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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 16 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 365 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 21 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 267/81

OF 30 JANUARY 1981

ON THE ISSUE OF IMPORT LICENCES FOR SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1981

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 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3446/80 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 33 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3495/80 ( 3 ) PROVIDES FOR THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ON SPECIAL TERMS UP TO 31 MARCH 1981 ; 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 3495/80 ; 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 3495/80 ; WHEREAS , IN THOSE CASES , ALL THE LICENCE APPLICATIONS MAY ACCORDINGLY BE GRANTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , ON 30 JANUARY 1981 , ISSUE THE IMPORT LICENCES PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3495/80 AND APPLIED FOR FROM 2 TO 15 JANUARY 1981 ON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS :

( A ) FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 01.04 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE QUANTITIES APPLIED FOR ORIGINATING :

- IN YUGOSLAVIA SHALL BE REDUCED BY 80 % ,

- IN OTHER NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES OTHER THAN YUGOSLAVIA SHALL BE REDUCED BY 98.74 % ;

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

- IN YUGOSLAVIA SHALL BE REDUCED BY 99.417 % ,

- IN SPAIN SHALL BE REDUCED BY 95.1 % ;

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

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 31 JANUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION