COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 197/98 of 26 January 1998 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in January 1998 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1939/97 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 1998-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, beef, import licence, import policy, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 197/98

of 26 January 1998

determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of
import licence applications lodged in January 1998 under tariff quotas for beef
and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1939/97 for the Republic of Poland,
the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1939/
97 of 3 October 1997, laying down for the period 1 July
1997 to 30 June 1998, rules for the application of the
tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council
Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland,
the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and
amending Regulations (EC) No 2512/96 and (EC) No
1441/97 (1), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,

Whereas Article 1 (1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No
1939/97 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen
beef and veal originating in Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, and, in the
case of Poland, the equivalent of the quantity of meat
expressed as weight of processed products which may be
imported on special terms in respect of the period 1
January to 31 March 1998; whereas the quantities of
fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and
Hungary,
Bulgaria,
applications
import
covered
submitted are such that applications may be accepted in
full; whereas, however, quantities covered by applications
in respect of beef and veal originating in Poland and
processed products must be reduced proportionately in
accordance with Article 3 (4) of that Regulation;

licence

by

Whereas Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1939/97
states that if for the quota period the quantities for which
applications for import licences have been submitted for
the first or the second period specified in paragraph 3 of
the Article are less than the quantities available,
the
remaining quantities are to be added to the quantities in
respect of the second period, the quantities available for
the six countries concerned for the third period running
from 1 April to 30 June 1998 should accordingly be
determined,

(1) OJ L 272, 4. 10. 1997, p. 23.

1.
The following percentages of quantities covered by
import licence applications submitted in respect of the
period 1 January to 31 March 1998 under the quotas
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1939/97 may be
allowed:

(a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications

in
respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and
0202 originating in Hungary, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria;

(b) 87,327 % of quantities covered by applications in
respect of products falling within CN codes 0201,
0202, 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in
Poland.

2.
The quantities available for the period referred to in
Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1939/97 running
from 1 April to 30 June 1998 shall amount to:

(a) beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202:

(cid:190) 5 785,0 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,

(cid:190) 2 710,0 tonnes for meat originating in the Czech

Republic,

(cid:190) 2 020,0 tonnes for meat originating in Slovakia,

(cid:190) 310,0 tonnes for meat originating in Bulgaria,

(cid:190) 1 973,6 tonnes for meat originating in Romania;

(b) 4 233,1 tonnes for beef and veal falling within CN
codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Poland, or 1 978,1
tonnes for processed products falling within CN
codes 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in
Poland.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January
1998.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission