13. 9. 80 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 241/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 September 1980 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2916/79 (3), and in particular Articles 13 (4) (b), 14 (4), 15 (2), 16 (4), 18 (6) and 25 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2957/79 of 20 December 1979 opening a Community tariff quota for fresh, chilled or frozen high-quality beef and veal falling within subheadings 02.01 A II a) and 02.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 435/80 of 18 February 1980 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories (%), and in particular Article 23 thereof, Whereas special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector need to be adopted; whereas these rules either supplement or derogate from the provi- sions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 of 17 January 1975 laying down common detailed rules for the applicationof the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1576/80 (%) ; Whereas, under the first subparagraph of Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, products subject to levies may not be imported into the Community except on presentation of an import licence ; whereas experience has shown the need to monitor the foresee- able trend of trade in all products in the beef and veal (') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 15. () OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 5. (*) O] No L S5, 28. 2. 1980, p. 4. () O] No L 25, 31. 1. 1975, p. 10. (¢) O] No L 161, 26. 6. 1980, p. 15. sector that are of special importance to the balance of this particularly sensitive market; whereas, therefore, with a view to the more efficient management of the market, import licences should also be required for products falling within subheading 16.02 B III b) 1 bb) of the Common Customs Tariff, and export licences should be required for all products for which import licences are required, and also for pure-bred bovine breeding animals falling within subheading 01.02 A I of the Common Customs Tariff ; Whereas the general arrangements for duty-free impor- tation of products of the beef and veal sector origi- nating in and coming from the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or overseas countries and territories are laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 435/80; whereas duty-free importation of certain of these products is subject to annual quotas; whereas to enable the quantities imported under these arrange- ments to be monitored, provision should be made for a special entry on the import licence in respect of the nature and origin of the products in question ; Whereas the application of special import arrange- ments for young male bovine animals for fattening and for frozen beef for processing requires strict surveillance of imports and effective checks as to their use and destination ; whereas, when young male bovine animals are imported for fattening, the risk of deflection from such use or destination can be reduced if the import licence in such cases is made personal to applicants who are agricultural producers or their professional organizations ; Whereas it is necessary to incorporate in this Regula- tion provisions relative to special export arrangements provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 (%) Whereas Member States shall periodically communi- cate to the Commission certain information concerning the import and export licences they issue in the beef and veal sector ; whereas this task could be simplified if the nature and content of such returns should be precisely laid down and codes used ; (’) OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 44.