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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2695/81

OF 16 SEPTEMBER 1981

DEROGATING FROM REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 77/81 ON THE ISSUE OF EXPORT LICENCES FOR BEEF AND VEAL BENEFITING FROM SPECIAL TREATMENT IN A NON-MEMBER COUNTRY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2931/79 OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ON THE GRANTING OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE EXPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BENEFIT FROM SPECIAL IMPORT TREATMENT IN A THIRD COUNTRY ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 77/81 ( 2 ) PROVIDED FOR THE ISSUE OF EXPORT LICENCES UNDER THE SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2973/79 ( 3 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2077/80 ( 4 ) ; WHEREAS A NUMBER OF LICENCES FOR WHICH APPLICATION WAS MADE WERE NOT USED ; WHEREAS , ACCORDINGLY , THE TONNAGE OF BEEF AND VEAL EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS LESS THAN 5 000 TONNES , THE QUANTITY ELIGIBLE ; WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR EXPORT LICENCES TO BE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF THE REMAINING QUANTITY , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2377/80 ( 5 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2137/81 ( 6 ) ; WHEREAS , FOR REASONS OF FAIRNESS , THE EXPORT LICENCES IN QUESTION SHOULD BE ISSUED ONLY TO OPERATORS WHOSE APPLICATIONS WERE REDUCED UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 77/81 ;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 77/81 , APPLICATIONS FOR EXPORT LICENCES MAY BE LODGED UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1981 , IN RESPECT OF A TOTAL OF 261 TONNES OF BEEF AND VEAL TO BE EXPORTED UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2973/76 .

ONLY OPERATORS WHO OBTAINED EXPORT LICENCES UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 77/81 MAY SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR AN EXPORT LICENCE .

THE EXPORT LICENCES SHALL BE ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 14 AND 15 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2377/80 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 SEPTEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 334 , 28 . 12 . 1979 , P . 8 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 12 , 14 . 1 . 1981 , P . 5 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 336 , 29 . 12 . 1979 , P . 44 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 202 , 2 . 8 . 1980 , P . 22 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980 , P . 5 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 209 , 29 . 7 . 1981 , P . 15 .