CELEX: 51984PC0466
Language: en
Date: 1984-09-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF BEEF / VEAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ZIMBABWE

No C 269/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               9.10. 84
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Regulation on the system for reducing duties on imports of beef/
                                            veal products originating in Zimbabwe
                                                    COM(84) Min 466 Final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 September 1984)
                                                         (84/C 269/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         shall be reduced    by an amount fixed each quarter by
COMMUNITIES,                                                        the Commission      and corresponding to 90 % of the
                                                                    average of the      import duties applicable during a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        reference period   to be determined.
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,
                                                                    2.     Paragraph 1 shall apply only to imports for
                                                                    which the importer supplies proof that an export tax
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    amounting to the reduction referred to in the above
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                   paragraph has been collected in the exporting
                                                                    country.
liament,
Whereas in accordance with the declaration set out in
Annex 2 to the Final Act of the Agreement on the                                             Article 2
Accession of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Second
                                                                    The reduction in import duties provided for in Article
ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lome on 31
                                                                    1 shall be limited to a quantity of 8 100 tonnes per
October 1979 (x), the Community is prepared to
                                                                    calendar year, expressed as boned meat.
apply to Zimbabwe, until the date of expiry of that
Convention, the same system as that introduced for
certain ACP States which are traditional exporters of               On the basis of the date of entry into force and the
beef/veal into the Community, for a quantity of 8 100               date of expiry of this Regulation, the abovementioned
tonnes per year;                                                    quantity, expressed per calendar year, shall be
                                                                    calculated pro rata temporis.
Whereas this Regulation is to be applied without
prejudice to the Community veterinary provisios laid
down in respect of animal and public health in                                               Article 3
implementation of Council Directive 72/462/EEC (2),
as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (3),                         1.     Detailed rules for the application of this Regu-
                                                                    lation shall be adopted in accordance with the
                                                                    procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                    (EEC) N o 805/68.
                             Article 1
                                                                    2.     They shall, in particular, concern:
 1.   Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in
implementation of Directive 72/462/EEC and within                   (a) the basis for calculation and the reference period
the limit of the quantity specified in Article 2, the                    to be taken into account for fixing the amount by
import duties other than customs duties applied to                       which the import duties are to be reduced;
products originating in Zimbabwe and listed in Article
1 (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (4)                     (b) the rules for fixing the corresponding amount to
                                                                         be collected by the exporting country;
(») O J N o L 2 4 , 30. 1. 1982, p. 1.
O   OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.                               (c) the issue of import lincences;
(») OJ No L 59, 5. 3. 1983, p. 34.
(4) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                                (d) acceptable proof and control measures.
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                         Article 4                             However, the Council, acting by a qualified majority
                                                               on a proposal from the Commission, may decide to
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third            extend the application of this Regulation beyond that
day following its publication in the Official Journal of       date.
the European Communities.
                                                               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
It shall apply until 28 February 1985.                         directly applicable in all Member States.