CELEX: 51985PC0477(01)
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) OPENING A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BUFFALO MEAT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A II B) 4 BB) 33 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1986)

No C 258/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 10.10.85
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat
                   falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 of the Common Customs Tariff (1986)
                                                       COM(85)     477final
                              (Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 23 September 1985)
                                                         (85/C 258/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and               the market in beef and veal (3), as last amended by the
 113 thereof,                                                        1979 Act of Accession,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('),
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                    1.    A Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat
liament (2),                                                        falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 of the
                                                                    Common Customs Tariff shall be opened for 1986.
                                                                    The total volume of this quota shall be 2 250 tonnes.
Whereas the Community has undertaken, within the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to                   2.     Under this quota the applicable duty of          the
open an annual Community tariff quota at a rate of duty             Common Customs Tariff shall be fixed at 20 %.
of 20 % for 2 250 tonnes of frozen buffalo meat falling
within subheading 02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 33 of the Common                                         Article 2
Customs Tariff; whereas this quota should thereof be
opened for 1986;                                                    Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall
                                                                    be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
                                                                    in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) N o 805/68, and in
Whereas there should be a guarantee of equal and                    particular:
continuing access by all interested traders within the              (a) provisions to guarantee the nature of product, where
Community to the said quota and of uninterrupted                         it is coming from and its origin;
application of the rate laid down for that quota, to all            (b) provisions concerning recognition of the document
imports of the product in question, in all the Member                    to enable verification of the guarantee referred to
States, up to the limit of the volume of the quota;                      in (a).
whereas it seems appropriate, to this end, to set up
a system of use of the Community tariff quota, based                                           Article 3
on the presentation of a certificate of authenticity
guaranteeing the nature of the product, where it is                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.
imported from and its origin;                                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                                                                    directly applicable in all Member States.
(*) OJ No C 277, 17. 10. 1984, p. 7.
(2) Opinion delivered on 14 December 1984.                          (») OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.