CELEX: 31976R3136
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3136/76 of 22 December 1976 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 as regards the arrangements for the reduction of import charges on beef and veal products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States in 1977

No L 353/40                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           23 . 12. 76
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3136/76
                                                          of 22 December 1976
                amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 as regards the
                arrangements for the reduction of import charges on beef and veal products
                            originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States in 1977
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                       ment Committee for Beef and Veal,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 3328/75 of 18 December 1975 renewing the arrange­
 ments for the reduction of import charges on beef and
 veal products originating in the African, Caribbean
 and Pacific States ( !), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 284 1 /76 (2), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 )                                     Article 1
 thereof,
                                                                       Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 is
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75                        hereby amended to read as follows :
 of 23 December 1 975 (3), as amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 1 50 1 /76 (4), laid down the rules for the                      *4.   The import licences shall be valid only until
 application of Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 ; whereas                      31 December of the year of issue.'
 following the extension of the import arrangements
 for beef and veal originating in certain African, Carib­
 bean and Pacific States, certain provisions of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 3376/75 require amendment ;                                                     Article 2
 Whereas, in order to avoid abuses, provision should be
 made for charging the full amount of the levies fixed                 Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 is hereby
                                                                       amended to read as follows :
 in accordance with Articles 10 to 13 of Regulation
 (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
                                                                            Article 4
 organization of the market in beef and veal (5), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (6), in
 respect of the quantities imported pursuant to Article                    1 . The amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
 2 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 of                         Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 for each product
 17 January 1975 laying down common detailed rules                         intended for importation into Ireland or the
 for the application of the system of import and export                    United Kingdom shall be equal to 90 % of the
 licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural                 amount resulting from the levy reduced by the
 products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      accession compensatory amount applicable to
 2219/76 (8) ;                                                             imports into the United Kingdom from non­
                                                                           member countries and by the monetary compensa­
                                                                           tory amount which are valid for imports into that
Whereas because of the geographical situation and the                      Member State during the week preceding that in
 climate of the States concerned, particularly Botswana,                   which commences the quarter for which the
beef and veal production is concentrated at the begin­                     amount of the reduction is calculated .
 ning of the year ; whereas accordingly the dates for
 the submission of applications for import licences and
 for the issue of licences for January 1977 should be                      2. The amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
brought forward ;                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 for each product
                                                                           intended for importation into a Member State
(') OJ  No L   329, 23 . 12. 1975, p. 4.                                   other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 shall
 2  OJ  No L   327, 26. 11 . 1976, p. 1 .                                  be equal to 90 % of the amount resulting from
(3) OJ  No L   333, 30. 12. 1975, p. 44.                                   the levy adjusted, where appropriate, by the mone­
 ") OJ  No L   167, 26. 6 . 1976, p . 35.                                  tary compensatory amount applicable for France
(5) OJ  No L   148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                               during the week preceding that in which
(6) OJ  No L   67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 28 .
(7) OJ  No L   25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p . 10 .                                 commences the quarter for which the amount of
 8) OJ  No L   250, 14. 9. 1976, p. 5.                                     the reduction is calculated .'
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                        Article 3                                                   Article 5
There shall be added to Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75
the following Article 5a :                                   By way of derogation from Article 2 ( 1 ) and (5) of
                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75, in January 1977 appli­
      Article 3a                                             cations for import licences may be submitted to the
     For the quantities imported pursuant to Article 2       competent agencies of the Member States during the
     (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75, the full             first five days of the month. The licences shall be
     amount of the levies fixed in accordance with Arti­     issued in that month on the twelfth day following the
     cles 10 to 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall       first day of the period for the submission of applica­
                                                             tions.
     be charged.'
                        Article 4
                                                                                    Article 6
In the second paragraph of Article 6 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3376/75 the date '31 December 1976' is              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
hereby replaced by '31 December 1977'.                        1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 22 December 1976.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                   Member of the Commission