CELEX: 31975R1725
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1725/75 of the Commission of 4 July 1975 on detailed rules for the application of the arrangements governing the importation of beef and veal originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories

No L 174/ 16                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   5 . 7 . 75
                          REGULATION (EEC) No 1725/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 4 July 1975
              on detailed rules for the application of the arrangements governing the importa­
              tion of beef and veal originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
                                        in the overseas countries and territories
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  mentation of certain provisions of the ACP-EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Lome convention relating to trade in goods ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and
Economic Community ;                                            Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time
                                                                limit set by its Chairman,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1 599/75 ('), of 24 June 1975 on the arrangements
applicable to agricultural products and to certain
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and
Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territo­
                                                                                              Article 1
ries, and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof ;
Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75            1 . The amount referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regula­
provides for a reduction in import charges on beef              tion (EEC) No 1599/75 shall for each product
and veal originating in the signatory countries to the          intended for import into Ireland or into the United
Lome convention, provided that an equivalent tax was            Kingdom be equal to 90 % of the balance of the
imposed on exportation from the country of origin ;             average levy, minus the accession compensatory
                                                                amount, applicable to imports into the United
Whereas customs duties are not applied to the                   Kingdom from non-member countries during the
imports under discussion ; whereas the level of the             period of reference, and the monetary compensatory
levy applicable may be affected by the accession and            amount applicable to imports into this Member State
monetary compensatory amounts ; whereas, since                  during the last full week of such period.
these amounts vary according to the system to which
each Member State is subject, the import charge also            2. The amount referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regula­
varies ;                                                        tion (EEC) No 1599/75 shall for each product
                                                                intended for import into a Member State other than
Whereas, however, a strict application of the compen­           those mentioned in paragraph 1 be equal to 90 % of
satory amounts would lead to complex management                 the balance of the average levy applicable during the
problems and would oblige the non-member coun­                  period of reference, and the monetary compensatory
tries concerned to levy different charges depending on          amount applicable for France during the last full week
the destination within the Community ; whereas it               of such period.
thus appears desirable to provide for a standard
method of calculation of these amounts based on a
division of the Community into two regions, namely                                            Article 2
on the one hand the new Member States which are
still applying the accession compensatory amounts               The period of reference for each quarter shall be the
and on the other hand the other Member States, and              preceding quarter.
to apply for each of these regions the compensatory
amounts applicable to imports into that Member State                                          Article 3
which imports the largest quantity of the products
concerned ;                                                      1.      The amount as fixed in accordance with Article
Whereas these amounts may moreover be regarded as                1 shall not be deducted from the import charge unless
being close to' the average for the compensatory                the movement certificate EUR.l as prescribed in
amounts applicable to each Member State ;                        section 5 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 1598 /75 shows :
Whereas proof that the export charge has been paid
                                                                (a) in section 5, the group of countries of destination ,
may be provided by an entry on the movement certifi­
                                                                     showing for Member States referred to in Article 1
cate provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     ( 1 ) the figure ' 1 ' and for Member States referred to
 1 598/75 (2) of 24 June 1975 on the advance imple­
                                                                     in Article 1 (2) the figure '2' ;
(') OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p. 67 .                          (b) in section 7, the amount of the export tax levied
(2) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1975, p. 1 .                                per hundred kilogrammes ;
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(c) in section 8, the CCT subheading for the product         The amount of the reduction of the import charge
     concerned .                                             shall be that in force on the day on which customs
                                                             import formalities are completed in the region of the
A separate certificate shall be drawn up for each CCT        Community mentioned in section 5 of the movement
subheading.                                                  certificate .
2. Application of this Regulation may in no case
                                                                                     Article 4
result in payment of an amount to the importer.
3 . The export tax applicable shall be that in force         This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 July 1975.
on the day on which customs export formalities are            It shall apply to imports effected on or before 31
completed.                                                    December 1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 July 1975.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission