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of 19 June 1998
layingdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthetariffquotasforbeefandvealprovidedforinCouncil
Regulations(EC)No1727/2000,(EC)No2290/2000, (EC)No2433/2000, (EC)No2434/2000, (EC)No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 for the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and the Republic of Poland ◄
(OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1279/98
of 19 June 1998
layingdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthetariffquotasforbeefand
veal provided for in Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC)No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No
2435/2000and(EC)No2851/2000fortheRepublicofHungary,the
Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic,
Romania and the Republic of 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 adjustment,
as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural
concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account ofthe Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round ofMultilateral 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 should be
adopted for their application on a multiannual basis; whereas, to that
end, the provisions laid down annually for those quotas in the pastshould 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
administered by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, rulesshould in particular be laid down on the way applications are to be
submitted and on the information to be shown in applications and
licences, where appropriate notwithstanding certain provisions ofCommission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system ofimport and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricul-tural 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 application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sectorand repealing Regulation (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 down governing
access to the quotas;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,1998R1279 — EN — 31.12.2000 — 001.001 — 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 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000.
The quantities of products imported annually under those arrangements
and the preferential rates of customs duty shall be as set out in Annex Ihereto.
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, second orthird tranches specified in the first paragraph are lower than thoseavailable, the remaining quantities shall be added to those available forthe 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 MemberState concerned when they submit their applications that they havetraded in beef and veal with third countries at least once during theprevious 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 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; agroup of products sha ll cover theproducts corresponding to CN codes 0201 and 0202, or the productscorresponding to CN codes 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 and 1602 50 80originating in Romania, or the products corresponding to CN code
1602 50 originating 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 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
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— 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 CN groupscontained in the same indent:
— 0201, 0202,
— 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39, 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 in Article 2.
2. Only one application may be submitted by each applicant 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 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 thequantities 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 inaccordance with Protocol 4 to the Europe Agreement concluded with
that country or a declaration by the exporter drawn up in accordance
with that Protocol.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
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ANNEX I
The imports into the Community of the following products shall be entitled to the concessions described below
(MFN = duty applicable to most favoured nations)
Country of origin Serial No CN code DescriptionRate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)
Hungary 09.4707 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 20 11 375 1 140
Poland 09.4824 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen
1602 50 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
— bovine animals (1)Free 16 000 1 600
Czech Republic 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
Romania 09.4753 0201
0202Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen Free 2 500 250
1602 50 31
1602 50 39
1602 50 80Prepared 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 fresh meat = 2,14.▼M11998R1279 — EN — 31.12.2000 — 001.001 — 5
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ANNEX II
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