31974R0442

22. 2 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 50/33

REGULATION (EEC) No 442/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 February 1974 on protective measures for beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whole Community ; whereas, therefore, until such COMMUNITIES, time as the Council has adopted definitive rules on the matter, all imports of live animals and of beef and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European veal should be subject to the production of the import Economic Community ; licence provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 (3) of 10 July 1970 on common detailed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No rules for the application of the system for import and 805/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­ tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended cultural products subject to a single price system, as by Regulation (EEC) No 187/73 (2), and in particular last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1796/73 (4), and Article 21 (2) thereof ; the issue of the licence should be subject to the lodging of security ; Whereas the French Republic and the Italian Repu­ blic placed requests before the Commission for the Whereas the importation of products accompanied by adoption of protective measures in respect of imports an advance fixing certificate as provided for in Article of beef and veal ; 12 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should not be suspended if the certificate has already been issued, Whereas the beef and veal market has for some time now been very unsettled, which led the Commission, as a normal administrative measure, to extend the number of products for which refunds are granted and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : to introduce aids for private storage ;

Whereas, however, those measures have not as yet Article 1 proved sufficient to re-establish market equilibrium ; whereas the forthcoming adoption of a guide price for 1 . All imports into the Community of the products the 1974/75 marketing year will improve the situation referred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No somewhat ; whereas, however, the expected increase in 805/68 shall be subject to production of an import the. guide price could disturb the market if at any time licence provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70, the difference between world market prices and the which, subject to Article 2 shall be issued by the guide price were too great, particularly on the most Member States to any interested party who applies sensitive markets ; therefor, whatever the place of his establishment in the Community. Whereas it is necessary in these circumstances to protect those markets so as to avert the risk of a sharp However, this licence shall not be required for drop in prices giving rise to movements liable to products in respect of which certificates issued disturb the market in beef and veal shortly before the pursuant to Articles 12 (a) or 15 of Regulation (EEC) increase in the guide price ; whereas Italian market No 805/68 are produced. prices are largely determined by imports while, among Community markets, the French is the largest producer market ; whereas those two markets are there­ 2 . The issue of the licence referred to in the first fore the most sensitive to imports from third coun­ subparagraph, paragraph 1 shall be subject to the tries ; lodging of security amounting to :

— 5 units of account per 100 kg in respect of live Whereas the suspension of the importation of fresh and chilled meat into those Member States could domestic bovine animals other than pure-bred therefore contribute to the achievement of the aim in breeding animals, of subheading No 01.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff ; view ; whereas such suspension should however be limited to the period strictly necessary ; — 10 units of account per 100 kg for edible meats of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled, of Whereas the adoption of such measures requires atten­ subheading No 02.01 A II a) of the Common tive surveillance of imports of beef and veal into the Customs Tariff :

(>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24. (>) OJ No L 158 , 20 . 7. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 23 . (4) OJ No L 183, 5. 7. 1973, p. 1 .

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— 10 units of account per 100 kg for edible meats of Article 3 domestic bovine animals, salted or in brine, dried Meat in respect of which advance fixing certificates or smoked, of subheading No 02.06 C I a) of the have been delivered before the day of the entry into Common Customs Tariff. force of this Regulation may be put into free circula­ 3 . The import licence shall be valid for 60 days tion in France and Italy. from the date of issue, within the meaning of Article 8 ( I) of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 . Article 4 4. Applications for licences and the import licences The Member States shall communicate with the and advance fixing certificates shall indicate under Commission, at the latest on the second working day item 1 2 the Member State into which the products are of each week, the quantities, broken down by tariff to be put into free circulation . subheading, in respect of which licences have been issued during the week preceding that in which the Article 2 communication is to be made .

No import licence or advance fixing certificate shall Article 5 be issued for the importation of edible meats of domestic bovine animals, fresh or chilled, falling This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its within subheading No 02.01 A II a) 1 of the Common publication in the Official Journal of the European Customs Tariff which are to be put into free circula­ Communities. It shall apply as from 23 February 1974 tion in France or Italy. until 24 March 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 1974. For the Commission The President Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI