CELEX: 51992PC0087
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986

CCA/MISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVttJNITIES
                                                   C0M(92) 87 final
                                                   Brussels, 16 March 1992
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL RFfj',1' AT I ON fEEO
    amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985
    concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries
    in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986
                         (presented by the Commission)
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. On 2 December 1991, the Community of the one part and the Government
    of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands of the other
    part signed a free trade Agreement which entered into force on
    1 January 1992 I1).
    This Agreement provides in particular for the opening of a zero
    tariff quota for 20 t of sheepmeat or goatmeat originating in the
    Faroe Islands.
    It has also been agreed under the Agreement that the quota will be
    applied as part of the autonomous arrangements provided for in
    Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85.
    It is therefore proposed to increase by 20 t the limit on the annual
    quantities provided for in that Regulation, on the understanding that
    this additional quantity will be reserved for the Faroe Islands.
2.  The Council is therefore asked to adopt the draft Regulation attached
    hereto.
(1) OJ No L 371, 31.12.1991, p. 1.
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                               Proposal for
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No           /92
                              of           92
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985
concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries
in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986(*), as last amended by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87( 2 ), lays down the import
arrangements applicable to certain third countries which traditionally
export to the Community;
Whereas an Agreement between the Community and the Government of Denmark
and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands has been approved by
Decision 91/668/EEC;
Whereas this Agreement provides for the opening of an annual zero tariff
quota for 20 t of sheepmeat and goatmeat originating in the Faroe
Islands;
Whereas this Agreement also provides for the said quota to be applied as
part of the autonomous import arrangements provided for in Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85; whereas the aforementioned Regulation must
be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                Article 1
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85 is hereby replaced by the
following:
(1) OJ No L 348, 24.12.1985, p. 2.
(2) OJ No L 373, 31.12.1987, p. 1.
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                                   - 2 -
1.  The import levy applicable to the following products shall be limited
    to a maximum of 10% ad valorem, subject to annual quantitative limits
    expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent for each third country
    concerned and by category:
                                                    Third country
                                                    concerned & quantity
CN Code        Description                            Chile  Other third
                                                             countries (a)
0104         Live sheep and goats:
0104 10      - sheep:
0104 10 90   - - other than pure bred breeding
                 animals (b)                                    50
0104 20      - goats:
0104 20 90   - - other than pure bred breeding
                 animals (b)
0204         Meet of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled
             or frozen:
             - fresh or chilled                          0     100
             - frozen                                1 490     200(c)
(a) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,
     the Faroe Islands, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, Romania,
    Uruguay, Croatia, Slovenia 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 subheadings 0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 of the
     combined nomenclature.
(c) Of which 100 tonnes shall be reserved for Greenland.
     For the following products originating in the Faroe Islands, the
     import levy or, where appropriate, the applicable import duty shall
    be zero, subject to an annual overall limit of 20 tonnes expressed in
     carcase weight equivalent:
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                                    - 3 -
 CN Code         Description
0204            Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or
                frozen
0206 80 99      Edible offal of sheep or goats, fresh or
                chilled
0206 90 99      Edible offal of sheep or goats, frozen
0210 90 11      Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine,
                dried or smoked, with bone in
0210 90 19      Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine,
                dried or smoked, boneless
0210 90 60      Edible offal of sheep or goats, salted,
                in brine, dried or smoked
exl601          Sausages and similar products, of meat,
                meat offal or blood, food preparations based
                on these products:
                - of sheep and goats
exl602          Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal
                or blood:
                - of sheep and goats
3.   For the products referred to  in paragraph 2 falling within the
     following CM codes: 0206  80  99
                          0206 90  99
                          0210 90  60
and notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 15(1) of Regulation
(SEC) No 3013/89, application of paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon .
the presentation of an iaport licence issued subject to the conditions
laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EIC) H o 3Q13/&9.
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4.  Member States may be authorized to issue import licences for the
    products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 up to the limit of the
    quantities corresponding to their traditional imports coming from the
    third countries concerned.
                                Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1992.
Done at ...                                  For the Council
                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---         Financial S tatement
1. BUDGET HEADING :  ART. 100                                         APPROPRIATIONS : ECU 1 353.12 m
2. TITLE :
      Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 concerning the
      imort arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as
      from 1986
3. LEGAL BASIS : Article 43 of the Treaty
4. AIMS
        The opening of a zero tariff quota for 20 t of sheepmeat and goatmeat originating in the Faroe
        Islands
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS          PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS   CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR   FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                ( ECU m )              ( ECO m     2
5.0
5.1 REVENUE
      - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
        (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
                                      1994                 1995            1996                1997
5.0.1
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
      As the 10X ad valorem levy is currently suspended for the other third countries in the
      autonomous arrangement and the quantity involved is very small, it can be concluded that there is
      no loss of levy.
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ?
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
COMMENTS :
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