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( 1 ) OJ NO L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 276 , 20 . 10 . 1980 , P . 34 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2748/80

OF 27 OCTOBER 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 ON TRANSITIONAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS FROM CERTAIN NON-MEMBER

COUNTRIES

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 OF 27 JUNE 1980 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 33 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 ( 2 ) LAID DOWN TRANSITIONAL MEASURES CONCERNING IMPORTS OF SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS FROM CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THAT REGULATION SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO DEFINE THE COEFFICIENTS FOR CONVERTING NET MASS INTO CARCASE MASS FOR LIVE ANIMALS ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THE OBJECTIVE PURSUED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 , LICENCE APPLICATIONS AND LICENCES SHOULD , IN THE CASE OF LIVE ANIMALS , REFER TO THE NET MASS AND TO THE NUMBER OF HEAD ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH IS HEREBY ADDED TO ARTICLE 1 :

' THE COEFFICIENT TO BE EMPLOYED FOR CONVERTING NET MASS ( LIVE WEIGHT ) INTO CARCASE MASS ( CARCASE WEIGHT EQUIVALENT ) SHALL BE 0.47 FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 01.04 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF . '

2 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH 1A IS HEREBY INSERTED IN ARTICLE 3 :

' 1A . FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 01.04 B , THE LICENCE APPLICATION AND THE LICENCE ITSELF SHALL BEAR , IN SECTIONS 10 AND 11 , A STATEMENT OF THE NET MASS AND THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS TO BE IMPORTED . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY TO LICENCE APPLICATIONS LODGED AS FROM 20 OCTOBER 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 OCTOBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT