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of 19 June 1998
laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Council
Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002and Council Decisions 2003/18/EC and 2003/263/EC for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Hungary, Romania and Poland ◄
(OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionRegulation(EC) No 2857/2000 of 27 December 2000 L 332 55 28.12.2000
►M2CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1634/2002 of 13 September 2002 L 247 7 14.9.2002
►M3CommissionRegulation(EC) No 529/2003 of 24 March 2003 L 78 5 25.3.2003
►M4CommissionRegulation(EC) No 673/2003 of 14 April 2003 L 97 18 15.4.2003
►M5CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1144/2003 of 27 Jun e 2003 L 160 44 28.6.2003
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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 Council Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000,(EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002
and Council Decisions 2003/18/EC and 2003/263/EC for Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland
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 tariffquotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjust-ment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain
agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to
take 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, to
that end, the provisions laid down annually for those quotas in the
past should be used as a basis;
Whereas, in order to ensure that the quantities laid down are imported
inanorderly 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 inparticular be laid down on the way applications are to be submitted andon the information to be shown in applications and licences, where
appropriate notwithstanding certain provisions of Commission Regula-
tion(EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 layin g downcommondetailed rules for the applicationof the system of import an d 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 Jun e 1995 onrules of application
for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing
Regulation(EEC) No 2377/80 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 759/98 (6); whereas provisionshould also be made for the licen ces
to be issued after a period for reflection and, where appropriate, once auniform 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 down
governing access to the quotas;
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Regulationare inaccor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef andVeal,1998R1279 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 003.001 — 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.
(6) OJ L 105, 4. 4. 1998, p. 7.▼M4
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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 inCouncil Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000 (
1), (EC) No 2433/2000(2),
(EC) No 2434/2000 (3) and (EC) No 1408/2002 (4) and Council Deci-
sions 2003/18/EC (5) and 2003/263/EC (6).
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 brokendownas 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 thoseavailable, the remaining quantities shall be added to those availablefor the following tranche.
Article 3
1. Inorder to qualify un der the import quotas:
(a) import licence applicants must be natural or legal persons who
must prove to the satisfactionof the competen t authorities of theMember 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 entered
in 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 each group of products listed in Annex I
shall relate to a minimum of 15 tonnes in product weight without
exceeding the quantity available as defined in Article 2.
Group of products within the meaning of point (c) shall mean:
— either products falling within CN codes 0201 or 0202 origi-
nating in one of the countries listed in Annex I,
— or products falling within CN codes 0206 1095, 0206 2991,
0210 20 10, 021020 90, 0210 9951, 0210 9959 or 0210 99 90originating in Hungary,
— or products falling within CN codes 0206 1095, 0206 2991,
0210 20 or 0210 9951 originating in Romania,
— or products falling within CN code 160250 10 originating in
Poland,1998R1279 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 003.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.▼M1
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— or products falling within CN code 1602 50 originating in
Romania;
(d) box 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country of
origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import fromthe 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. 1279/98
—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1279 /98
— Regulation(EC) No 1279/98— Règlement (CE) n
o1279/98
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1279/98
— Verordening (EG) nr. 1279/98
— Regulamento (CE) no1279/98
— 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 each period as referred to inArticle 2.
2. Only one application may be submitted by each applicant per
group of products. If an applicant submits more than one applicationper group of products, all applications from that applicant for productsinthe same group shall be in admissible.
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 notification
shall comprise a list of applicants showing the quantity applied for per
CN 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 Article1998R1279 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 003.001 — 4
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21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88. However, no licence shall be
valid 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 circulationonpresen tationof an
EUR 1 movement certificate issued by the exporting country in accor-
dance with Protocol 4 to the Europe Agreement concluded with that
country or a declaration by the exporter drawn up in accordance withthat Protocol.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States.1998R1279 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 003.001 — 5
ANNEX I
Concessions applicable to imports into the Community of certain products originating in certain countries
(MFN = most favoured nation duty)
Country of origin Serial No CN code DescriptionRate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003
(tonnes)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)Annual increase
from 1.7.2004
(tonnes)
Hungary 09.4707 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Free 13655 15020 1365
09.4774 02061095 Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, thick skirt
and thin skirtFree 1 000 1 100 100
02062991 Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, other, thick skirt and
thinskirt
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 of meat or offal
Poland 09.4824 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Free 19200 20800 1600
16025010 Other prepared and preserved meat or offal:
— of bovine animals
— uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and
uncooked meat or offal ►M5(1)◄
Czech Republic 09.4623 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 3 500 3 500 0
Slovakia 09.4624 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 3 500 3 500 0▼M41998R1279 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 003.001 — 6
Country of origin Serial No CN code DescriptionRate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003
(tonnes)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)Annual increase
from 1.7.2004
(tonnes)
Romania 09.4753 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Free 3 500 4 000 0
09.4765 02061095 Edible thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine animals, fresh or
chilledFree 50 100 0
02062991 Edible thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine animals, frozen
021020 Meat of bovine animals, salted or in brine, dried or smoked02109951 Thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine animals
09.4768 160250 Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals Free 250 500 0
Bulgaria 09.4651 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 250 250 0
(1) Coefficient for conversion to fresh meat = 2,14, providing meat content is > 60 %.▼M41998R1279 — EN — 01.04.2003 — 003.001 — 7▼M5
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ANNEX II
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