CELEX: 51984PC0090
Language: en
Date: 1984-02-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) CONCERNING THE IMPORT SYSTEM APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES IN THE SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT SECTOR IN THE LAST THREE QUARTERS OF 1984

N o C 72/6                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                13.3.84
                                                                 II
                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
                  Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the import system applicable to certain
                  non-member countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector in the last three quarters of
                                                                1984
                                                        COM(84) 90 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 February 1984)
                                                           (84/C 72/08)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas, pending the conclusion of agreements with
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        other non-member countries which traditionally
                                                                     export to the Community and pending amendments
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        to the existing voluntary restraint agreements,
 European Economic Community, and in particular                      Council Regulation (EEC) 2977/83 (3) limited during
Article 43 thereof,                                                  the first quarter of 1984 the collection of the levy and
                                                                     the issue of import licences in respect of certain
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  products from those countries;
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
 liament,                                                            Whereas the negotiations currently under way with a
                                                                     view to a possible amendment to the voluntary
                                                                     restraint agreements are unlikely to be concluded by
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N o 1837/80 of
                                                                     1 April 1984; whereas none of the signatories to the
27 June 1980 on the common organization of the
                                                                     present agreements have given notice of termination
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last
                                                                     and those agreements accordingly remain in force;
amended by Regulation (EEC) N o 1195/85 (2),
established a system of trade with non-member
countries in this sector; whereas this system includes               Whereas it is desirable to extend until the end of 1984
the collection of an import levy;                                    the import system applicable to countries which have
                                                                     not concluded such agreements;
Whereas the Community has concluded voluntary
restraint agreements with the great majority of the
non-member countries exporting sheepmeat and                         Whereas imports into the Member States should be
goatmeat products; whereas under Article 34 of the                   allowed, account being taken of traditional trade
abovementioned Regulation the Council may, before                    patterns,
 1 April 1984, make amendments to the various
systems applying to the market in the products in
question;                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                             Article 1
                 1.     For the last three quarters of 1984 the import levy applicable to the products listed
                 below shall be limited to a maximum of 10 % ad valorem subject to the following
                 quantitative limits expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent per non-member country
                 concerned and per category:
(*) O J N o L 1 8 3 , 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.
O OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 22.                                   (J) OJ No L 294, 26. 10. 1983, p. 1.
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                                                                             Non-member country concerned and quantity
          CCT heading                        Description                                                  Other non-
              No                                                                Chile                  member countries
                                                                                                             (a)
             01.04         Live sheep and goats:
                           B. Other (b)                                             0            0           75
             02.01         Meat and endible offal of the animals
                           falling within headings Nos 01.01,
                           01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or
                           frozen:
                           A. Meat:
                               IV. Of sheep or goats:
                                     a) Fresh or chilled                            0          375           75
                                     b) Frozen                                  1 117            0           75
        (a) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland,
            Romania, Uruguay and Yugoslavia.
        (b) The coefficient to be employed for converting net mass (live weight) into carcase mass (carcase weight
            equivalent) shall be 0,47 for products falling within sub-heading 01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff.
        2.     Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the products referred
        to in paragraph 1 up to the limit of quantities corresponding to their traditional imports
        coming from the non-member countries concerned.
                                                              Article 2
        For the products and non-member countries specified in Article 1, the import licences
        provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1837/80 shall be issued for the last
        three quarters of 1984 subject to the quantitative limit laid down in Article 1. However,
        any quantities provided for in Regulation (EEC) N o 2977/83 which have not been used
        up shall be added to the quantities which may be imported in the fourth quarter.
                                                              Article 3
        Detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance
        with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) N o 1837/80.
                                                              Article 4
        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal
        of the European Communities.
        It shall apply from 1 April 1984 until the date of application of voluntary restraint
        agreements with the non-member countries concerned and at the latest until
        31 December 1984.
        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
        States.