CELEX: 31975R2045
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2045/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance fixing certificates for beef and veal

11 . 8 . 75                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 213 / 21
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2045/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 25 July 1975
                on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and
                                              advance fixing certificates for beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 (5) of 17 January 1975
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           laying down common detailed rules for the
                                                                        application of the system of import and export
                                                                         licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                            products ;
 European Economic Community ;
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                       Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), and in particular
Articles 12a (2), 14 (4) and 15 (3 ) thereof;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
"Whereas special detailed rules for the application of
the system of import licences and advance fixing                                                 Article 1
certificates established for beef and veal were laid
down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/                            This Regulation lays down special detailed rules for
70 (3) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed rules                    the application of the system of import licences and
for the application of the system of import and                         advance fixing certificates established by Article 12a
export licences and advance fixing certificates for                     and pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC)
 agricultural products, as last amended by Regulation                   No 805/68 .
 (EEC) No 1807/75 (4);
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 also lays
 down special detailed rules for the application of the
 system of import and export licences and advance                       1 . Advance fixing certificates as referred to in
fixing certificates established for other products,;                    Article 12a of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be
whereas that Regulation has been amended many                           valid for 30 days from their actual day of issue
 times and      whereas       it has     been    found that its         within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 composite nature can make it difficult to administer;                   (EEC) No 193/75 .
whereas, therefore, in the interests of clarity and
sound administration, the legislation applicable to                     2. The period of validity of import licences as
 each sector should be consolidated and published in                    referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/
 the form of a separate Regulation;                                     68 shall be as follows :
                                                                         ( a) 45 days for frozen meat;
Whereas this Regulation should comprise those
 provisions peculiar to beef and veal which are                          (b) 35 days for products, other than those specified
 required for the application of the system of licences                       in (a), originating in and coming from third
 and certificates in this sector; contained in this                           countries outside Europe;
 Regulation;                                                             (c) 10 days for products other than those specified
                                                                              in ( a) and (b).
Whereas such provisions either supplement or
 derogate from the provisions of Commission                             Every such period of validity shall run from the day
                                                                        of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article
                                                                        9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75.
  (!) OJ   No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
  (2) OJ   No L 195, 18 . 8 . 1974, p . 15 .
  (8) OJ   No L 283 , 29. 12. 1970, p. 15 ,
  (4) OJ   No L 184, 15 . 7. 1975 , p. 33 .                              (5) OJ No L 25, 31. 1. 1975, p. 10.
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However, licences giving entitlement to the special                                       Article 5
import arrangements provided for in Article 14 (3 )
(b) (bb) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be                1 . No import licence shall be required for products
valid for 90 days from their actual day of issue.              imported under an advance fixing certificate.
                        Article 3                              2. Treatment under the special import arrangements
                                                               provided for in Article 14 (3 ) (b) (bb) of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 805/68 may be accorded only if the
 1 . The amount of the security in respect of advance          import licence is applied for and issued in accordance
fixing certificates as referred to in Article 12a of           with the provisions of Articles 6, 7 and 8 .
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 8 units of
 account per 100 kg net.
                                                                                          Article 6
2. The amount of the security in respect of import
licences as referred to in Article 15 of Regulation
 (EEC) No 805/68 shall be as follows :                         1 . Section 12 of the application for a licence and of
                                                               the licence shall contain one of the following
 (a) 5 units of account per head for live animals ;            endorsements :
 (b ) 5 units of account per 100 kg net for other              'Meat intended for processing — system bb) . . . '
      products.
                                                               'kød bestemt til forarbejdning — ordning bb . . . '
                        Article 4                              'Zur Verarbeitung bestimmtes Fleisch — Regelung
                                                               bb) . . . '
 1 . Sections 13 and 14 of the application for an              'Viandes destinees à la transformation — régime
advance fixing certificate as referred to in Article 12a       bb) . . . '
 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and of the certificate
 itself shall contain :                                        ' Carni destinate alla trasformazione — Regime
                                                               bb) . . . '
— either one of the following endorsements :
                                                               'Vlees bestemd voor verwerking — bb) regeling . . . '
      'Argentine'
      'Argentina'                                              2. Section 20 of the licence shall contain one of the
                                                               following endorsements :
      'Argentinien'
                                                               'Levy reduced by . . .% in respect of . . . (quantity in
      'Argentinië'                                             figures and letters) kg'
— or the following endorsement: 'Uruguay'.                     'nedsættelse af importafgiften med . . . % for . . .
                                                                (kvantum i tal og bogstaver) kg'
Every certificate so endorsed shall carry with it an           'Aussetzung der Abschöpfung in Höhe von . . .
 obligation to import from the country in question.            v. H. für . . . (Menge in Zahlen und Worten) kg'
2. Section 12 of the application for an import                 'prélèvement réduit de . . . % pour . . . (quantité en
licence for the products referred to in Article 2 (2) (b)      chiffres et en lettres) kg'
and of the licence itself shall contain an asterisk
                                                               'prelievo ridotto del . . .% per . . . (quantità in cifre
corresponding to the entry in sections 13 and 14,              e in lettere) kg'
followed by one of the following endorsements
                                                               'Heffing verminderd med ... % voor . . . (hoeveelheid
 'Non-European third countries'                                in cijfers en letters) kg'
 'Ikke europæiske tredjelande'
'Nichteuropäische Drittländer'                                 The percentage shall be that valid on the first day
                                                               of the quarter.
'Pays tiers non europeens'
'Paesi terzi non europei'
'Niet Europese derde landen'                                                             Article 7
Every licence so endorsed shall carry with it an               1 . Applications may be lodged only during the first
obligation to import from such a country.                      10 days of each quarter.
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Applications shall be considered only where the                (b ) where paragraph 4 is applied, in proportion to
special arrangements are applicable on the day                      the quantity for which the application was not
prescribed for the actual issue of the licence.                     granted.
2. On the eleventh day of each quarter, Member
States shall before 4 p.m. communicate to the
Commission by telex the total quantity covered by                                      Article 8
applications as referred to in paragraph 1 lodged
during the period referred to in the first subparagraph
of that paragraph.                                             When the total quantity for which applications were
                                                               lodged during the period referred to in the first
                                                               subparagraph of Article 7 ( 1 ) is less than the
If that day is not a working day in a Member State,            quantity appearing in the quarterly estimate
the communication shall be made before 4 p.m. on
                                                               mentioned in the last subparagraph of Article 14 (2)
the first working day thereafter.                              of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , it may be decided
                                                               that further applications for licences may be lodged
3 . Licences shall be issued on the twenty-first day           during one or more specified periods within the
of the first month of each quarter.                            quarter in question. In that case, new dates shall
                                                               be fixed for the forwarding of applications by the
However, if that day is not a working day in the               Member States and for the issue of licences .
Member State where the application was lodged,
licences shall be issued on the first working day
thereafter.
                                                                                       Article 9
4. Licences may be issued to cover a percentage
only of the quantity applied for. This percentage
shall be the same for all applications lodged.                 1 . Article 1, in so far as it concerns beef and veal,
                                                               and Articles 38 to 43 of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/
However, it may be decided that this percentage
                                                               70 are hereby repealed.
shall apply only to applications exceeding a certain
tonnage to be determined and only to the excess                2. All references in Community instruments to one
over that tonnage. In that case, quantities not                of the abovementioned Articles of Regulation (EEC)
exceeding that tonnage shall not be affected by that           No 2637/70 shall be treated as references to the
percentage. Two or more applications from one                  corresponding Article of this Regulation.
applicant, lodged during the period referred to in
paragraph 1 , shall be treated as a single application
even when they relate to products falling within
different Tariff subheadings.                                                          Article 10
                                                                                           \
5 . The security shall be released forthwith :
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
(a) for applications that cannot be considered                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
     pursuant to the second subparagraph of                    of the European Communities. It shall apply with
     paragraph 1 ;                                             effect from 1 September 1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission