No L 348/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 12. 85 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3643/85 of 19 December 1985 concerning the import arrangements applicable to certain third countries in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector as from 1986 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (!), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (°), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1312/85 (%), established arrangements for trade with non-member countries in this sector ; whereas the arrangements include the collection of an import levy ; Whereas the Community has concluded voluntary restraint agreements with the great majority of the third countries exporting sheepmeat and goatmeat products; Whereas, pending the conclusion of agreements with other third countries which traditionally export to the Community, it would seem appropriate to restrict the collection of the levy and the issue of import licences in respect of certain products from these countries; Whereas imports into the Member States should be allowed on the basis of traditional trade flows; Whereas it seems expedient to recall that this Decision is without prejudice to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine , and fresh meat from third countries (%), as last amended by Directive 83/91/EEC (&), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The import levy applicable to the following products shall be limited to a maximum of 10 % ad valorem, subject to annual quantitative limits expressed in tonnes of carcase equivalent for each third country concerned and by category: Third country concerned and quantity CCT heading Description No Chil Spain Other ile @ non-member countries (b) 01.04 Live sheep and goats : B. Other (b) 0. 0 100 02.01 Meat and edible offal of the animals falling within heading No 01.01, 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen : A. Meat : IV. Of sheep or goats : a) Fresh or chilled 0 100 100 b) Frozen 1 490 0 200 (d) (a) Up to 28 February 1986. (b) Excluding Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Uruguay and Yugoslavia. (c) The coefficient to be employed for converting net mass (live weight) into .carcase mass (carcase weight equivalent) shall be 0,47 for products falling within subheading 01.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff. (d) Of which 100 tonnes shall be reserved for Greenland. (") OJ No C 257, 9. 10. 1985, p. 7. (®) Opinion delivered on 13. 12. 1985 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22. () OJ No L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28. () OJ No L 59, 5. 3. 1983, p. 34.