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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 18 DECEMBER 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 2 ) OJ NO L 38 , 11 . 2 . 1981 , P . 2 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3716/81

OF 21 DECEMBER 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 218/81 OPENING A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR FROZEN BUFFALO MEAT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 02.01 A II B ) 4 BB ) 33 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ),

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ( GATT ) TO OPEN AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AT A RATE OF DUTY OF 20 % FOR A QUANTITY EXPRESSED IN PRODUCT WEIGHT , FIXED AT 2 250 TONNES OF FROZEN BUFFALO MEAT FALLING WITH SUBHEADING 02.01 A II B ) 4 BB ) 33 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 218/81 ( 2 ) LAID DOWN GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT QUOTA ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 218/81 , ' FOR THE YEAR 1981 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' FOR 1982 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1982 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

N . RIDLEY