CELEX: 51982PC0138
Language: en
Date: 1982-03-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE STRENTHENING OF CONTROL ON THE APPLICATION OF COMMUNITY RULES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

No C 79/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            31.3.82
                                                          II
                                                  (Preparatory Acts)
                                             COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on the strengthening of controls on the application of
                                      Community rules on agricultural products
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 16 March 1982)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   the application of Community provisions concerning
COMMUNITIES,                                                  the common agricultural policy not covered by the
                                                              checks applicable to expenditure financed by the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  EAGGF.
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,                                           2.    The Member State on whose territory controls
                                                              are carried out shall give the officials appointed all
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,            necessary assistance in the carrying out of their
                                                              duties.
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                                      Article 2
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                             Article 1 shall apply to all the provisions of the
                                                              Community rules on agricultural products the proper
Whereas there should be a possibility of carrying out         application of which is required in order to ensure
checks on certain aspects of the common agricultural          proper management of the markets but which do not
policy which do not fall within the scope of the              necessarily affect the financing of the common agri-
checks applicable to expenditure financed by the              cultural policy.
EAGGF;
Whereas, accordingly, a legal basis should be created
for Community checks on non-financial aspects of                                      Article 3
the management of the common agricultural policy;
whereas to that end independent powers of control              1.   The Commission may:
should be given to officials appointed by the
Commission,                                                   — inform, prior to the control, the Member State in
                                                                  respect of which or on whose territory the control
                                                                  is to take place,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                  — arrange for agents of           the   Member   State
                                                                  concerned to take part.
                        Article 1                             2.     In order to make controls more effective, the
                                                              Commission may, in agreement with the Member
1.    Officials appointed by the Commission may               States concerned, arrange for other Member States to
carry out on-the-spot checks in the Member States on          take part in specific control operations.
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                           Article 4                                corresponding articles of other regulations on the
                                                                    common organization of agricultural markets.
1.    The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
proposal from the Commission, shall adopt, as
necessary, general rules for the application of this                                         Article 5
Regulation.
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
2.    Detailed rules for the application of this Regu-              its publication in the Official Journal of the European
lation shall be adopted in accordance with the                       Communities.
procedure provided for in Article 38 of Regulation                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
No 136/66/EEC or, where appropriate, the                            directly applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on transitional measure in respect of imports of
              sheepmeat and goatmeat originating in certain non-member countries qualifying for
                                                     preferential treatment
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 March 1982)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                 Article 1
European Economic Community, and in particular                      1.    The import levies provided for in Article 10 (2)
Articles 43 and 113 thereof,                                        of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 shall not be levied
                                                                    on the following products:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    — fresh, chilled or frozen meat of sheep, other than
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                       of domestic sheep, or goats falling within sub-
liament,                                                                heading 02.01 A IV of the Common Customs
                                                                        Tariff, originating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of                          or Turkey;
27 June 1980 on the common organization of the                      — salted meat of sheep, other than of domestic
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last                           sheep, or goats falling within sub-heading 02.06
amended by Regulation (EEC) N o 899/81 (2), laid                        C II a) of the Common Customs Tariff, orig-
down a system of import levies for certain sheepmeat                    inating in Turkey.
and goatmeat products; whereas, before that system
came into effect, imports of the said products into the
Community were subject to payment of customs duty;
whereas, however, certain non-member countries                      2.    The levies applicable shall be reduced by 50 %
qualified for total or partial exemption from the said              in the case of fresh, chilled or frozen meat of sheep,
customs duties by virtue of their agreements with the               other than of domestic sheep, or goats falling within
Communtiy;                                                          sub-heading 02.01 A IV of the Common Customs
                                                                    Tariff, originating in Spain.
Whereas, as long as the said agreements have not
been amended in these respects, products originating
                                                                                             Article 2
in the countries in question should, under the new
system, continue to enjoy treatment equivalent to that              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
for which they qualified previously,                                day following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                    the European Communities.
                                                                    It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1982.
O O J N o L l 8 3 , 16.7. 1980, p. 1.                               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O O J N o L 9 0 , 4. 4. 1981, p. 26.                                directly applicable in all Member States.