CELEX: 31977R2860
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2860/77 of 19 December 1977 increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for the period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/77 for heifers and cows, not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff

No L 330/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           23 . 12. 77
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2860/77
                                                  of 19 December 1977
               increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for the period 1
               July 1977 to 30 June 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77 for heifers and cows,
               not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within
                           subheading ex 01.02 A lib) of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     by each of the Member States, the whole of the addi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tional quota should be allocated to the Community
                                                                reserve set up under Article 3 (2) of the abovemen­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           tioned Regulation,
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
and 113 thereof,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                                  Article 1
ment ( !),
                                                                The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77 (2), the                Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77 for heifers and cows,
Council opened a Community tariff quota for the                 not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds
period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 , at a duty of 4 % ,         falling within subheading ex 01.02 A lib) of the
of 30 000 head of heifers and cows, not intended for            Common Customs Tariff shall         be increased from
slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within            30 000 to 38 000 head .
subheading ex 01.02 A lib) of the Common Customs
Tariff ;
                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, in certain areas and at certain periods of the
year, production of these animals is inadequate and             The increase of 8 000 head provided for in Article 1
consequently users depend for their supplies on                 shall be allocated to the Community reserve set up
imports from non-member countries to an extent that             under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77,
exceeds the volume of the quota opened by the above­            thereby increasing the reserve from 11 000 to 19 000
                                                                head .
mentioned Regulation ; whereas it is therefore in the
Community's interest autonomously to increase the
size of the tariff quota concerned by a suitable                                      Article 3
amount, which could be of up to 8 000 head ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh
Whereas in view of the special characteristics of these         day following its publication in the Official Journal
animals and the uncertainties regarding future imports           of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 19 December 1977.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                             H. SIMONET
(') Opinion delivered 16 December 1977 (not yet published
    in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ No L 154, 23 . 6 . 1977, p. 2.