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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 2957/80

OF 14 NOVEMBER 1980

ON THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN 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 ) PROVIDES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ON SPECIAL TERMS UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 ; WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR THE SAID PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS IN SOME CASES THE QUANTITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH LICENCE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN LODGED EXCEED THE QUANTITIES PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 ; WHEREAS IN THOSE CASES THE QUANTITIES APPLIED FOR SHOULD THEREFORE BE REDUCED BY A SINGLE PERCENTAGE FIGURE ;

WHEREAS IN OTHER CASES THE QUANTITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH LICENCE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN LODGED DO NOT EXCEED THE QUANTITIES PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 ; WHEREAS , IN THOSE CASES , ALL THE LICENCE APPLICATIONS MAY ACCORDINGLY BE GRANTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , ON 17 NOVEMBER 1980 , ISSUE THE IMPORT LICENCES PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2665/80 AND APPLIED FOR FROM 20 OCTOBER TO 3 NOVEMBER 1980 ON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS :

( A ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 01.04 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE QUANTITIES APPLIED FOR ORIGINATING IN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES OTHER THAN YUGOSLAVIA AND ROMANIA SHALL BE REDUCED BY 49.44 % ;

( B ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A IV A ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE QUANTITIES APPLIED FOR ORIGINATING IN :

- SPAIN SHALL BE REDUCED BY 27.35 % ,

- YUGOSLAVIA SHALL BE REDUCED BY 75.75 % ,

- ROMANIA SHALL BE GRANTED IN FULL ;

( C ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A IV B ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE QUANTITIES APPLIED FOR ORIGINATING IN ICELAND SHALL BE GRANTED IN FULL .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 15 NOVEMBER 1980 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 14 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT