CELEX: 51980PC0719
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Date: 1980-11-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff (1981) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(80)719 final
                                                 Brussels . 17 November 1980
                           Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community tariff
 quota for frozen beef and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A lib )
                 of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1981 )
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(80 ) 719 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
    1.     During the GATT multilateral negotiations the European Economic
    Community undertook to open an annual Community tariff quota of
    50,000 tonnes of frozen beef and veal , expressed as boned or boneless
    meat , falling within subheading 02,01 A II b) of the Common Customs
   ^Tariff at 20^ duty , Compensatory amounts introduced in connection
    with fluctuations in exchange rates are to be levied on J 6 500 tonnes
    of this, quota
               "
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2.     Consequently , to meet the Community s obligations , a regulation
should be- abopted before 1 January 1980 on the opening , allocation and
administration of the Community tariff quota in question .                    -
       In this connection, it should be mentioned . that , as a result of the
possibility , to apply the system of monetary compensatory amounts to a vo-"
iurae of 16 500 tonnes , the Commission has been led in its proposal to split
the total quota volume of 50 000 tonnes into two parts , one of 33 500 tonnes
and the other of 16 500 tonnes , to be allocated separately among all the
Member States , including Greece, which , under Article 64 of the Act of Ac™' .
cession, is required to apply the Commun Customs Tariff duty in respect of this
meat , from 1 January 1981 .
3 . It should be noted, with regard to this allocation, that in recent years
almost all imports of frozen beef and veal into the Community of Nine have .been
effected under special arrangements (e e g . GATT quota , I inket*=s_a les system,- ACP p
ferential arrangements and balance of meat processing). It is therefore pos­
sible that these figures are not representative of the trend of imports and re~
quirements in each of the Member States . Furthermore , the economic prospects v
for the quota year in question cannot be assessed sufficiently accurately . In
addition, the arrangements for the importation of frozen beef applied by
Greece in recent years differed appreciably from those in force in the Community
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                           s
    of Nine , so that the figures available for this country cannot be compared
    with those of each of the Member States of the Community of Nine .
    For these reasons , the Commission proposes that the breakdown used in 1980
    should be retained • except for Ireland, which has been allocated 0.01 % -
    irt order to maintain the Community nature of the quota , and that Greece should
   be given a quota share of 3 % , corresponding to its presumed requirements .
 4.      In view of Che relatively high level of the Community tariff, quota
 opened initiallv in relation to import requirements , the Commission
                                         to
 believes, that it Would run contrary/ the Community nature of the quota
 to allocate the tariff Volumes in definitive shares to the Member States#
For this reason , the proposal annexed hereto provides for the
creation of Community reserves which , even if they are limited to •
 10 7, of each of" the quota volume s,will assist in ensuring equal
access for all importers and* in avoiding a                  situation
where customs preference is no longer applied iu ons or snore Member
States while , it. is still applied in others *
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 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal  for
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) -
                on the opening , allocation and administration of
                a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal
                falling within subheading 02.01 A II b ) of " the
                           Common Customs Tariff ( 1981 )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , '
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  and in particular Articles 113 and 43 thereof ,            , •                           .
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Having regard to the opinion . of the European Parliament ,                    ■t ■ ' ■
 Whereas in the course of the GATT multilateral negotiations the European
  Economic Community undertook to open an annual Community tariff quota at 20 %
  duty in respect of 50 000 tonnes of ftozen beef and veal , falling within subheading
  02.01 A II b ) and expressed as boned or boneless meat , of which 16 500 tonnes may
  be subjected to the application of compensatory amounts introduced because of the
  fluctuations in exchange rates ; whereas the Community tariff quota in question must
  therefore be opened on 1 January. 198.1 , the total quota volume of 50 000 tonnes being
^ divided into two parts according to the tariff arrangements applicable ;
   Whereas , under Article 64 of the Act of Accession pf Greece, that country shall be reqired,for
   the product in question , to apply the Common Customs Tariff duty in full from
   1 January 1981 ; whereas from that date, therefore, quantities required by that Member
   State from non-member countries should be covered by the tariff quota in question
   for the duration of the quota period ;
    Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should be ensured for all               ....
    Community importe- s and the rate of duty for the tariff quota should be applied uninter­
    ruptedly in all Member States to all imports of the product in question until
    the quota is exhausted ; whereas in the light of these principles , arrangements '
    for the utilization of the Community tariff qupta based on an allocation among -
    the Member States would seem to be consistent with the Community nature of the
    quota ;                         -                     ' '
    whereas , in order that it may correspond as closely as possible to the actual •
    trend of the market in the product in question, the quota should be allocated .
              .                                            ' *   '
       in proportion to the requirements of the Member States as calculated by re­
    ference to statistics of imports from, third -countries, during ,a ^representative
    reference period and to the economic ;outlook :for the quota -year in .ques tion;
 ---pagebreak---           Whereas , over the last three years for which full statistics are available ,
          almost all imports of beef and veal from non-member countries into the Com­
          munity of Nine have been effected under special arrangements ; whereas during
          this period imports into Greece were          effected under completely different ar­
          rangements from those applicable in the Community ; whereas the economic data
          thus obtained cannot be used for the purposes of comparison and may therefore
          not be representative of the trend of imports             into each of the Member States ;
          w ereas , in the light of these factors and given that it is difficult to esti­
          mate the Member States' import requirements in 1981 , in order to apportion the
          tariff quota equitably and safeguard its Community nature , the initial percentage
          shares of each      of the Member States should be fixed at the following levels :
                                      Bénélux          9.82
                                      Deninark         0.48
                                      Germany        18.54
                                      Greece          3.00
                                      France         10.30
                                                                 /\      .  •   •         ,
                                      Ireland          0.01
                                      Italy          28.83
                                      United Kingdom 29.02
  • Whereas , ''ko 'take account of future trondo of . iroporto of the product under .
  '?       . ,                    ^ ■      .   '• '   .                    rha cruota volumes' should b
     consideration into the various Member States ,                                 ^
     divided into two tranches , the first                     allocatod araonc the }iOjrfoor>
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     ■ States - And' tho second held '-as . a roaorvo to be used subsequent ty fo cover , the
   : requirements "of Member Statos , ' should they exhaust thoir initial . oharoe ;
       v?hcroad , to . flivo importers in >eaoh Member State soao degroo of - • •.
 ■■ certainty, the firct tranoho of; -each qupta -volume*.. should, in this . instance be
xe^at approximately 907® of its full amount ; , f -                           ,             »•.. •    *
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Whereaa Kcm"bor States * may exhaust - their* ipi"I;xal bhcuraa* at different _ ,
vtxto o ; -whereas -bo avoid . disruption ^:? supplies on this aocount l;t
              Stipulated             '       '   . •                           -      . ,
should "bo               thai any Konbor Stato "whi oh has almost used up ono
cf ±~IG xjaitial eharos should : draw an additional charo from tho
 àpproprinta 'rocjorve ; " whcrc&o' oaeh tirào ite addii ional shuro ic almost-
 oxhauotod a. Horrtbcr.' Stato . should draw a furthor share ," and - a o on ao              ..
 many times as tho resorvo allousj vrhoroaa tho initial. and> cdditoncl .
 sharo8 should ho valid"- until tho ond of' tho quota period ; vh'oroas this
 fonn of acta inintrat ion requires olosd'-'colla'boration "botvxoon thoi licmoor
 St atoo and tho Commission*, and tho Commission must "bo in a position
                                                         volumes      . * ...             ..    '
 to kocp account of tho ojctont to" whioh tho quota/ hav^ "boon - used up
 and .      inform tho -Momhor States accordingly;              ' Z a
 Whoroas if at a given date in tho Quota period a oonsidorablo quantity
                    •                   \*                                   •          <         »
 of a Jfombor State 's initial sharp remains tumaody it is essential ,
 to provont a- part of tho tariff quota from remaining uiiusod in ono '
 I-tcm'bor Stato while it could ho "unod in othor? , - that suoh S'l vfco should
 return a significant proportion thoroofto tho appropriate . rasorvb :
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   . Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium., the Kingdom of/ Netherlands -
     and the Gi'and Duchy of. Luxembourg are united within and jointly
     represented ; by the Benelux Ecbnomic Union, any transaction in re– '■
     spect1 of the administration of the share allocated to that Economic
    Union may be carried out by any one of' its members :
    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
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                              Article 1                              •
   1 . There is hereby opened in respect of the peirxod 1 January to
   31 December 1981 a Community tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of fro-
                                                             I
   zen beef and veal , expressed as boned or I boneless    t I
                                                               meat , falling
   within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff ,
        For the purpose of charging imports against this quota, 100 kilo­
   grammes of unboned (bone-in)' meat shall be taken to be equivalent to
   77 kilogrammes of boned or boneless meat .
   2.   imports of these goods which have been admitted under
     -                                       arrangements
                t>ther preferential tariff         /   shall not be set off against
   this tariff quota .
  3.    The Common Customs Tariff duty for this quota snail be 20 % .
                                    Article 2
   1 . , The quantity of '50 000 tonnes referred to in Article 1<1 > shall
  be divided into two jsarts, one of 33 500 tonnes, the other, of 16 50 C -• ;
  tonnes. Each one of those parts shall be subdivided into two tranches. 1
  2- Th6 . first- tranches of"'30i50; tonnes and 14 850 ''tonnes respectively •
 >kaU- be allocated, as follows among the Member States/ the shares being' !
. valid from V January until 31 0ecemberi981 subject to t^e provisions of " """
 .Article 5 :              '    -'-v        • ■'       t •           V   "    -    77"'
                                                                                /
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                                               Of the 33 § 00 tonnes    Of the 16 5QQ tonnes
                  Bene Lux                       2 959  tonnes               1 457      tonnes
                  Denmark                          146  tonnes                  72       tonnes
                  Germany                        5 591  tonnes               2 754       tonnes
                  Greece                           905  tonnes                 445       tonnes
                  France                         3 106  tonnes               1 530       tonnes
                  Ireland                            2  tonnes                      1    tonne
                  Italy                          8 691  tonnes               4 281        tonnes
                  United Kingdom                 8 750  tonnes               4 310        tonnes
                                                30 150  tonnes              14 850        tonnes
          Tho Bocond branches . or 3 350 < and 1 650 ' . tonnes           ,    resspootivoly Ghall
   constitute , tho reserves ,                                                  ' • .!.•      '  ' • •
                          •           • •                                          •                   .
                       .•          '•           Artide 3         " v :            ••        '
•I ,      Ao coon as a. Member State has usod 99^ <>v mo^o of ono of" it a initial
   chores as Tixod in Article, 2(2) ^ or of thai^ eharo iriinua arxf portion
   returned to tho approjiriatG reserve purcruant to tho provisions of
  Arbicle 5 , it shall 'forthwith, "by r.otifyx'ng tho' Commissi on { draw a. oooond
                     •      •         •                  • •
   oharc , to the cxtont thr.t tho appropriate ro serve so porrnito.* '. ©qua! to
                                             '                         ./♦»•••                           ••
   left or ita initial ehsro * rounded up , if necessary, to the next whole* nqmber
   2.     As coon ao • a? ftomber • State , having c^ivnx\ot©d on«s of" its •. ' •'
 • initial' chares , 'h&o 'Used             or more ; of tho'&acond share drawn Iby it , , .
   thai Korabcr Stat© ehall forthwith » 'isi. tlio Biaamor and to tho' extent laid
' down      . ; in paragraph l f ; &raw & third uhfer© 'equal - to 5$                 its - initial * '
   oharo *                    • ■- ,      :         v        v
    3.   As soon as a' Member State , hav.inq exhausted one of its second shares ,
    has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn by it , that Member State shall ,
    in the menner and to the extent described above, draw a fourth share equal to the
    third .
