31973R0186

30 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 25 /21

REGULATION (EEC) No 186/73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 January 1973 on the opening, apportionment and method of administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen beef and veal falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1973)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, apportionment between the Member States, is capable of respecting the Community nature of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the said quota in relation to the principles set out above; European Economic Community; whereas, in order that the real evolution of the market in the product in question may be the best Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; possible, this apportionment must be made pro rata to the needs of the Member States, whose needs will be assessed in particular by taking into account Having regard to the Opinion of the European imports coming from third countries during the most Parliament; recent years for which complete statistical data are available, and the foreseeable development during the Whereas the European Economic Community has quota period; undertaken, in the context of the most recent multilateral negotiations of GATT, to open an Whereas, since the tariff quota in question is annual Community tariff quota of 22 000 metric tons relatively small, it ought to be possible to provide for at a duty of 20 % for frozen beef and veal under a system of allocation based on a single tariff subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 ; whereas the apportionment between the Member States, without Agreement with the Argentine, entered into 8 thereby taking from its Community nature; whereas November 1971 (1), provides that, as from 1 January it appears best to leave to each Member State the 1972, the aforesaid quota of 22 000 tons must be choice of a management system for its part of the regarded as meaning boned meat; quota ; Whereas, according to the terms of Article 60 of the Whereas, in the case of Belgium, The Netherlands and Act annexed to the Treaty concerning the Accession Luxembourg, being united and represented by the of new Member States to the European Economic economic Union Benelux, the entire management of Community and the European Atomic Energy the quota part allotted to the said economic Union Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January may be carried out by one of its members ; 1972 (2), the new Member States are bound to apply the common agricultural policy regulations from 1 February 1973 ; whereas it is, therefore, necessary to provide for the import needs of the new States HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : coming from third countries during the period 1 February to 31 December 1973 ; whereas, in these circumstances, and taking account of the declaration Article 1 of the Community annexed to the aforesaid Agree­ ment with the Argentine, it is provided that an auto­ nomous supplementary quota be opened at 20 % 1 . A Community tariff quota for frozen beef and duty, which may be fixed at 12 000 tons, this also to veal, under subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 of the be in boned meat; Common Customs Tariff, totalling 34 000 tons, in boned meat, shall be opened, at a duty of 20 % for Whereas it is particularly opportune to guarantee the period : equal and continuous access to all importers in the Community to the said quota and the uninterrupted application of the rate provided for the said quota to — from 1 January to 31 December 1973 up to the all imports of the product in question in all Member conventional quantity of 22 000 tons ; States until the quota is exhausted ; whereas a system — from 1 February to 31 December 1973 up to an of taking up the Community tariff quota, based on autonomous quantity of 12 000 tons.

(!) OJ No L 249, 10. 11 . 1971 , p . 18 . 2. For the purposes of charging against quota, 100 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 28 . kg of unboned meat equals 77 kg of boned meat.

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Article 2 under cover of declarations that they are for consumption. The Community tariff quota mentioned in Article 1 is apportioned as follows : Article 4 Germany 4 750 tons The Member States shall inform the Commission at Benelux 4 570 tons regular intervals of imports which have been charged France 2 290 tons against their shares.

Italy 10 390 tons Article 5 Denmark 200 tons

Ireland 100 tons The Member States and the Commission shall United Kingdom 11 700 tons cooperate closely to ensure that the provisions of the preceding Articles are respected.

Article 3 Article 6 1 . The Member States shall take all appropriate steps to guarantee to importers established in their This Regulation shall enter into force the day after its countries free access to the quota-part allotted to publication in the Official Journal of the European them. Communities,

2. The extent of depletion of Member States' It shall be applicable in the original Member States shares shall be verified on the basis of imports from 1 January 1973 and in the new Member States coming from third countries presented at customs from 1 February 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .

For the Council

; The President

L. TINDEMANS