Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/98 of 10 March 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in 1998 of the arrangements applicable to imports laid down in Council Decision 97/831/EC as regards certain beef and veal products
Date: 1998-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, beef, cattle, import policy, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 546/98

of 10 March 1998

laying down detailed rules for the application in 1998 of the arrangements
applicable to imports laid down in Council Decision 97/831/EC as regards
certain beef and veal products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Decision 97/831/EC of 27
November 1997 concerning the conclusion of a Coopera-
tion Agreement between the European Community and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9
January 1998 on certain procedures for applying the
Cooperation Agreement between the European Com-
munity and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo-
nia (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas Article 15(2) of
the Cooperation Agreement
annexed to Decision 97/831/EC provides for a tariff quota
of 1 650 tonnes of products listed in Annex E to the
Agreement, expressed in carcase weight, for 1998; whereas
the detailed rules of application for that quota should be
adopted;

rights; whereas, on the basis of

Whereas, in order to ensure flexible management of the
quota, applications should be managed using a system of
import
those rights,
importers may apply for import licences throughout 1998
under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16
November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for
the application of
import and export
the system of
licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural
products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1404/97 (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 sector and repealing
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 260/98 (6), although a number of
derogations should be laid down;

Whereas, in order to ensure close control of the origin of
the products, it should be laid down that either a EUR.1
movement certificate or an invoice declaration in ac-
cordance with Protocol 2 of the Cooperation Agreement
must be presented;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

(1) OJ L 348, 18. 12. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 8, 14. 1. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.

A tariff quota of 1 650 tonnes of certain beef and
1.
veal products, expressed in carcase weight, originating in
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is hereby
opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998.

The contingent shall bear the serial number 09.4505.

2.
Import under the quota referred to in paragraph 1
shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat
falling within CN codes:

— ex 0102 90 51, ex 0102 90 59, ex 0102 90 71 and ex

0102 90 79,
— ex 0201 10 00,
— ex 0201 20 20,
— ex 0201 20 30,
— ex 0201 20 50,

referred to in Annex E to Decision 97/831/EC.

3.
For the purposes of attributing the quota, 100 kilo-
grams live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms
carcase weight.

The ad valorem customs duty and the specific
4.
amounts of customs duty laid down in the Common
Customs Tariff
(CCT) shall be reduced by 80 % for
products imported under the quota.

Article 2

In order to import under the arrangements referred to in
Article 1, applicants for import rights must be natural or
physical persons who, at the time of submission of appli-
cations, can prove to the satisfaction of the competent
authorities of the Member State concerned that they have
been active in trade in beef and veal with third countries
at least once during the previous 12 months; applicants
must be entered in a national VAT register.

Article 3

The application for

1.
rights may only be
presented in the Member State in which the applicant is
registered within the meaning of Article 2.

import

2.
The application for import rights must be for a
minimum quantity of 15 tonnes carcase weight and not
exceed the total quantity of the quota.

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Applications for import rights may be submitted

3.
until 13 March 1998.

4. Only one application may be submitted by each
applicant. Where an applicant submits more than one
application, all his applications shall be rejected.

5. Member States shall notify the Commission by 20
March 1998 of all applications received. Notification shall
consist of a list of applicants and the quantities applied
for.

All notifications, including ‘zero’ notifications, shall be
sent by telex of fax using, where applications have been
received, the form set out in Annex hereto.

Article 4

The Commission shall decide to what extent applications
may be granted. If the quantities applied for exceed the
quantities available, the Commission shall fix a single
percentage reduction to be applied to the quantities
applied for.

Article 5

Imports of the quantities granted shall be subject to

1.
presentation of one or more import licences.

Notwithstanding this Regulation, Regulations (EEC) No
3719/88 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply.

2.
Licence applications may only be submitted in the
Member State in which the importer applied for import
rights.

The following shall be entered on the licence ap-

3.
plication and on the licence itself:

(a) in Section 8,

‘the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia’; the licence shall carry an obligation to import
from the country;

(b) in Section 20, the serial number 09.4505 and at least

— Reglamento (CE) no 546/98

— Forordning (EF) nr. 546/98

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 546/98
— Jamomisl ˜or (EJ) aqih. 546/98
— Regulation (EC) No 546/98

— R(cid:138)glement (CE) no 546/98

— Regolamento (CE) n. 546/98

— Verordening (EG) nr. 546/98

— Regulamento (CE) nº 546/98

— Asetus (EY) N:o 546/98

— F(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 546/98

4. Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3719/88, the total duties laid down in the Common
Customs Tariff applicable on the date of release for free
circulation shall be collected for all quantities exceeding
those indicated on the import licence.

5. Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, import licences drawn up in accordance with
this Regulation shall be valid until 31 December 1998.

6.

Licences shall be valid throughout the Community.

Article 6

The duties referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on
presentation either of a EUR.1 movement certificate
issued by the exporter country in accordance with
Protocol 2 annexed to the Cooperation Agreement or an
invoice declaration made out by the exporter in ac-
cordance with that Protocol.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

one of the following:

It shall apply from 1 January 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

EC Fax No (32 2) 296 60 27

Application of Regulation (EC) No 546/98

Order No 09.4505

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/2 — BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR

APPLICATION FOR IMPORT RIGHTS

Date: .............................................................................. Period: ..............................................................................

Member State: ...........................................................................................................................................................

Applicant’s No (1)

Applicant (name and address)

Quantity (head)

Total

Member State:

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Fax No:

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Tel.:

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(1) Continuous numbering.