CELEX: 31977R0598
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 598/77 of 18 March 1977 fixing the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported under special terms in the second quarter of 1977

No L 76/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 3 . 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 598 /77
                                                      of 18 March 1977
              fixing the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be
                           imported under special terms in the second quarter of 1977
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the detailed rules for the application of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      special import arrangements for certain types of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             frozen beef intended for processing were laid down in
Economic Community,                                               Regulation (EEC) No 597/77 of 18 March 1 977 (4) and
                                                                  the system of import licences for these products laid
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27                 down in Regulation (EEC) No 585/77 of 18 March
June 1968 on the common organization of the market                1977 0 ;
in beef and veal ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(EEC) No 425/77 (2 ), and in particular Article 14 (4) (a)        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
thereof,
                                                                  ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
Whereas the Council estimated that the deficit for
meat for processing in 1977 will be 75 000 tonnes (3) ;           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
whereas Article 14 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 requires the quantities of meat referred to in                                          Article 1
paragraph 1 (a) and (b) of that Article which may be
imported separately and the rate of suspension of the             1.        For the period 1 April to 30 June 1977, the
levy in the case of the meat referred to in paragraph 1           maximum quantities referred to in Article 14 (4) (a) of
(b) thereof to be determined ;                                    Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be :
Whereas it is planned to dispose of substantial quanti­           (a) 5 000 tonnes for the meat referred to in Article 14
ties of frozen beef in the second quarter of 1977                       ( 1 ) (a) thereof,
which have been the subject of intervention                       (b) 10 000 tonnes for the meat referred to in Article
measures ; whereas these stocks together with frozen                     14 ( 1 ) (b) thereof.
meat taken out of storage or imported during this                 2. The levy collected on the import of the meat
period under the 'linked sales' system will meet the              referred to in paragraph 1 (b) shall be equal to the levy
needs of the processing industry ; whereas the deficit            applicable on the day of import less 45 % .
for the second quarter can therefore be estimated at
 15 000 tonnes , of which 5 000 tonnes in for meat
                                                                                               Article 2
intended for the manufacture of preserved food and
 10 000 tonnes for meat intended for the manufacture              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
of other products ;                                                1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 March 1977 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice-President
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p . 1 .                            (4 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .
(}) OJ No L 15, 18 . 1 . 1977, p. 28 .                            (s) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 5.