CELEX: 51985PC0489
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-20
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) CONCERNING THE IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES IN THE SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT SECTOR AS FROM 1986

9.10.85                                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                             N o C 257/7
              Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain
                                  third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986
                                                                   Com(85) 489 final
                                  (Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 27 September 1985)
                                                                    (85/C 257/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                         for trade with non-member countries in this sector;
                                                                                 whereas the arrangements include the collection of an
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            import levy;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                                         Whereas the Community has concluded voluntary
                                                                                 restraint agreements with the great majority of the third
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                               countries exporting sheepmeat and goatmeat products;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                                Whereas, pending the conclusion of agreements with
liament,                                                                         other third countries which traditionally export to the
                                                                                 Community, it would seem appropriate to restrict the
                                                                                 collection of the levy and the issue of import licences in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N o 1837/80 of 27                               respect of certain products from these countries;
June 1980 on the common organization of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (*), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EEC) N o 1312/85 (2), established arrangements                           Whereas imports into the Member States should be
                                                                                 allowed on the basis of traditional trade flows,
O O J N o L 1 8 3 , 16.7. 1980, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22.                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                        Article 1
               1.     The import levy applicable to the following products shall be limited to a maximum of
               10 % ad valorem, subject to annual quantitative limits expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent
              for each third country concerned and by category:
                                                                                              Third country concerned an d quantity:
                       CCT
                     heading                              Description                         Chile            Spain
                        No                                                                                                  Other third
                                                                                                                           countries (b)
                                                                                                                (a)
                      01.04           Live sheep and goats:
                                      B. Other (c)                                              0                0           100
                      02.01           Meat and edible offal of the animals
                                      falling within Heading No 01.01, 01.02,
                                       01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen:
                                      A. Meat:
                                          IV. Of sheep and goats:
                                               a) Fresh or chilled                              0               100          100
                                               b) Frozen                                      1 490              0           200 (d)
               (a) Up to 28 February 1986.
               (b) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland,
                    Romania, Uruguay and Yugoslavia.
               (c) The coefficient to be employed for converting net mass (live weight) into carcase mass (carcase weight equivalent)
                   shall be 0,47 for products falling within subheading 01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff.
               (d) Of which 100 tonnes shall be reserved for Greenland.
               2.     Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the products referred to in
              paragraph 1 up to the limit of quantities corresponding to their traditional imports coming
              from the third countries concerned.
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                                                          Article 2
            For the products and third countries specified in Article 1, import licences shall be issued as
            provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1837/80, subject to the annual quantitative
            limits laid down in Article 1.
                                                          Article 3
            Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the
            procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80.
                                                          Article 4
            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the
            European Communities.
            It shall apply from 1 January 1986 until voluntary restraint agreements with the third countries
            concerned are implemented, and for as long as the voluntary restraint agreements already
            concluded by the Community remain in force.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.