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of 19 June 1998
laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regula-
tions (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000, (EC) No2851/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002 for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the
Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary ◄
(OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2857/2000 of 27 December 2000 L 332 55 28.12.2000
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 1634/2002 of 13 September 2002 L 247 7 14.9.2002
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1279/98
of 19 June 1998
laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef
and veal provided for in Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No
2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000, (EC) No 2851/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002 for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of
Hungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December
1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjust-
ment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certainagricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements totake account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during theUruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations(
1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1595/97(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 provides for the opening of
reduced-tariff quotas for beef and veal; whereas detailed rules shouldbe adopted for their application on a multiannual basis; whereas, tothat end, the provisions laid down annually for those quotas in thepast should be used as a basis;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the quantities laid down are imported
in an orderly fashion, they should be staggered over various periods;
Whereas provision should be made for the arrangements to be adminis-
tered by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, rules should in
particular be laid down on the way applications are to be submitted and
on the information to be shown in applications and licences, whereappropriate notwithstanding certain provisions of Commission Regula-tion (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down commondetailed rules for the application of the system of import and exportlicences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products(
3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1044/98(4), and Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of applicationfor import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealingRegulation (EEC) No 2377/80(
5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 759/98(6); whereas provision should also be made for the licences
to be issued after a period for reflection and, where appropriate, once a
uniform percentage reduction has been applied;
Whereas the risk of speculation inherent in the arrangements for the
beef and veal sector requires that clear conditions be laid downgoverning access to the quotas;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef andVeal,1998R1279 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 149, 20. 5. 1998, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences must be presented for imports into the Community of
the products listed in Annex I hereto under the quotas provided for inRegulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/
2000, (EC) No 2435/2000, (EC) No 2851/2000 and (EC) No 1408/
2002.
The quantities of products imported annually under those arrangements
and the preferential rates of customs duty shall be as set out in Annex I
hereto.
Article 2
The quantities referred to in Article 1 for each period set out in Annex
I shall be broken down as follows:
— 25 % from 1 July to 30 September,
— 25 % from 1 October to 31 December,— 25 % from 1 January to 31 March,— 25 % from 1 April to 30 June.
Where, during the period the quotas are opened, the quantities covered
by import licence applications submitted in respect of the first, secondor third tranches specified in the first paragraph are lower than those
available, the remaining quantities shall be added to those available
for the following tranche.
Article 3
1. In order to qualify under the import quotas:
(a) import licence applicants must be natural or legal persons who
must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the
Member State concerned when they submit their applications thatthey have traded in beef and veal with third countries at leastonce during the previous 12 months; the applicants must be enteredin a national VAT register;
(b) licence applications may be presented only in the Member State in
which the applicant is registered;
(c) licence applications for eachgroup of products listed in Annex I
shall relate to a minimum of 15 tonnes in product weight withoutexceeding the quantity available as defined in Article 2.
Group of products' means products originating in only one of the
countries listed in Annex I; a group of products shall cover either
products under CN codes 0201 and 0202, or products under CNcodes 0206 10 95, 0206 2991, 0210 20 10, 0210 2090,0210 9951, 0210 99 59 and 0210 99 90 originating in Hungary, orproducts under CN codes 160250 31, 1602 50 39 and 1602 50 80originating in Romania, or products under CN code 1602 50 origi-
nating in Poland;
(d) box 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country of
origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from
the country indicated;
(e) box 20 of licence applications and licences shall show at least one
of the following:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o1279/98
— Forordning (EF) nr. 1279/98— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1279/981998R1279 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 002.001 — 3
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—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1279 /98
— Regulation (EC) No 1279/98
— Règlement (CE) no1279/98
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1279/98— Verordening (EG) nr. 1279/98
— Regulamento (CE) n
o1279/98
— Asetus (EY) N:o 1279/98— Förordning (EG) nr 1279/98.
2. Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, box
16 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the groupsof CN codes listed in the same indent below:
— 0201, 0202,
— 0206 1095, 0206 2991, 0210 2010, 0210 2090, 0210 9951,
0210 9959, 0210 9990,
— 1602 5031, 1602 5039, 1602 50 80,— 1602 50.
Article 4
1. Licence applications may only be submitted during the first 10
days of eachperiod as referred to in Article 2.
2. Only one application may be submitted by eachapplicant per
group of products. If an applicant submits more than one application
per group of products, all applications from that applicant for products
in the same group shall be inadmissible.
3. By the fifth working day following the end of the period for
submission, the Member States shall notify the Commission of theapplications submitted for the quantities available. Such notificationshall comprise a list of applicants showing the quantity applied for perCN code and per country of origin of the products.
Notifications, including nil notifications, shall be made by telex or fax,
using the model in Annex II hereto.
4. The Commission shall decide what percentage of quantities
covered by licence applications can be granted.
If the quantities covered by licence applications exceed those available,
the Commission shall set a uniform percentage reduction in the quanti-
ties applied for.
5. Subject to Commission acceptance of the applications, the
licences shall be issued as soon as possible.
Article 5
1. Without prejudice to this Regulation, Regulations (EEC) No
3719/88 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall be applicable.
2. Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid
for 90 days from their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88. However, no licence shall bevalid after 30 June following the date of issue.
3. Licences shall be valid throughout the Community.
Article 6
The products shall be released for free circulation on presentation of an
EUR 1 movement certificate issued by the exporting country in accor-dance withProtocol 4 to th e Europe Agreement concluded withth atcountry or a declaration by the exporter drawn up in accordance withthat Protocol.1998R1279 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 002.001 — 4
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Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1998R1279 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 002.001 — 5
ANNEX I
Community import concessions by product and country of origin
(MFN = most favoured nation rate of duty)
Country of origin Serial No CN code DescriptionDuty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003
(tonnes)Annual increase
from 1.7.2003
(tonnes)
Hungary 09.4707 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Exempt 13655 1 365
09.4774 02061095 Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, thick skirt and thin
skirtExempt 1 000 100
02062991 Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, other, thick skirt and thin
skirt
02102010
02102090Meat of bovine animals, salted or in brine, dried or smoked
02109951 Thin skirt and thick skirt of bovine animals
02109959 Other offal of bovine animals
02109990 Edible flour and meal from meat or offal
Poland 09.4824 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Exempt 19200 1 600
160250 Other prepared or preserved meat,
offal or blood offal or blood of bovine animals (1)
CzechRepublic 09.4623 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 3 500 0
Slovakia 09.4624 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 3 500 0▼M21998R1279 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 002.001 — 6
Country of origin Serial No CN code DescriptionDuty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003
(tonnes)Annual increase
from 1.7.2003
(tonnes)
Romania 09.4753 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Exempt 3 000 250
16025031
16025039
16025080Prepared or preserved meat of bovine animals
Bulgaria 09.4651 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 250 0
(1) Coefficient for conversion into freshmeat = 2,14.▼M21998R1279 — EN — 01.07.2002 — 002.001 — 7
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ANNEX II
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