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REGULATION (EEC) No 2045/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance fixing certificates for beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 (5) of 17 January 1975 COMMUNITIES , laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural Having regard to the Treaty establishing the products ; European Economic Community ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/ are in accordance with the Opinion of the 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization Management Committee for Beef and Veal, of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1855/74 (2), and in particular Articles 12a (2), 14 (4) and 15 (3 ) thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

"Whereas special detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences and advance fixing Article 1 certificates established for beef and veal were laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/ This Regulation lays down special detailed rules for 70 (3) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed rules the application of the system of import licences and for the application of the system of import and advance fixing certificates established by Article 12a export licences and advance fixing certificates for and pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) agricultural products, as last amended by Regulation No 805/68 . (EEC) No 1807/75 (4 );

Article 2 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 also lays down special detailed rules for the application of the 1 . Advance fixing certificates as referred to in system of import and export licences and advance Article 12a of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be fixing certificates established for other products,; valid for 30 days from their actual day of issue whereas that Regulation has been amended many times and whereas it has been found that its within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 . composite nature can make it difficult to administer; whereas, therefore, in the interests of clarity and sound administration, the legislation applicable to 2. The period of validity of import licences as each sector should be consolidated and published in referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/ 68 shall be as follows : the form of a separate Regulation;

( a) 45 days for frozen meat; Whereas this Regulation should comprise those provisions peculiar to beef and veal which are (b) 35 days for products, other than those specified required for the application of the system of licences in (a), originating in and coming from third and certificates in this sector ; contained in this countries outside Europe; Regulation; (c) 10 days for products other than those specified in ( a) and (b). Whereas such provisions either supplement or derogate from the provisions of Commission Every such period of validity shall run from the day of issue of the licence within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75. (!) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24. (2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 8 . 1974, p . 15 . (8) OJ No L 283 , 29. 12. 1970, p. 15 , (4) OJ No L 184, 15 . 7. 1975 , p. 33 . (5) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 10.

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However, licences giving entitlement to the special Article 5 import arrangements provided for in Article 14 (3 ) (b) (bb) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 1 . No import licence shall be required for products valid for 90 days from their actual day of issue. imported under an advance fixing certificate.

Article 3 2. Treatment under the special import arrangements provided for in Article 14 (3 ) (b) (bb) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 may be accorded only if the 1 . The amount of the security in respect of advance import licence is applied for and issued in accordance fixing certificates as referred to in Article 12a of with the provisions of Articles 6, 7 and 8 . Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall be 8 units of account per 100 kg net.

Article 6 2. The amount of the security in respect of import licences as referred to in Article 15 of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/68 shall be as follows : 1 . Section 12 of the application for a licence and of the licence shall contain one of the following (a) 5 units of account per head for live animals ; endorsements : (b ) 5 units of account per 100 kg net for other 'Meat intended for processing — system bb) . . . ' products. 'kød bestemt til forarbejdning — ordning bb . . . '

Article 4 'Zur Verarbeitung bestimmtes Fleisch — Regelung bb ) . . . '

1 . Sections 13 and 14 of the application for an 'Viandes destinees à la transformation — régime advance fixing certificate as referred to in Article 12a bb ) . . . ' of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 and of the certificate ' Carni destinate alla trasformazione — Regime itself shall contain : bb) . . . ' — either one of the following endorsements : 'Vlees bestemd voor verwerking — bb) regeling . . . ' 'Argentine' 'Argentina' 2. Section 20 of the licence shall contain one of the following endorsements : 'Argentinien' 'Levy reduced by . . .% in respect of . . . (quantity in 'Argentinië' figures and letters) kg' — or the following endorsement: 'Uruguay'. 'nedsættelse af importafgiften med . . . % for . . . (kvantum i tal og bogstaver) kg' Every certificate so endorsed shall carry with it an 'Aussetzung der Abschöpfung in Höhe von . . . obligation to import from the country in question. v. H. für . . . (Menge in Zahlen und Worten) kg'

2. Section 12 of the application for an import 'prélèvement réduit de . . . % pour . . . (quantité en licence for the products referred to in Article 2 (2) (b) chiffres et en lettres) kg' and of the licence itself shall contain an asterisk 'prelievo ridotto del . . .% per . . . (quantità in cifre corresponding to the entry in sections 13 and 14, e in lettere) kg' followed by one of the following endorsements 'Heffing verminderd med ... % voor . . . (hoeveelheid 'Non-European third countries' in cijfers en letters) kg' 'Ikke europæiske tredjelande'

'Nichteuropäische Drittländer' The percentage shall be that valid on the first day of the quarter. 'Pays tiers non europeens'

'Paesi terzi non europei' Article 7 'Niet Europese derde landen'

Every licence so endorsed shall carry with it an 1 . Applications may be lodged only during the first obligation to import from such a country. 10 days of each quarter.

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Applications shall be considered only where the (b ) where paragraph 4 is applied, in proportion to special arrangements are applicable on the day the quantity for which the application was not prescribed for the actual issue of the licence. granted.

2. On the eleventh day of each quarter, Member States shall before 4 p.m. communicate to the Article 8 Commission by telex the total quantity covered by applications as referred to in paragraph 1 lodged during the period referred to in the first subparagraph When the total quantity for which applications were of that paragraph. lodged during the period referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 7 ( 1 ) is less than the If that day is not a working day in a Member State, quantity appearing in the quarterly estimate the communication shall be made before 4 p.m. on mentioned in the last subparagraph of Article 14 (2) the first working day thereafter. of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , it may be decided that further applications for licences may be lodged 3 . Licences shall be issued on the twenty-first day during one or more specified periods within the of the first month of each quarter. quarter in question. In that case, new dates shall be fixed for the forwarding of applications by the However, if that day is not a working day in the Member States and for the issue of licences . Member State where the application was lodged, licences shall be issued on the first working day thereafter. Article 9 4. Licences may be issued to cover a percentage only of the quantity applied for. This percentage 1 . Article 1 , in so far as it concerns beef and veal, shall be the same for all applications lodged. and Articles 38 to 43 of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/ 70 are hereby repealed. However, it may be decided that this percentage shall apply only to applications exceeding a certain tonnage to be determined and only to the excess 2. All references in Community instruments to one over that tonnage. In that case, quantities not of the abovementioned Articles of Regulation (EEC) exceeding that tonnage shall not be affected by that No 2637/70 shall be treated as references to the percentage. Two or more applications from one corresponding Article of this Regulation. applicant, lodged during the period referred to in paragraph 1 , shall be treated as a single application even when they relate to products falling within Article 10 different Tariff subheadings. \ 5 . The security shall be released forthwith : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third (a) for applications that cannot be considered day following its publication in the Official Journal pursuant to the second subparagraph of of the European Communities. It shall apply with paragraph 1 ; effect from 1 September 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission