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Language: en
Date: 1977-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 April 1977 determining the limits within applications lodged in the month of April 1977 for the issue of import licences in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted

28 . 4 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 104/43
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 20 April 1977
                determining the limits within which applications lodged in the month of April
                1977 for the issue of import licences in respect of frozen beef intended for
                                                    processing may be accepted
                                                             (77/326/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                       Every application for an import licence lodged in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 597/77 for the
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                      quarter beginning 1 April 1977 shall be granted to the
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by                 extent of the following quantities, expressed as
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                      bone-in beef :
Article 14 (4) (a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 598/77 of                       (a) 15 tonnes for meat intended for the manufacture
 18 March 1977 (3) fixed the quantities of frozen beef                     of preserved foods which does not contain characte­
intended for processing which may be imported                              ristic components other than beef and jelly ;
under special terms in the second quarter of 1977 ;                    (b) 66 tonnes for meat intended for the processing
Whereas Article 1 1 (4) of Commission Regulation                           industry for the manufacture of products other
(EEC) No 585/77 of 18 March 1977 on the system of                          than the preserved foods referred to in (a).
import and export licences for beef and veal (4) lays
down that licences may be issued to cover a percen­
tage only of the quantity applied for ; whereas the ,                                          Article 2
applications lodged, numerous in total, relate to total
quantities which far exceed the quantities available in                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No 598 / 77 ;
whereas, under these circumstances and taking care to
ensure an equitable distribution of the available quanti­
ties, it is appropriate to satisfy every application to the            Done at Brussels, 20 April 1977.
extent of a maximum quantity in order to take into
account all the applications lodged ;                                                            For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                                Finn GUNDELACH
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 ment Committee for Beef and Veal ,                                                                  Vice-President
(!)  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 76, 24 . .3 . 1977 , p. 4 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L 75 , 23 . 3 . 1977 , p. 5 .