Commission Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999 of 17 June 1999 laying down, for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, detailed rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Date: 1999-06-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, beef, common customs tariff, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1272/1999

of 17 June 1999

laying down, for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, detailed rules of applica-
tion for the tariff quotas for beef originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of
7 October 1996 establishing certain concessions in the
form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
products and providing for the adjustment, as an auto-
nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural
concessions provided for in the agreements on free trade
and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithu-
ania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade
Negotiations (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

(1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 provides for
the opening of certain annual
tariff quotas for
products made from beef and veal; whereas imports
under those quotas, benefit from an 80 % reduc-
tion in the customs duties set out in the Common
Customs Tariff (CCT); whereas detailed rules of
application for these quotas should be laid down
for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000;

(2) Whereas

to ensure orderly importation of

the
quantities laid down for the period 1 July 1999 to
30 June 2000, they should be staggered over the
year of import;

(3) 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
traders; whereas verification of the abovementioned
conditions requires that applications be submitted
in the Member State in which the importer is
entered in the value-added tax register;

(4) Whereas provision should be made for import
rights to be allocated after a period for considera-
the application of a
tion and, where necessary,
single percentage reduction;

(5) Whereas, while the provisions of the abovemen-
tioned agreements intended to guarantee the origin
the
of

should be complied with,

the product

(1) OJ L 254, 8.10.1996, p. 1.

the arrangements

administration of
should be
based on import licences; whereas, to that end,
detailed rules should be laid down on, in particular,
the submission of applications and the information
which must appear in applications and licences, if
necessary by way of derogation from, or by supple-
menting, certain provisions of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988
laying down common detailed rules
the
application of the system of import and export
licences and advance fixing certificates for agricul-
tural products (2), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1127/1999 (3), and Commission Regula-
tion (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 (4), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2648/98 (5);

for

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. During the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, the
following may be imported in accordance with this Regu-
lation:
 1 800 tonnes of fresh, refrigerated or frozen beef and
veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202, origin-
ating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The serial
number of the quota shall be 09.4561,

 240 tonnes of products

falling within CN code
1602 50 10, originating in Latvia. The serial number
of the quota shall be 09.4562.

The rates of customs duty fixed in the Common
2.
Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 % for the
quantities indicated in paragraph 1.

The quantities indicated in paragraph 1 may be

3.
imported as follows:
 50 % in the period 1 July to 31 December 1999,
 50 % in the period 1 January to 30 June 2000.

(2) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
(4) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.

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If, during the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, the
quantities for which applications for import rights are
submitted for the period specified in the first indent are
less than those available, the balances shall be added to
the quantities available for the following period.

Article 2

1.
In order to qualify for the import quotas referred to
in Article 1, applicants must be natural or legal persons
who, at the time applications are submitted, can prove to
the satisfaction of
the
Member State concerned that they have been active in
trade in beef and veal with third countries at least once
during the last 12 months and are entered in a national
VAT register.

the competent authorities of

Applications for import rights must be submitted
is

2.
only in the Member State in which the applicant
entered in a national VAT register.

For each of the groups of products referred to in the

3.
first and second indents of Article 1(1):
 applications for import rights must cover a minimum
of 15 tonnes of product without exceeding the
quantity available for the period concerned,
 applicants may submit only one application,
 where an applicant submits more than one applica-
tion for a group, all his applications for that group
shall be rejected.

Article 3

Applications for import rights may be submitted

1.
only:
 between 6 and 16 July 1999,
 between 1 and 11 February 2000.

2.
After checking the documents submitted, Member
States shall send the Commission, within five working
days of the end of the period for the submission of
applications,
the list of applicants and the quantities
applied for with respect to each serial number.

All notifications, including notifications of nil applica-
tions, shall be made by fax, drawn up, where applications
have been received, in accordance with the model set out
in Annexes I and II.

3.
The Commission shall decide as soon as possible
the extent to which applications may be accepted for each
group of products referred to in the indents of Article
1(1). Where the quantities for which applications have
the
been submitted exceed the quantities available,
Commission shall fix a single percentage reduction in
them for each group of products referred to in the indents
of Article 1(1).

Article 4

Imports of the quantities allocated shall be subject

1.
to the presentation of one or more import licences.

2.
Import licence applications may be submitted only
in the Member State in which the applicant has applied
for import rights.

After the Commission has notified the quantities
3.
allocated pursuant to Article 3(3), import licences shall be
issued on application by and in the names of the traders
who have obtained import rights.

4.

Licence applications and licences shall show:

(a) in box 8:

 in the case of the first indent of Article 1(1), the

country of origin,

 in the case of the second indent of Article 1(1),

‘Latvia'.

Licences shall carry an obligation to import from one
or more of the countries indicated;

(b) in box 16, one of the following groups of Combined
Nomenclature subheadings within the same indent:
 0201, 0202,
 1602 50 10;

(c) in box 20, at least one of the following:
 Reglamento (CE) no 1272/1999
 Forordning (EF) nr. 1272/1999
 Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1272/1999
 Κανονισµ(cid:8)(cid:9) (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1272/1999
 Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999
 Règlement (CE) no 1272/1999
 Regolamento (CE) n. 1272/1999
 Verordening (EG) nr. 1272/1999
 Regulamento (CE) n.o 1272/1999
 Asetus (EY) N:o 1272/1999
 Förordning (EG) nr 1272/1999.

Licences

5.
Community.

issued shall be valid throughout

the

Article 5

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation,
Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No 1445/95
shall apply.

Article 6

Products shall qualify for the duties referred to in Article
1 on presentation of an EUR.1 movement certificate
issued by the exporting country in accordance with
Protocol 3 annexed to the Europe Agreements with the
Baltic countries or a declaration drawn up by the exporter
in accordance with that Protocol.

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

Article 7

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

Done at Brussels, 17 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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EC Fax:

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ANNEX I

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999

Serial No 09.4561

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

DG VI/D/2 — BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR

APPLICATION FOR IMPORT RIGHTS WITH REDUCED CCT DUTY

Date:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Member State:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Number of applicant (1)

Applicant (name and address)

Quantity (tonnes)

Total

Member State:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax No:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tel. No:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1) Continuous numbering

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ANNEX II

EC Fax:

(32 2) 296 60 27

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999

Serial No 09.4562

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

DG VI/D/2 — BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR

APPLICATION FOR IMPORT RIGHTS WITH REDUCED CCT DUTY

Date:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Member State:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Number of applicant (1)

Applicant (name and address)

Quantity (tonnes)

Total

Member State:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax No:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tel. No:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1) Continuous numbering