CELEX: 51977PC0492
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Date: 1977-10-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on levies applicable to imports of certain adult bovine animals and beef from Yugoslavia (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                COM(77 ) 492 final
                                                  Brussels . 11 October 1977
                                  Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) .          ,        i
                on levies applicable to imports of certain adult
                "bovine animals and beef from Yugoslavia
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM ( 77 ) 492 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY    MEMORANDUM
                                      *
1 . The EEC-Yugoslavia Agreement        'lays down , by way of derogation from Regulation
     ( EEC)No 805/68 on beef and veal , special provisions for yugoslav exports of
     baby beef comprising a reduction in the levy applicable .
2 . Under the system of levies applied until the entry into force (l April 1977 )
                                                ** )
     of the new system for imports of beef ,         ' the reduction was effected as
     follows :
      Situation of the       Normal     levy          Special levy for baby beef from Yugos­
     Community market                                 lavia under the Agreement *)
      price in relation
    to the guide price
 t                        1                       1l                                         t
 I                        1I                       r                                         1
 '      106 % or over     JI          0           !1                  0                      ;
 ;      104 - 106 %       ;!         25 %         ;!                  5
        102 - 104 7Ó      ;!         50 %         j!                 15 $
 J      100 - 102 io      J!         75 %         !!                 50 i
          98 - 100 %                100 %                            75 >       'the first
                                                      four years of the Agreement and
                                                                     80 % for the fifth
                                                      year
  1
                                                                            **)
             The new system for imports in force since . April 1977 »             unlike the
 previous system , provides for the application of levies exceeding 100 cjo where the
 Community market price is less than 98 % of the guide prioe .
                                                                  ••• I •••
  *)     Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2170/73 of 31 July 1973 - OJ No L 224 , 13 August
         1973 , page 1
   **) Counoil Regulation ( EEC ) No 425/77 of 14 February 1977 - OJ No L 61 ,
         5 March 1977 1 page 1
 ---pagebreak---                 Although the new import system does not run counter to the provisions
     of Annexe I to the EEC-Yugoslavia Agreement , it nevertheless has repercussions
     on exports of meat from Yugoslavia to the EEC .
                Since the Community market price is less than 98 % of the guide price ,
     the special provisions contained in the Agreement are not applicable and owing
     to the relatively high offer price applied "by Yugoslavia , the levies resulting
     from the present system do not enable Yugoslavia to export to the Community .
            3 * Consequently , Yugoslav exports in 1977 are likely to be at a distinctly
     lower level than that which resulted from the special measures adopted under the
                       *)
     safeguard clause ' •
            4 . This situation is likely to thwart the political intentions which were
     expressed by the Cour.cil when the Agreement was concluded in 1973 and the Joint
     Declaration was sigm.~ _t Belgrade on 2 December 1976 » and which were confirmed
     at the meeting of the .JC - Yugoslavia Joint Committee held on 28 and 29 March
     1977-
                Politically , Yugoslavia 's difficulties are further aggravated by the
     fact that most other supplier countries can place a part of their traditional
     exports on the Community market under special arrangements *
            5 . In these circumstances and pending the renegotiation of the present
     Agreement , which expires on 31 August 1978 » it is necessary to find a transi­
     tional , unilateral solution comprising , in the same spirit as the Agreement in
     force , a moderate reduction in the levy applioable to Yugoslavia when the whole
     levy exceeds 100 $, combined with voluntary restraint on yugoslav exports set
     cn a monthly basis , the quantity* of which corresponds to the average monthly-
     exports in 1976 .
                                                          ••• I •••
sports from Yugoslavia during the application of the protective measures
  ?e as follows :
1974        17-000 t
1975        15.000 t
1976        22.000 t
1977         4.627 t ( first four months )
 ---pagebreak---            These                exports would be phased as follows :
           - a monthly average of 1.500 tonnes ( from 1.000 tonnes per month when
the market price is less than 90 % of the guide price to 2.000 tonnes when the
market price is 96 % or more of the guide price ).
       6 . Furthermore , when the Council adopted regulation ( EEC ) no 425/77 » "the
Commission stated ilia - until the end of 1977 it would suspend by 50 $ the levy
                            r.aie
applicable to ai ^ young/ 00vine animals for fattening imported under the system
laid down in    > - icle x3 of the said Regulation .
            In the light of the difficulties encountered in importing young male
bovine animals of 220 to 300 kg , the Commission intends , by the Management
Committee procedure , to raise the suspension for this category of bovine animals
to 70 of the levy applicable for a maximum quantity of 12*000 head per quarter .
This provision would commence Juanuary 1         1978#
 ---pagebreak---                                PROPOSAL FOR
              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              on levies applicable to imports of certain adult bovine
              animals and beef from Yugoslavia
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomic Community , and in
 particular Article 43 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
 Whereas the system applicable to imports of oeef c. i veal products was Laid down
 by Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 of 27 June 196r on the common organization
 of the market in beef and veal(1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 425/ 77(2);
 Whereas Article V of the Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community an;
 the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia annexed t _ Council Regulation ( EEC )
 Jo 2170/73 of 31 July 1973 ( 3) provides for a speoial system for imports of certa...
 j»dult bovine animals and certain categories of beef laid down in Annex I to the
 Agreement ; whereas the Agreement is valid until 31 August 1978 }
 Whereas the system for imports of beef and veal products has been amended with efT *
 from 1 April 1977; whereas the amendments involve increasing the levy to a level
greater than the difference between the guide price and the f ree- at- Community front
 price plus the amount of the customs duty , which provision did not exist when the
 said Agreement was concluded j
   ...ereas this situation should therefore be taken into account by supplementing the
    listing provisions in accordance with the spirit of the Trade Agreement ;
  , OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24
 ) OJ No L 61 , 05.03.1977 , P * 1
J) OJ No L 224 , 13*8 . 1973 » p . 1
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the provisions of this Regulation do not affect the content of the Trade
Agreement and apply on "     -o products imported under the said Agreement ;
Whereas the Socially i w>u.eral Republic of Yugoslavia is prepared to limit its exports
under this Regulation to a monthly average of 1 500 tonnes expressed as unboned meat ;
Whereas this limit ajid the practical procedures for the monthly phasing of export s
will form the subject of an Exchange of Letters between the Sooialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the Commission ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 12 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N.o 805/68 , and in
addition to the provision :. of Annex I to the Trade Agreement between the European
Economic Community anu       . socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia annexed to
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2-70/73 , the x&vies applicable to imports from that country of
the products listed in the said Annex shall be lixed , in relation to the basic levy ,
- 90 $ where the .,..^rket price is less than yJ % anu.       Less than 96% of
           the guide price :
- 95       where the market price is less than yo rfo and not Less than 90% of
           the guide price :
        70 where the market price is less than 90 70 of the guide price#
                                     Article 2
                                                  tenth
 ..lis Regulation shall enter into force on the/day following its publication in the
 Official Journal of the European Communities and apply until 31 August
 1978 .
 Tftis Regulatio.. shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
   caber States .
     .0 at Brussels ,                 1977 1                   .'or the Counoil
                                                                 The President
 ---pagebreak---                     FINANCIAL              STATEMENT
                                                                                 DATE . H.7.1977
   1 . BUDCLT LINS CONCERNED t       Own res.EOuroes } chapter 10
   2. ACTION : Proposal for Council regulation on levies applicable to imports of
       certain adult bovine animals and beef from Yugoslavia
   3. LEGAL BASIS t        Article 43 of the Treaty
   4 . OBJECTIVES t        Beduotion of the levy applioable to Yugoslavia
   5 . FINANCIAL CCNSEQUUJCE
   5.0 EXFEI'DITUHE
                                              FOR THE MARKETING YEAR  CURRENT EINAMCIAL TEAR
                                                                      wnntou
                                                                            Ol )
                                                                                        itiAA
                                                                                              : FOLLOWINGJGHAFLCIAL YEAR |
        –CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         ( RKRAIJUS/LNTERVENTI ONS )
        –CHARGED TO NATIONAL ADMINISTR .
        –CHARGED TO OTHER NATIONAL GROUPS
   5.1 RECEIPTS                                    Maximum                 Maximum                   Maximum
        -OVTO RESOURCES OF T!!E EC
         ( LEVI                                  - 2,7 Mio UA           - 0 ,^ Mio UA             - ZA Mio UA
        NATIONAL
                                                                                                                         *
                                              YEAH                   YEAR                       YEAR
   5.0.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OF EXPENDITURE
   5.1.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OF RECEIPTS              Measure limited until 31 • 8.1978
   5.2 KETiiOD OF CALCULATION
                    20.000 t x 138         UC/t ( ■ hypothesis of the reduotion in the levy)
  6.C : ; NAHCING POSSIBLE KITH CREDITS INSCRIBED IN RELEVANT CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET ?                  YES/XK
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  6.2
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  6.3 CREDITS TO BE UR1TIEH INTO FUTURE BUDGETS ?                                                          YES /CJI
  COHXQJTS 1