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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3349/80

OF 23 DECEMBER 1980

ON TRANSITIONAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF SHEEPMEAT ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES QUALIFYING FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

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 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 LAID DOWN A SYSTEM OF IMPORT LEVIES FOR CERTAIN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS , BEFORE THAT SYSTEM CAME INTO EFFECT , IMPORTS OF THE SAID PRODUCTS INTO THE COMMUNITY WERE SUBJECT TO PAYMENT OF CUSTOMS DUTY ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES QUALIFIED FOR TOTAL OR PARTIAL EXEMPTION FROM THE SAID CUSTOMS DUTIES , BY VIRTUE OF THEIR AGREEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS , AS LONG AS THE SAID AGREEMENTS OR THE RULES MADE IN CONSEQUENCE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN AMENDED , PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES IN QUESTION SHOULD UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM , CONTINUE TO ENJOY , TREATMENT EQUIVALENT TO THAT FOR WHICH THEY QUALIFIED PREVIOUSLY ;

WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SHEEP AND GOATS HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE IMPORT LEVIES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 SHALL NOT BE LEVIED ON THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS :

- LIVE ANIMALS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 01.04 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THE ACP STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ;

- FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN MEAT OF SHEEP AND GOATS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A IV OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THE ACP STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ;

- SALTED MEAT OF SHEEP AND GOATS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.06 C II A ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THE ACP STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ;

- FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN MEAT OF SHEEP , OTHER THAN OF DOMESTIC SHEEP OR GOATS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A IV OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA , MOROCCO , TUNISIA AND TURKEY ;

- SALTED MEAT OF SHEEP OR GOATS , OTHER THAN DOMESTIC SHEEP OR GOATS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.06 C II A ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN TURKEY .

2 . THE IMPORT LEVIES APPLICABLE SHALL BE REDUCED BY 50 % FOR FRESH , CHILLED OR FROZEN MEAT OF SHEEP OTHER THAN DOMESTIC SHEEP OR GOATS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A IV OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN SPAIN .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 23 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT