Commission Regulation (EC) No 2768/1999 of 22 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the tariff quota for imports of beef and veal provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia
Date: 1999-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, agreement (EU), beef, import licence, tariff quota

24. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 333/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2768/1999

of 22 December 1999

laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the tariff quota for imports of beef and
veal provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

submitted in the Member State in which the importer is
recorded in the VAT register;

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1569/1999 of 12
July 1999 on certain procedures for applying the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Slovenia, of the other part (1), and in particular
Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the Europe Agreement with Slovenia (2), hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Agreement’, as amended by the
Protocol of 11 November 1996 (3), provides for the
opening of a reduced tariff quota for beef and veal for
2000. Detailed rules for the application of this quota
should therefore be laid down;

From 1 January to 31 December 2000 the following
1.
quantities may be imported under the tariff quota opened by
the Europe Agreement with Slovenia: 9 100 tonnes of fresh or
chilled beef and veal falling within CN codes ex 0201 10 00
(carcasses),
and
0201 20 20,
0201 30 00, originating in Slovenia.

0201 20 30,

0201 20 50

The quota shall bear the serial number 09.4082.

to ensure orderly importation of
down, they should be staggered;

the quantities laid

For the meat referred to in paragraph 1, the ad valorem
2.
customs duty and the specific customs duties laid down in the
Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 %.

(1)

(2)

(3)

the arrangements should be managed using import
licences. To that end rules should be laid down on the
submission of applications and the information to be
given on applications and licences, where appropriate,
by derogating from or
supplementing Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988
laying down common detailed rules for the application
of the system of import and export licences and advance
fixing certificates for agricultural products (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (5), 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 Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2377/80 (6), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2648/98 (7). Provision should also be made
to issue these licences after a period of consideration and
subject to a uniform percentage reduction, where applic-
able;

(4)

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. Verification
of the above conditions requires that applications be

(1) OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 51, 26.2.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 51, 26.2.1999, p. 208.
(4) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
(6) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(7) OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.

The quantity referred to in paragraph 1 shall be staggered

3.
over the year as follows:

— 4 550 tonnes between 1 January and 30 June 2000,

— 4 550 tonnes between 1 July and 31 December 2000.

4.
If, during 2000, the quantity for which licence applica-
tions are submitted for the first period specified in paragraph 3
is less than the quantity available, the remaining quantity shall
be added to the quantity available for the following period.

Article 2

1.

To benefit from the import arrangements:

(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal
persons who, when submitting the application, 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 previous 12 months; applicants must be listed in a
national VAT register;

the competent authorities of

(b) licence applications may be submitted only in the Member

State in which the applicant is registered;

(c) the licence application must be for a minimum quantity of
15 tonnes of product, without exceeding the quantity avail-
able;

L 333/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24. 12. 1999

(d) the licence application and the licence shall show the
country of origin in box 8; the licence shall carry an
obligation to import from that country;

(e) box 20 of the licence application and the licence shall show
the

least one of

the serial number 09.4082 and at
following:
— Reglamento (CE) no 2768/1999
— Forordning (EF) nr. 2768/1999
— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2768/1999
— Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2768/1999
— Regulation (EC) No 2768/1999
— Règlement (CE) no 2768/1999
— Regolamento (CE) n. 2768/1999
— Verordening (EG) nr. 2768/1999
— Regulamento (CE) n.o 2768/1999
— Asetus (EY) N:o 2768/1999
— Förordning (EG) nr 2768/1999.

2.
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 notwith-
standing, the licence application and the licence shall show in
box 16 one or more of the CN codes referred to in Article 1(1).

Article 3

Licence applications may be submitted only:

1.
— from 5 to 14 January 2000 for the quantity referred to in

the first indent of Article 1(3),

— from 3 to 12 July 2000 for the quantity referred to in the

second indent of Article 1(3).

Applicants may lodge no more than one application
2.
each. Where an applicant submits more than one application,
all his applications shall be rejected.

The Member States shall notify the Commission, no later
3.
than the fifth working day following the end of the application
period, of applications submitted for the quantity available.

Notification shall consist of
quantities applied for.

the list of applicants and the

All notifications, including ‘nil’ returns, shall be forwarded by
fax using the model form in the Annex hereto in cases where
applications have actually been submitted.

The Commission shall decide what percentage of quan-

4.
tities covered by licence applications may be imported.

If
the quantities for which licences have been applied for
exceed the quantity available, the Commission shall reduce the
quantities applied for by a fixed percentage.

Provided that the Commission accepts an application, the

5.
licence shall be issued as soon as possible.

Article 4

Notwithstanding this Regulation, Regulations (EEC) No

1.
3719/88 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply.

2.
Notwithstanding Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/
95, import licences drawn up in accordance with this Regula-
tion shall be valid for 180 days from their date of issue.
However, no licence shall be valid after 31 December 2000.

3.

Licences issued shall be valid throughout the Community.

Article 5

The duties referred to in Article 1 shall be applied on presenta-
tion either of a EUR.1 movement certificate issued by the
exporter country in accordance with Protocol 4 annexed to the
Europe Agreement or an invoice declaration made out by the
exporter in accordance with that Protocol.

Article 6

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

24. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 333/7

EC Fax: (32-2) 296 60 27/295 36 13

ANNEX

Application of Regulation (EC) No 2768/1999

Serial No 09.4082

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

DG VI/D/2 — BEEF AND VEAL SECTOR

IMPORT LICENCE APPLICATION

Date:

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

Member State:

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

Number of applicant (1)

Applicant (name and address)

Quantity (tonnes)

Total

Member State:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax:

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

Tel.:

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

(1) Continuous numbering.