CELEX: 51985PC0477(03)
Language: en
Date: 1985-09-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) OPENING, ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BEEF AND VEAL FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A II B) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1986)

No C 258/6                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   10.10.85
              Proposal for a Council Regulation opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a
              Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the
                                                  Common Customs Tariff (1986)
                                                         COM(85)     477final
                                (Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 23 September 1985)
                                                           (85/C 258/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 (4) of Commission Regu-
                                                                      lation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980 laying
                                                                      down common detailed rules for the application of the
Haying regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 system of import and export licences and advance fixing
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and                 certificates for agricultural products (3), as last amended
113 thereof,                                                          by Regulation (EEC) No 2666/82 (4), import licences
                                                                      authorize the importation of a quantity exceeding by
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('),                5 % the quantity indicated therein; whereas, however,
                                                                      the levy provided for in Article 12 of Council Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
Having regard        to    the   opinion   of   the   European        organization of the market in beef and veal ( s ), as last
Parliament (2),                                                       amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, should be
                                                                      applied to any quantity exceeding that indicated in the
                                                                      licence;
Whereas, in the context of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Community has
undertaken to open, at a duty of 20 % , an annual                     Whereas, since the tariff quota in question is relatively
Community tariff quota of 50 000 tonnes of frozen beef                small, it ought to be possible to provide for a system of
and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of                   allocation based on a single apportionment between the
the Common Customs Tariff, expressed as boned or                      Member States, without thereby derogating from its
boneless meat; whereas, this quota should be opened for               Community nature; whereas it appears best to leave to
1986;                                                                 each Member State the choice of a management system
                                                                      for its share of the quota, so that it may ensure an
                                                                      allocation which is appropriate from an economic
Whereas under Article 179 of the Act of Accession Spain               viewpoint;
is obliged, for the product in question, to apply the
Common Customs Tariff duty fully from 1 March 1986;
whereas from that date Spain's requirements in imports                Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
of the product from third countries during the quota                  the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
period should therefore be met from it;                               are jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Union,
                                                                      any operation concerning the administration of the quota
                                                                      shares allocated to that economic union may be carried
Whereas, in particular, equal and continuous access to                out by any one of its members;
the quota should be ensured for all persons concerned
and the rate laid down for the tariff quota should be
applied consistently in all Member States to all imports              Whereas the possibility should be provided for whereby
of the product in question until the quota is used up;                quantities which have not been used up may be
whereas a system of utilization of the Community tariff               apportioned by the Council,
quota, based on an allocation between the Member
States concerned, would, in the light of the principles
outlined above, appear consistent with the Community                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
nature of the quota whereas, in order to arrive at a fair
allocation between the Member States and to represent
as closely as possible the actual market trends in the
                                                                                                 Article 1
product in question, the said allocation should be pro-
portionate to the requirements of the Member States                   1.    A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal
calculated with reference to statistical data on imports              falling within subheading 02.01 A II b) of the Common
from third countries during a representative reference                Customs Tariff, totalling 50 000 tonnes expressed as
period and to the economic prospects for the quota year               boned or boneless meat, is hereby opened for 1986.
in question;
                                                                      (*) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.
O OJ No C 277, 17. 10. 1984, p. 5.                                    (4) OJ No L 283, 6. 10. 1982, p. 7.
(2) O J N o C 12, 14. 1. 1985, p. 1.                                  O OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
 ---pagebreak---  10.10.85                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                N o C 258/7
For the purpose of charging imports against this quota,                                              Article 3
 100 kilograms of unboned meat shall be taken to be
                                                                          1.    The Member States shall take all appropriate steps
equivalent to 77 kilograms of boned or boneless meat.
                                                                          to guarantee all persons concerned, established within
                                                                          their territories, free access to the quota shares allocated
2.     Imports of those goods which have been admitted                    to them.
under the benefit of another preferential tariff regime                   2.    The extent to which the shares of the Member
shall not be set off against this tariff quota.                           States have been used up shall be verified on the basis of
                                                                          imports as the product is presented for customs clearance
3.    The Common Customs Tariff duty for this quota                       under the declaration for free circulation.
shall be 20 %.                                                                                       Article 4
                                                                          The Member States shall regularly inform the
                            Article 2                                     Commission of imports which have been charged against
                                                                          their shares.
The quota amount of 50 000 tonnes shall be divided into
two parts, one totalling 33 500 tonnes and the other                                                 Article 5
16 500 tonnes, broken down as follows:                                    The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                                          closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with.
                                    For the part       For the part
                                      totalling         totalling                                    Article 6
                                   33 500 tonnes      16 500 tonnes
                                                                          The Commission shall, not later than 1 October 1986
                                                                          submit to the Council a report on the quantities for
Benelux                                3 206              1 579           which licences have been delivered in each Member
Denmark                                  268                132           State.
Germany                                7 953              3 917
                                                                          The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
Greece                                 1 039                511
                                                                          proposal from the Commission, shall, where appropriate,
France                                 5 042              2 483
                                                                          re-allocate the amounts which have not been used up.
Ireland                                  214                106
Italy                                  6 422              3 163                                      Article 7
Spain (from 1 March 1986)                 874               431
United Kingd om                        8 482              4 178           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.
                                                                          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                                                                          directly applicable in all Member States.
              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80
              instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming
              constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by
                                               restructuring of the shipbuilding industry (')
                                                              COM(85) 523 final
              (Submitted to the Council by the Commission, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                                  the EEC Treaty, on 25 September 1985)
                                                                 (85/C 258/08)
              The following Article la is inserted:
                     Article la'
              The following paragraph 9 is added to Article 3:
                    '9.    Member States shall take the measures necessary to make potential beneficiaries and
                    professional organizations aware of the possibilities offered by the special programme and
                    to inform the public by the most appropriate means of the role played by the Community.'
              O O J N o C 7 0 , 18.3. 1985, p. 1.