CELEX: 51988PC0005(03)
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OPENING, FOR 1988, A SPECIAL UNILATERAL TARIFF QUOTA FOR IMPORTED HIGH-QUALITY BEEF AND VEAL FALLING WITHIN HEADING 0201 AND SUBHEADING 0206 10 95 OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE

4.2.88                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 30/11
             2. The first recital is replaced by the following:
                'Whereas, for frozen beef and veal, falling within heading No 0202 and subheading
                0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature, the Community has undertaken, within the
                framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAIT), to open an annual
                Community tariff quota attracting duty of 20 %, the amount of which expressed in boneless
                meat is fixed at 50 000 tonnes; whereas, under the terms of an agreement with Argentina
                pursuant to Article XXIV of the GATT, the quota has been raised to 53 000 tonnes;
                whereas that quota should accordingly be opened for 1988;'.
             3. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
                '1.     A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within heading No 0202
                and subheading 0206 29 91 of the combined nomenclature of a total of 53 000 tonnes
                expressed in terms of boneless meat is hereby opened for 1988.'
             4. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                 'Article 2
                The quota amount of 53 000 tonnes shall be subdivided into two parts, one totalling 36 500
                tonnes and the other 16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows:
                                                              For the part totalling        For the part totalling
                              Member State
                                                                 36 500 tonnes                  16 500 tonnes
                Benelux                                              3 369                          1 523
                Denmark                                                 340                           153
                Germany                                              7 698                         3 480
                Greece                                                  997                           450
                Spain                                                 1 036                           469
                France                                               5 599                         2 531
                Ireland                                                 292                           132
                Italy                                                7 322                         3310
                Portugal                                                543                           246
                United Kingdom                                       9 304                         4 206'
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, for 1988, a special unilateral tariff quota for
             imported high-quality beef and veal falling within heading No 0201 and subheading 0206 1095
                                                  of the combined nomenclature
                                                         COM(88) 5 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1988)
                                                           (88/C 30/11)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              XXIV (6) of the GATT following the accession of Spain
                                                                      and Portugal provides for a unilateral concession under
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 which 1 000 tonnes of fresh high-quality beef and veal
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and                 falling within heading No 0201 and subheading
113 thereof,                                                          0206 10 95 of the combined nomenclature may be
                                                                      imported in 1987/88 at a rate of duty of 20 %, thus
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    covering the period between the initialling of the
                                                                      Agreement and its entry into force in the Community;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                              Whereas there should be a guarantee of, inter alia, equal
                                                                      and continuing access for all interested importers in the
Whereas the Agreement on the conclusion of the                        Community to the said tariff quota and of uninterrupted
negotiations held with Argentina pursuant to Article                  application of the rate laid down for that quota to all
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imports of the product in question, in all the Member              2.    The rate of duty of the Common Customs Tariff
States up to the limit of the quota; whereas to that end it        applicable to the quota provided for in paragraph 1 shall
is advisable to introduce a system of utilization of the           be 20 %.
tariff quota, based on the presentation of a certificate of
authenticity guaranteeing the nature, the provenance and           No levy shall apply to the said quota.
the origin of the products;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas detailed implementing rules should be adopted
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27           In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June                   27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, detailed rules for
1968 on the common organization of the market in beef              the application of this Regulation shall be laid down, and
and veal (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  in particular:
No 467/87 (2),
                                                                   (a) the provisions guaranteeing the nature, the prov-
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                            enance and the origin of the products in question
                                                                        and providing in particular for the document to be
                              Article 1                                 used for that purpose;
 1.    A special tariff quota for fresh high-quality beef          (b) the provisions relating to the recognition of the
and veal falling within heading No 0201 and subheading                  document provided for in (a).
0206 10 95 of the combined nomenclature is hereby
opened for 1988.
                                                                                              Article 3
That tariff quota shall total 1 000 tonnes expressed in
weight of the product.                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                    Communities.
(*) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
 (2) O J N o L 4 8 , 17.2. 1987, p. 1.                             It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988.