CELEX: 51990PC0133
Language: en
Date: 1990-04-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) SUSPENDING THE IMPORT LEVY ON LIVE SHEEP AND GOATS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               C0M(90) 133 final
                                               Brussels,11  April 1990
                                     Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   suspending the import levy on live sheep and goats
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM
1. In accordance with the directives adoptai by the Council, negotiations
   were initiated with the countries which are the main suppliers of
   sheepmeat and goatmeat to the Cornmunity, with a view to adjusting the
   relevant voluntary restraint agreements concluded with those countries.
2. As a result of the negotiations, agreements were concluded with some of
   the countries concerned, namely Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German
   Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia.
   It is laid down in those agreements that the Community will make a
   counter concession by completely suspending the import levy on live
   sheep and goats.
   For those countries, the tariff suspension was implemented by Commission
   Regulation (EEC) No      /90 of             1990, with retroactive effect
   from 1 January 1990.
3. In view of the Community's international obligations, and more
   especially Article 1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
   (GATT), this tariff suspension should be applied unilaterally to other
   traditional supplies, i.e. Austria and Romania, and to the countries
   which supply live animals under the unilateral arrangements (Council
   Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85).
4. It is therefore proposed to the Council that they adopt the attached
   draft regulation.
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                                    for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO.. ./89
                                   Of ...
suspending the import levy on live sheep and goats
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN GOMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in the context of the recent adjustments to the common
organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, it was considered
necessary to adjust the relevant voluntary restraint agreements with
certain nonHOmmunity countries in order to stabilize imports and improve
import prices;
Whereas negotiations were conducted to that effect with the countries
concerned and agreements were concluded with Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the
German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia;1 whereas those
agreements provide for the complete suspension of the import levy on live
sheep and goats until 31 December 1992 as a counter concession by the
Community;
Whereas the (immunity has voluntary restraint agreements with Austria and
Romania and equivalent unilateral arrangements; whereas no further
negotiations will be held on those agreements or arrangements, in view of
the small quantities involved;
Whereas, in accordance with the community's international obligations, the
suspension should be extended to all supplier countries, subject to certain
quantitative limits,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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By way of derogation from the voluntary restraint agreements concluded with
Austria, Yugoslavia and Romania, and by way of derogation from Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85, the collection of the levy on imports of live
sheep and goats falling within CN codes 0104 1090 and 0104 2090 shall be
suspended until 31 December 1992, within the quantitative limits laid down
in the abovementioned agreements and in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3643/85
respectively.
Article 3
Detailed rules for implementing this Regulation shall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 30 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89.1
Article g
This Regulation sha.11. enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at ....
                                                          For the Council
                                                          The President
1 OJ No L 289, 7.10.1989, p. 1.
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 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                                         DATE: 13.3.199u
1. BUDGET HEADING:  100                  APPROPRIATIONS: BCU 1 152.4 million
2. TITLE:
Proposal for a Council Regulation suspending the import levy on live sheep
and goats
3. LEGAL BASIS: Article 113 of the Treaty
4. AIMS: Total suspension of the levy on imports of live sheep and goats
from Romania, Austria and pertain other countries with which agreement has
not been reached.
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:    PERIOD           CURRENT        FOLLOWING
                              OF 12            FINANCIAL      FINANCIAL
                              MONTHS           YEAR           YEAR
                                               (1990)         (1991)
5.0. EXPENDITURE
     - CHARGED TO THE BO
       BUDGET                 token            token          token
(REFTINDS/INTEKVENEIGNS)      entry1           entry1         entry1
5.1. REVENUE
     - EC OWN RESOURCES
       (LEVIES)               -ECU300000       - BCU 200 000  - BCU 300 000
                               1992            1993    1994   1995
5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE   token entry
5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE       - ECU 300 000
5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION:
The average levy on sheepmeat imports is ECU 1.750/t. For imports from
these non-Osmmunity oountries the levy is, however, limited to the 10%
autonomous duty arising from the binding under GATT, i.e. about ECU 300/t
for live animals. If this duty were removed, the loss of revenue for 12
months would be: 777 t x ECU 300/t x 1.120 - ECU 300 000. In 1990 this
loss would, be only ECU 200 000.
6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?                                  NO
6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BY FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE
CURRENT BUDGET?                                                          NO
6.2. WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?                           NO
6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?                     YES
COMMENTS:
Since there is no precise undertaking concerning the import price in the
agreement, the zero import levy on this type of meat may depress prices on
the Community market, and cause a corresponding rise in the premiums
granted and so increase Community budget expenditure. It is difficult to
estimate the extent of this phenomenon.
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         Proposition de règlement du Conseil relatif à la suspension
   du prélèvement applicable à l'importation d'animaux vivants des espèces
                              ovine et caprine.
Ce projet de règlement vise à étendre, en faveur de l'ensemble des pays
fournisseurs d'animaux vivants des espèces ovine et caprine, une concession
déjà accordée à certains pays, notamment la Bulgarie, la Hongrie, la Pologne,
la République Démocratique Allemande, la Tchécoslovaquie et la Yougoslavie
(suspension totale du prélèvement applicable à l'importation).
La mesure proposée s'avère nécessaire, compte tenu des obligations
internationales de la Communauté et plus particulièrement des dispositions de
l'article premier de l'Accord Général sur les tarifs Douaniers et le Commerce
(GATT)
Dans la mesure où il ne modifie pas les quantités traditionnelles réellement
importées et compte tenu de l'importance des quantités fournies
traditionnellement par les six pays indiqués ci-dessus, ce projet n'a
pratiquement pas d'impact sur les entreprises. On peut également considérer
que la mesure proposée ne leur imposera pas des coûts supplémentaires.
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