Commission Regulation (EC) No 2620/98 of 4 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application in 1999 of the arrangements applicable to imports laid down in Council Decision 97/831/EC as regards certain beef and veal products
Date: 1998-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, beef, cattle, import licence, import policy, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2620/98

of 4 December 1998

laying down detailed rules for the application in 1999 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,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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
European
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Agreement

between

the

Whereas Article 15(2) of
the Cooperation Agreement
annexed to Decision 97/831/EC provides for a tariff quota
for 1999 of 1 650 tonnes of products listed in Annex E to
the Agreement, expressed in carcase weight; whereas the
detailed rules of application for that quota should be
adopted;

Whereas, in order to ensure flexible management of the
quota, applications should be managed using a system of
import rights; whereas, on the basis of
those rights,
importers may apply for import licences throughout 1999
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 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 sector and repealing
Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2365/98 (6),
to certain
complementary provisions;

subject

Whereas, in view of the risk of speculation inherent in
these arrangements for beef and veal, clear conditions
should be laid down as regards access by operators;
whereas verification of the abovementioned conditions

(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 149, 20. 5. 1998, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 293, 31. 10. 1998, p. 49.

requires that applications be submitted in the Member
State in which the importer is entered into the value-
added tax register;

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 accord-
ance 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. A tariff quota of 1 650 tonnes of certain beef and
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 1999.

The contingent shall bear the serial number 09.4505.

Import under the quota referred to in paragraph 1
2.
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.

For the purposes of attributing the quota, 100 kilo-
3.
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 prod-
ucts imported under the quota.

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Article 2

can prove

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

satisfaction of

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.

3. Applications for import rights may be submitted
from 4 to 8 January 1999.

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 15
January 1999 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 the Annex hereto.

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

The following shall be entered on the licence

3.
application 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 that country;

(b) in Section 17, in addition to the number of animals,
the relevant liveweight, which must correspond to part
or all of the import rights allocated to the operator;

(c)

in Section 20, the order number 09.4505 and at least
one of the following:

— Reglamento (CE) no 2620/98

— Forordning (EF) nr. 2620/98

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2620/98

— Jamomisl(cid:149)r (EJ) aqih. 2620/98

— Regulation (EC) No 2620/98

— R(cid:138)glement (CE) no 2620/98

— Regolamento (CE) n. 2620/98

— Verordening (EG) nr. 2620/98

— Regulamento (CE) nº 2620/98

— Asetus (EY) N:o 2620/98

— F(cid:148)rordning (EG) nr 2620/98.

4. Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, import licences drawn up in accordance with
this Regulation shall be valid until 31 December 1999.

5.

Licences shall be valid throughout the Community.

Article 4

Article 6

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.

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 accord-
ance with that Protocol.

Article 5

Article 7

Imports of the quantities granted shall be subject to

1.
presentation of one or more import licences.

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

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Application of Regulation (EC) No 2620/98

Order No 09.4505

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

DG VI/D/2 (cid:190) BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR

APPLICATION FOR IMPORT RIGHTS

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