31977R2860

No L 330/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 12 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2860/77 of 19 December 1977 increasing the volume of the Community tariff quota opened for the period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77 for heifers and cows, not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within subheading ex 01.02 A lib) of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN by each of the Member States, the whole of the addi­ COMMUNITIES, tional quota should be allocated to the Community reserve set up under Article 3 (2) of the abovemen­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tioned Regulation, Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ Article 1 ment ( ! ), The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77 (2), the Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77 for heifers and cows, Council opened a Community tariff quota for the not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978 , at a duty of 4 % , falling within subheading ex 01.02 A lib) of the of 30 000 head of heifers and cows, not intended for Common Customs Tariff shall be increased from slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within 30 000 to 38 000 head . subheading ex 01.02 A lib) of the Common Customs Tariff ; Article 2 Whereas, in certain areas and at certain periods of the The increase of 8 000 head provided for in Article 1 year, production of these animals is inadequate and shall be allocated to the Community reserve set up consequently users depend for their supplies on under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1331 /77, imports from non-member countries to an extent that thereby increasing the reserve from 11 000 to 19 000 exceeds the volume of the quota opened by the above­ head . mentioned Regulation ; whereas it is therefore in the Community's interest autonomously to increase the size of the tariff quota concerned by a suitable Article 3 amount, which could be of up to 8 000 head ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh Whereas in view of the special characteristics of these day following its publication in the Official Journal animals and the uncertainties regarding future imports of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1977.

For the Council

The President

H. SIMONET

(') Opinion delivered 16 December 1977 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ No L 154, 23 . 6 . 1977, p. 2.