Commission Regulation (EC) No 1598/1999 of 20 July 1999 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 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: 1999-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, beef, import licence, tariff quota

21. 7. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1598/1999

of 20 July 1999

determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence
applications lodged in July 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 Slovak
Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (1), and in
particular Article 4(4) thereof,

the Czech Republic,

in Poland, Hungary,

(1) Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/
98 fix the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen beef and
veal originating
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
July to 30 September 1999; whereas the quantities of
fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating the
Czech Republic and Romania covered by import licence
applications 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 Hungary and processed prod-
ucts must be reduced proportionately in accordance
with Article 4(4) of that Regulation;

second or

(2) Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 states
that if for the quota period the quantities for which
applications for import licences have been submitted for
the first,
third period specified in the
preceding subparagraph are less than the quantities
available, the remaining quantities are to be added to
the quantities
the following period;
whereas taking account of the quantities available for
the six countries concerned for the second period
running from 1 October to 31 December 1999 should
accordingly be determined,

in respect of

1.
The following percentages of quantities covered by
the
import
licence applications submitted in respect of
period 1 July to 30 September 1999 under the quotas
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 may be allowed:

(a) 96,2623 % of quantities covered by applications in
respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and
0202 originating in Hungary;

(b) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect
of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202
originating in the Czech Republic and Romania;

(c) 1,3694 % 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
October to 31 December 1999 shall amount to:

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

— 2 730 t for meat originating in Hungary,

— 1 039 t for meat originating in the Czech Republic,

— 840 t for meat originating in Slovakia,

— 120 t for meat originating in Bulgaria,

— 884 t for meat originating in Romania;

(b) 2 880 t for beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201
for
and 0202 originating in Poland, or 1 345,79 t
processed products falling within CN codes 1602 50 31
and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission