Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which applies throughout the United Kingdom, requires the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to allocate to persons established within the United Kingdom its share of a quota for the levy-free import of frozen beef and veal under the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3929/86 (O.J. No. L365, 24.12.86, p.3).
This Order provides that not more than one third of the United Kingdom’s share of the quota shall be allocated to Government Departments and local authorities (article 3(2)), and that the remainder shall be allocated—
as to 70% thereof, to importers of frozen beef and veal by reference to the amounts of frozen beef and veal which they have imported from outside the European Economic Community into the United Kingdom during the reference period other than amounts imported free of duty pursuant to the Second Lomé Convention, as extended, or to the Third Lomé Convention (article 3(2)(a));
as to 20% thereof, to exporters of fresh chilled or frozen beef or veal by reference to the amounts of fresh chilled or frozen beef or veal which they have exported during the reference period to destinations outside the European Economic Community and other similar destinations (article 3(2)(b)); and
as to 10% thereof, to purchasers of frozen beef or veal from the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce by reference to the amounts of frozen beef and veal which they have purchased from the Board during the reference period other than frozen beef and veal sold by the Board on condition that it should be exported from the European Economic Community (article 3(2)(c)).
For the purposes of (a), (b) and (c) above the reference period is the period from 1st October 1984 to 30th September 1986 (article 2).
The Order comes into force on 27th February 1987.