Commission Regulation (EC) No 130/1999 of 21 January 1999 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in January 1999 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 1999-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, beef, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 130/1999

of 21 January 1999

determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of
import licence applications lodged in January 1999 under tariff quotas for beef
and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 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 1279/
98 of 19 June 1998, laying down 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 (1), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98
fix the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal
the Czech Republic,
originating in Poland, Hungary,
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 1999; whereas the quantities of fresh, chilled or
frozen beef and veal originating in Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, covered by
submitted are such that
import
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
4(4) of that Regulation;

licence applications

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1279/98 states
that if for the quota period the quantities for which
applications for import licences have been submitted for
the first, second or third period specified in the preceding
subparagraph are less than the quantities available, the
remaining quantities are to be added to the quantities in
respect of the third period, the quantities available for the
six countries concerned for the fourth period running
from 1 April to 30 June 1999 should accordingly be
determined,

(1) OJ L 176, 20. 6. 1998, p. 12.

1.
The following percentages of quantities covered by
import licence applications submitted in respect of the
period 1 January to 31 March 1999 under the quotas
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 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) 4,126 % 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 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 running from 1
April to 30 June 1999 shall amount to:

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

— 6 246 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,

— 2 877 tonnes for meat originating in the Czech

Republic,

— 1 571 tonnes for meat originating in Slovakia,

— 230 tonnes for meat originating in Bulgaria,

— 1 425 tonnes for meat originating in Romania;

(b) 2 760 tonnes for beef and veal falling within CN
codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Poland, or
1 289,72 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 22 January
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission