31978R1276

No L 157/2 15. 6. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1276/78 of 12 June 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2825/77 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain prepared or preserved bovine meat falling within heading No ex 16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Malta ( 1978)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN quantity to be used up within the quota opened by COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 2825/77 ; whereas that Regula­ tion should be amended accordingly, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Article 7 of the Additional Protocol to the Article 1 Agreement between the European Economic Commu­ nity and Malta (x) lays down that the Community is to Regulation (EEC) No 2825/77 is hereby amended as follows : open, for the period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1978, a Community tariff quota of 650 tonnes free of customs 1 . In Article 1 (1 ), the Community tariff quota shall duties for certain prepared and preserved bovine meat be increased to 650 tonnes . known as stewed steak, falling within subheading ex 16.02 B III b) 1 bb) of the Common Customs Tariff ; 2. In Article 2 (2), the reserve shall be increased to whereas by Regulations (EEC) No 1 693/77 (2) and , 400 tonnes . (EEC) No 2825/77 (3), the Community opened a tariff quota of 375 tonnes for the period 1 July to 31 Article 2 December 1977 and of 275 tonnes for the period 1 January to 30 June 1978 ; whereas the quota of 375 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its tonnes remained unused as at 31 December 1977 ; publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. whereas provision should therefore be made for this

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

Done at Luxembourg, 12 June 1978 . For the Council

The President K. OLESEN

(») OJ No L 304, 29. 11 . 1977, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 188 , 28 . 7. 1977, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 331 , 23 . 12. 1977, p. 46.