i t i o n a l l y export               to the Community and              pending amendments to the
e x i s t i n g voluntary               restraint       agreements, the c o l l e c t i o n of the          levy and     the
issue of import                   l i c e n c e s i n respect of c e r t a i n products          from these       countries
should be            l i m i t e d d u r i n g the f i r s t     quarter of 1984            ;
Whereas imports                  i n t o the Member States should be allowed, account                            being
taken of t r a d i t i o n a l trade p a t t e r n s .
(1) OJ No L 183,                   16.7.1980, p. 1
(2) OJ No L 140,                   20.5.1982, p.           22
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HAS ADOPTED T H I S R E G U L A T I O N
                                                  Article 1
1. The import levy a p p l i c a b l e t o the f o l l o w i n g products s h a l l be l i m i t e d
    to a maximum of 10 % ad volorem s u b j e c t t o t h e f o l l o w i n g q u a n t i t a t i v e
    l i m i t s expressed i n tonnes of carcase e q u i v a l e n t per non-member country
    concerned and per category :
                                                                                     I No-member country concerned                   |
                                                                                                         and q u a n t i t y         |
   CCT heading                              Description
        No
                                                                                                                     | Other non- |
                                                                                     I Chile        I Spain | member                  |
                                                                                                                     |countries (a)|
 I  01.04            I  L i v e sheep and goats :                                    i             I                 I               I
 I                   I  B. Other ( b )                                               I        o I              0      |        25     |
 I  02.01            I   Meat and e d i b l e o f f a l of the
                         animals f a l l i n g w i t h i n headings
                         Nos 01 .01, 01 .02, 01 .03 or                               !                !
                         01.04, f r e s h , c h i l l e d o r f r o z e n :
                         A. Meat :
                              IV. Of sheep o r goats :
 I                   I                a) Fresh or c h i i l e d                       I        o I         125        |        25     |
                                      b) Frozen                                       I    373 J               0       |       25     |
 (a) E x c l u d i n g A r g e n t i n a , A u s t r a l i a , A u s t r i a , B u l g a r i a , C z e c h o s l o v a k i a ,
      Hungary, I c e l a n d , New Z e a l a n d , P o l a n d , Romania, Uruguay and Y u g o s l a v i a .
 (b) The c o e f f i c i e n t t o be employed f o r c o n v e r t i n g net mass ( l i v e weight) i n t o
       carcase mass ( c a r c a s e weight e q u i v a l e n t ) s h a l l be 0.47 f o r products f a l l i n g
      w i t h i n sub-heading 01.04 B of the Common Customs                                      Tariff.
 2. Member S t a t e s may be a u t h o r i z e d t o i s s u e import l i c e n c e s f o r the products
     r e f e r r e d t o i n paragraph 1 up t o the l i m i t of q u a n t i t i e s c o r r e s p o n d i n g
    to t h e i r t r a d i t i o n a l imports coming from the non-member c o u n t r i e s concerned.
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                                                      Article 2
 For the products             and non-member c o u n t r i e s s p e c i f i e d i n A r t i c l e 1, the import
 l i c e n c e s provided f o r i n A r t i c l e 16 of R e g u l a t i o n            (EEC) No 1837/80 s h a l l be
 i s s u e d d u r i n g t h e f i r s t q u a r t e r of 1984 s u b j e c t t o t h e q u a n t i t a t i v e l i m i t s
 l a i d down i n A r t i c l e 1.
                                                      Article 3
 D e t a i l e d r u l e s f o r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of t h i s R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l be adopted i n
accordance w i t h the procedure l a i d down i n A r t i c l e 26 of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)
No 1837/80.
                                                      Article 4
This R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l enter i n t o f o r c e on the day of i t s p u b l i c a t i o n i n the
O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l of t h e European Communities.
It s h a l l           apply from 1 January 1984 u n t i l the e n t r y i n t o f o r c e o f v o l u n t a r y
r e s t r a i n t agreements with t h e non-member c o u n t r i e s concerned and at t h e l a t e s t
u n t i l 31 March 1984.
This R e g u l a t i o n s h a l l be b i n d i n g i n i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y        applicable i n
a l l Member S t a t e s .
Done at                                                                                     For t h e Counci I
                                                                                              The     President
 ---pagebreak---                      FINANCIAL                    STATEMENT
                                                                                                   DATE J  28 March 1983
 l.   BUDGÎ-T MHS       coucLTCJSD    i 100 ( l e v i e s )           A p p r o p r i a t i o n s : 1 558.5 miLLion    ECU
 2.  ACTION      : D r a f t C o u n c i l R e g u l a t i o n concerning the import system a p p l i c a b l e t o
     c e r t a i n non-member c o u n t r i e s ( i n p a r t i c u l a r C h i l e and Spain) i n the sheepmeat
     and goatmeat s e c t o r i n the f i r s t q u a r t e r of 1984.
 3.  LEGAL BASIS       :    A r t i c l e 43 of t h e Treaty
4. OBJECTIVES : Lays down t h e import system a p p l i c a b l e t o c e r t a i n non-member c o u n t r i e s
                         i n t h e sheepmeat and goatmeat s e c t o r f o r the f i r s t q u a r t e r of 1984.
 5. FINANCIAL CCr.'SEC'JLNCE                            FOR THE MARKETING YEAR       CURRENT PINANCIAL YEAR   FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
 5.0  I'.Xi EN DI TURE                                                                        L83J                    ( 84 )
      -CIIARCED TO TUB EC BUDGET
                         :
         ( RKhutiLG/iNT: :RVr!TTi o:.v> )
      -CHARGED TO NATIONAL A DOT NI STR.
      -CHARGED TO OTHER NATIONAL CROUPS
5.1    RECEIPTS
      -CaN RESOURCES OF THE EC
                                                                                                                                        1
         (LEVI zs/mxmx            mzm                                                                          - 0.96 m i l l i o n ECU
      -NATIONAL
                                                       YEAR                          YEAR                    YEAR
5.0.1      PLURIANNUAL FATTERN OF EXPENDITURE
5.1.1     PLURIANNUAL PATTERN OF RECEIPTS
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
                                          Quanti t y          Present                         Reduced           Revenue l o s s
                                                              normal                          levy
                                                              levy
L i v e animals                               25 t           1 090 ECU/t                  150 ECU/t                   23 500 ECU
Meat ( f r e s h / c h i l l e d )          150 t            2 318 ECU/t                  220 ECU/t                 314 700 ECU
Meat ( f r o z e n )                        398 t            1 741 ECU/t                  180 ECU/t                 621 300 ECU
                                                                                                                    959 500 ECU
6.
6.
6.
6.3 CREDITS TO BE WRITTEN INTO FUTURE BUDGETS ?                                                                          YES/ÎJCX
CO/.XENTS :
   (1) Since t h i s i s an import system e x i s t i n g i n 1983 which i s being                                  continued,
           t h e r e i s no new category of revenue l o s s e s i n v o l v e d .