    It shall continue in this fashion until the reserve is exhausted .                  ,
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     4 . By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3 , a Member State may draw shares
     Lower than- specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds for believing
     that those specified may not be used in full . Any Member State applying the
     provisions of this paragraph shall inform the Commission of its grounds
     for so doing .            •
                                         Art j.cla 4                 •         •.    ' •               v            "      .'
                   V        ••     '                        .  \       * '     1      ».                    ' '             s /
 Each of the additional chares drawn pursuant "to the provisions of Artxolo 3 .
 shall "bo valid "until 31 DeoeBibor 19"8'1 . * '                                      ,v "              . ' -        ." .
                    : . •                Article 5'v               '                    '      .. ■                    - .
  The Member States Bhn.ll return to tho renorvo , not l'atortivui 1 Ootooor 1981
• the urmoocl portion, of their initio! shsrGSwhicly on 15 Scptoniber                                                 * is in
  excess of 20 $ of the initio?!, amount * They r»v?y roturn a' greater por-tion if
  there ore ^ronndnfor T>oliovinft' thai 'such portion may not ' "bo used' in full »'
                •                                   ' *              \
 Webber States . shall r not later tha.nl .October •' 1981 # notify vhe ConuvdsGion .
  ef the t'oteOL quantities of the product in question iwportod. up to - and
  including 15 September " 981 mid charged against ' -tho Comnronity quota, and . o'f
 any portion of their initial chares returned to th© _ approiriata reserve .
                          t
                                     .   Article 6 :
                                          ■'         Il       M» •           *
                                                                                 %'                        ' • -*
                                             «b         ' .                                         '     *».•
 The Commission ehall keep an account of the chare a opened "by the Ucnibor
 Statess pursuant to tho, provi siona . 'cf' Ayticleo Z aad 3 •«»& ohali , €ws coon
 no' tho infonij&tioR reaches it , infdras each $*&a,t© . ot . tho .. extent • tos, which
                                       •        . '
 i&e r acervos - feavo osen uso ¿ up *..                      ,;           -      ..      ■;,*        • - • '     •
 ---pagebreak---     It shall /' not later than 5 October 1981 , -inform tho tfetfbrir States pi 'the .-
    amounts still in reserve following any 'return" of si»dro3 pursuant to                                                                            •
   Artjela 5.       .'                          ' '■                                                     .; - ' v :                    ; ■' •_
    It sHail ensure ' that Whon' an rjno^nt csdiousting a reserve is drawn the amount
  " so drawn docs' not exceed the Wlance a.vo ila"bl 'o~, . . and to- this end shall ...
   notify tho - :amount . of that "balance to the Member State waking the last .
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                                                        ' 'Art lei e 7.               '      •.      . • '       '                                \
  1.     Evory ITenfoer Stato shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that'
  additional shores drawn pursuant to Article 5 are opened in such a way that
   imports   '     may "be chargod \/ithout interruption against its accumulated
 .chare a of the Conununity quota,*/                                       '       •      '       |!        ;                                           .
  2,'    It shall cneure that imp o rt o ru ' of . the product in question established
  in it o territory have free aocoao to the eharec allocated to' £% « '
     • •                                                                                      "•                                              .   . '
  3 „ • The extent to "which a T'lcmbor Stat© has used up it 13 chares shell "be
  doter-mined sy rofavcrjoo to the imports                                             of the product in question ; '
  entered with, the customs authorities .for home 'use «                                                      • '
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                                '                         Article 0
  On reoeipt of a roguest from the Commission, the Member States shall
  notify it' of the imports effectively , charged «gairtst their' shares *
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                              N        <             ' Articlo. 9
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 The Member States , and the . Commission shall' . cooperate oloosly to ensure
 that this Regulation is complied with • .                                                              • • ' '
 ---pagebreak---                            Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,       1980                    For the Counci I
                                                   The President