31975R2857

No L 283/64 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 11 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 2857/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 31 October 1975

amending for the fifth time the EXIM system of import licences for beef and veal introduced as a protective measure by Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ' 1 . In respect of each export without refund of COMMUNITIES, products as specified in Annex I, other than those sold in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2320/74 and (EEC) No 616/75, application may be Economic Community ; submitted for the issue of an import licence in respect of a quantity, expressed as beef or veal in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No carcase, of at least 10 metric tons, such quantity 805/68 ( !) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ not to exceed that exported. tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 855/74 (2), and in particular The application shall be accompanied by a declara­ Article 21 (2) thereof ; tion indicating : Whereas, under the arrangements governing import (a) the quantity expressed in kilogrammes of beef licences for certain products of the beef and veal or veal in carcase ; sector, introduced as a protective measure by Commis­ sion Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75 (3) of 23 April (b) the rate of levy per 100 kg of beef and veal in 1975, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No carcase which the applicant undertakes to pay 2477/75 (4), the importers concerned may submit two upon importation ; the rate shall be expressed applications for licences, the second licence being in the national currency of the Member State issued only after a certain period has elapsed ; whereas in which the application is made.' it has been found that the requirements upon appli­ cants to specify at the time of their first application the product to be imported under the second licence constitutes an inconvenience for them which the Article 2 objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75 do not warrant ; whereas it should therefore be provided that An Article 4a as follows is inserted in Regulation applications for the second licence should be submitted nearer the actual date of issue ; (EEC) No 1090/75 :

Whereas, although Article 2 (4) of Commission Regula­ ' 1 . Any applicant having obtained an import licence in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 shall tion (EEC) No 1 93/75 (5) of 17 January 1975 laying down common detailed rules for the application of on application be entitled to receive a second import licence for the same quantity, in terms of the system of import and export licences and advance beef or veal in carcase, and at the same rate of levy fixing certificates for agricultural products provides that the quantity imported may exceed by 5 % the as in the original licence. quantity specified on the import licences, this should not entitle the importer to the benefit of a reduced 2. Application for the issue of a second import rate of levy in respect of a quantity that he has not licence may be made only between the sixteenth previously exported without refund ; whereas, there­ and the twenty-third day of the second month fore, provision should be made for payment of the following the month in which the first application levy at the normal rate for such quantities, was submitted .'

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 3

Article 1 Article 5 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75 is replaced by the following : Article 3(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1090/ 75 is amended to read as follows : '(b) in section 20, one of the following endorse­ ments : (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 195, 18 . 7. 1974, p. 14. — rate of levy applicable ... (in national (3) OJ No L 108 , 26. 4. 1975, p. 1 . (4 ) OJ No L 253, 10 . 9 . 1975, p. 30 . currency) per 100 kg for a quantity of . . . (5) OJ No L 25, 3L . 1 . 1975, p. 10 . kg ;

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— taux du prelevement applicable . . . (en 'For quantities imported by virtue of Article 2 (4) monnaie nationale) par 100 kg pour la of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75, the levies fixed quantité de ... kg ; pursuant to Articles 10 to 13 of Regulation (EEC) — gültiger Abschöpfungssatz ... (in Landes­ No 805/68 shall be charged.' wahrung) je 1 00 kg für die Menge von . . . kg ; Article 5 — tasso del prelievo applicabile ... (in moneta nazionale) per 1 00 kg per la quantità di ... kg ; Applications for second licences under the second subparagraph of Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No — toe te passen heffing ... (in nationale 1090/75 submitted before 1 November 1975 may be valuta) per 100 kg voor een hoeveelheid replaced by applications for licences submitted under van ... kg ; Article 4a of that Regulation. — gældende afgiftssats ... (i national valuta) pr. 100 kg for en mængde »i ... kg.'

Article6¶

A further paragraph as follows is added to Article 7 of This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November Regulation (EEC) No 1090/75 : 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission