CELEX: 51987PC0464(03)
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-01
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading No 0202 of the combined nomenclature (1988)

24.10. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 286/9
              Proposal for a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a
              Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading No 0202 of the
                                                combined nomenclature (1988)
                                                      COM(87) 464 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 October 1987)
                                                        (87/C 286/11)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (4) of Commission Regu-
                                                                   lation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980 laying
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              down common detailed rules for the application of the
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and              system of import and export licences and advance fixing
113 thereof,                                                       certificates for agricultural products ('), as last amended
                                                                   by Regulation (EEC) No 2666/82 (*), import licences
                                                                   authorize the importation of a quantity exceeding by
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 5 °/o the quantity indicated therein; whereas, however,
                                                                   the levy provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                  (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
liament,                                                           organization of the market in beef and veal ('), as last
                                                                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 467/87 (4), should be
                                                                   applied to any quantity exceeding that indicated in the
Whereas, in the context of the General Agreement on
                                                                   licence;
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has
undertaken to open, at a duty of 20 %, an annual
Community tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef             Whereas, since the tariff quota in question is relatively
and veal falling within heading No 0202 of the combined            small, it ought to be possible to provide for a system of
nomenclature expressed as boned or boneless meat;                  allocation based on a single apportionment between the
whereas, therefore, this tariff quota should be opened for         Member States, without thereby derogating from its
1988;                                                              Community nature; whereas it appears best to leave to
                                                                   each Member State the choice of a management system
Whereas, under the terms of Article 75 (2) (a) of the              for its share of the quota, so that it may ensure an
1985 Act of Accession, the Kingdom of Spain has, since             allocation which is appropriate from an economic
1 March 1986, been applying Common Customs Tariff                  viewpoint;
duties; whereas provision should therefore be made for
an allocation for this Member State in respect of the              Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
quota period under consideration; whereas, since the               of the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
Portuguese Republic is authorized, unter Article 282 of            bourg are jointly represented by the Benelux Economic
the 1985 Act of Accession, to postpone, until the                  Union, any operation concerning the administration of
beginning of the second stage, the progressive                     the quota shares allocated to that economic union may
application to imports of preferences granted, unilat-             be carried out by any one of its members;
erally or by agreement, by the Community to certain
third countries, no such allocation is to be provided for
this Member State;                                                 Whereas the possibility should be provided for whereby
                                                                   quantities which have not been used up may be
Whereas, in particular, equal and continuous access to             apportioned by the Council,
the quota should be ensured for all persons concerned in
the Community and the rate laid down for the tariff
quota should be applied consistently in all Member                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
States to all imports of the product in question until the
quota is used up; whereas a system of utilization of the
Community tariff quota, based on an allocation between                                       Article 1
the Member States concerned, would, in the light of the
                                                                   1. A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal,
principles outlined above, appear consistent with the
                                                                   falling within heading No 0202 of the combined
Community nature of the quota; whereas, in order to
                                                                   nomenclature totalling 50 000 tonnes expressed as boned
arrive at a fair allocation between the Member States
                                                                   or boneless meat, is hereby opened for 1988.
and to represent as closely as possible the actual market
trends in the product in question, the said allocation
should be proportionate to the requirements of the
Member States calculated with reference to statistical             (*) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.
data on imports from third countries during a represen-            O   OJ No L 283, 6. 10. 1982, p. 7.
tative reference period and to the economic prospects for          (») OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
the quota year in question;                                        (4) OJNoL48, 17.2. 1987, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- No C 286/10                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    24.10. 87
For the purpose of charging imports against this quota,                  their territories, free access to the quota shares allocated
100 kilograms of unboned meat shall be taken to be                       to them.
equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned or boneless meat.
                                                                         (2) The extent to which the shares of the Member
2. Imports of those goods which have been admitted                       States have been used up shall be verified on the basis of
under the benefit of another preferential tariff regime                  imports as the product is presented for customs clearance
shall not be set off against this tariff quota.                          under the declaration for free circulation.
3. The Common Customs Tariff duty for this quota                                                    Article 4
shall be 20 %.
                                                                         The Member States shall regularly inform the
                          Article 2                                      Commission of imports which have been charged against
                                                                         their shares.
The quota amount or 50 000 tonnes shall be divided into
two parts, one totalling 33 500 tonnes and the other                                                Article 5
16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows:
                                                                         The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                                         closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
                                For the part        For the part
                                of totalling          totalling
                               33 500 tonnes       16 500 tonnes                                    Article 6
Benelux                            3 139               1 546             The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1988,
Denmark                              315                  155            submit to the Council a report on the quantities for
Germany                            7 172               3 533
Greece                               928                  457
                                                                         which licences have been delivered in each Member
Spain                                968                  477            State.
France                             5 216               2 569
Ireland                              271                  134            The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
Italy                              6 824               3 361             proposal from the Commission, shall, where appropriate,
Portugal                              —                    —             re-allocate the amounts which have not been used up.
United Kingdom                     8 667               4 268
                                                                                                    Article 7
                          Article 3                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
 1. The Member States shall take all appropriate steps                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
to guarantee all persons concerned, established within                   directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common
                                                 organization of the market in cereals
                                                              COM(87) 450 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 October 1987)
                                                                (87/C 286/12)
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
              Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
              particular Article 43 (2) thereof,
              Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
              Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
              Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,