31976R3136

No L 353 /40 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 12 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3136/76 of 22 December 1976 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 as regards the arrangements for the reduction of import charges on beef and veal products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States in 1977

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Beef and Veal , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 3328/75 of 18 December 1975 renewing the arrange­ ments for the reduction of import charges on beef and veal products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States ( !), as last amended by Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 284 1 /76 (2), and in particular Article 3 ( 1 ) thereof, Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 is Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 hereby amended to read as follows : of 23 December 1 975 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 50 1 /76 (4), laid down the rules for the *4. The import licences shall be valid only until application of Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 ; whereas 31 December of the year of issue.' following the extension of the import arrangements for beef and veal originating in certain African, Carib­ bean and Pacific States, certain provisions of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3376/75 require amendment ; Article 2

Whereas, in order to avoid abuses, provision should be Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 is hereby made for charging the full amount of the levies fixed amended to read as follows : in accordance with Articles 10 to 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common Article 4 organization of the market in beef and veal (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (6), in respect of the quantities imported pursuant to Article 1 . The amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of 2 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 of Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 for each product 17 January 1975 laying down common detailed rules intended for importation into Ireland or the for the application of the system of import and export United Kingdom shall be equal to 90 % of the licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural amount resulting from the levy reduced by the products (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No accession compensatory amount applicable to 2219/76 (8) ; imports into the United Kingdom from non­ member countries and by the monetary compensa­ tory amount which are valid for imports into that Whereas because of the geographical situation and the Member State during the week preceding that in climate of the States concerned, particularly Botswana, which commences the quarter for which the beef and veal production is concentrated at the begin­ amount of the reduction is calculated . ning of the year ; whereas accordingly the dates for the submission of applications for import licences and 2. The amount provided for in Article 1 ( 1 ) of for the issue of licences for January 1977 should be Regulation (EEC) No 3328/75 for each product brought forward ; intended for importation into a Member State other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 shall (') OJ No L 329, 23 . 12. 1975, p. 4. 2 OJ No L 327, 26. 11 . 1976, p. 1 . be equal to 90 % of the amount resulting from (3) OJ No L 333 , 30 . 12. 1975, p. 44. the levy adjusted, where appropriate, by the mone­ ") OJ No L 167, 26. 6 . 1976, p . 35. tary compensatory amount applicable for France (5) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 . during the week preceding that in which (6) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 28 . (7) OJ No L 25, 31 . 1 . 1975, p . 10 . commences the quarter for which the amount of 8) OJ No L 250, 14. 9 . 1976, p. 5 . the reduction is calculated .'

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There shall be added to Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 By way of derogation from Article 2 ( 1 ) and (5) of the following Article 5a : Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75, in January 1977 appli­ Article 3a cations for import licences may be submitted to the competent agencies of the Member States during the For the quantities imported pursuant to Article 2 first five days of the month. The licences shall be (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75, the full amount of the levies fixed in accordance with Arti­ issued in that month on the twelfth day following the first day of the period for the submission of applica­ cles 10 to 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 shall tions . be charged.'

Article 4 Article 6 In the second paragraph of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3376/75 the date '31 December 1976' is This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January hereby replaced by '31 December 1977'. 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission