21. 6. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 163/11 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1719/84 of 18 June 1984 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 5000 head of bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine breeds, falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II 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 Commis- sion ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Whereas the European Economic Community under- took, within the framework of GATT, to open an annual Community tariff quota of 5 000 head at a duty of 4 % for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine breeds, falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas eligibility for such quota is subject to submission of the following documents : — bulls: a pedigree certificate, — female animals: a pedigree certificate of registra- tion in the herdbook, certifying purity of breed ; Whereas the abovementioned tariff quota for the period 1 July 1984 to 30 June 1985 should, therefore, be opened at a duty of 4 % ; whereas a check should be carried out to ascertain that the imported animals have not been slaughtered within a certain- period in accordance with Article 1 (3); Whereas, under Articles 2 and 64 (2) (b) of the 1979 Act of Accession, Greece is obliged to apply the Regu- lations of the common agricultural policy from 1 January 1981, and to apply in its entirety, from that date, the duty in the Common Customs Tariff to the animals in question ; whereas it is therefore necessary to meet import requirements from third countries which might arise in that Member State; whereas within the framework of this tariff quota the duty to be applied by Greece is also 4 % ; Whereas, it is in particular necessary to ensure equal and continuous access for all Community importers to the abovementioned quota, and the uninterrupted application of the quota duties to all imports of the animals in question until the quota is exhausted; whereas, having regard to the principles defined above, the Community nature of the quota can be respected (') OJ No C 82, 23. 3. 1984, p. 9. () Opinion delivered on 25 May 1984 (not yet published in the Official Journal). by allocating the Community tariff quota among the Member States ; whereas possibilities for the use of such mountain breeds are, however, limited by special factors, both geographical and zootechnical ; whereas the Benelux countries and Denmark do not have regions  suitable for breeding this kind of cattle; whereas, however, in view of such special factors, the Community nature of the tariff quota in question should be preserved by making provision for require- ments which may arise in these Member States ; whereas, to this end, these Member States may proceed to draw adequate shares from the Community reserve which has been set up ; whereas, in order to reflect as closely as possible the actual trend of the market in question, the initial allocation must be made in proportion to the requirements of each of the Member States concerned, calculated in accordance with statis- - tical data concerning imports from third countries during a representative reference period and with economic prospects for the quota period in question ; Whereas, since the animals in question belong to certain specific breeds which are not specified as such in the statistical nomenclatures of the Member States, no data on imports provided by the Member States could be considered to be sufficiently accurate and representative to be used as a basis for the allocation in question ; whereas the extent to which Community tariff quotas for those animals in the Community have been exhausted and the estimates made by certain Member States enable the requirements of each of them as regards imports from third countries for the quota period envisaged to be assessed as follows : Germany 1 000 head France 120 head Italy 4 630 head whereas the needs of the United Kingdom and of Ireland may, in the absence of precise information, be assessed at 75 and 25 head respectively; Whereas, in order to take into account the possible trend of imports of the aforementioned animals into the said Member States, the quota amount of 5000 head should be divided into two parts, the first part being allocated among certain Member States, the second forming a reserve intended subsequently to cover the requirements of those Member States when their initial shares are exhausted and requirements which may arise within other Member States ; whereas,