Commission Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000 of 31 May 2000 laying down, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, detailed rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Date: 2000-05-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, CCT duties, beef, import, import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1173/2000

of 31 May 2000

laying down, for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, detailed rules of application 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,

(2)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

should be laid down for the period 1 July 2000 to 30
June 2001.

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. Verification of
the abovementioned conditions requires that applica-
tions be submitted in the Member State in which the
importer is entered in the value added tax register.

Having regard to Council Decision 98/677/EC of 18 May 1998
on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the
Europe Agreements establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, to take
the
account of
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-
pean Union and of the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego-
tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing
preferential arrangements (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

the Republic of Austria,

the accession of

Having regard to Council Decision 1999/86/EC of 18 May
1998 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of
the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part, to take
account of
the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-
pean Union and of the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego-
tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing
preferential arrangements (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

the Republic of Austria,

the accession of

Having regard to Council Decision 1999/790/EC of 18 May
1998 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of
the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part, to take
the
account of
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-
pean Union and of the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego-
tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing
preferential arrangements (4), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

the Republic of Austria,

the accession of

(3)

Provision should be made for import rights to be allo-
cated after a period for consideration and, where neces-
sary, the application of a single percentage reduction.

(4) While the provisions of the abovementioned agreements
intended to guarantee the origin of the product should
be complied with, the administration of the arrange-
ments should be based on import licences. 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 supplementing, certain
provisions of 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 agri-
cultural products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1127/1999 (6), 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 (7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2648/98 (8).

(5)

(6)

In order to prevent speculation, import licences should
be issued to traders solely for the quantities for which
they have been allocated import rights.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Decisions 98/677/EC, 1999/86/EC and 1999/790/EC
provide for the opening of certain annual tariff quotas
for products made from beef and veal. Imports under
those quotas benefit from an 80 % reduction in the
customs duties set out in the Common Customs Tariff
(CCT). Detailed rules of application for these quotas

Article 1

1.
During the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, the
following may be imported in accordance with this Regulation:

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 29, 3.2.1999, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 317, 10.12.1999, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
(7) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.

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— 1 875 tonnes of fresh, refrigerated or frozen beef and veal
falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202, originating in
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; the serial number of the
quota shall be 09.4561,

— 250 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 Customs
2.
Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 % for the quantities indi-
cated in paragraph 1.

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 satisfac-
tion 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.

the competent authorities of

Applications for import rights may be submitted only in
is entered in a

2.
the Member State in which the applicant
national VAT register.

For each of the groups of products referred to in the first

3.
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,

— applicants may submit only one application,

— where an applicant submits more than one application for
a group, all his applications for that group shall be rejected.

Article 3

Applications for import rights may be submitted only

1.
between 7 and 17 July 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 applications,
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 been submitted exceed
the quantities available,
fix a single
percentage reduction in them for each group of products
referred to in the indents of Article 1(1).

the Commission shall

Article 4

Imports of the quantities allocated shall be subject to the

1.
presentation of one or more import licences.

2.

Import licence applications may be submitted only:

— in the Member State in which the application for import

rights has been lodged, and

— by traders to whom import rights have been allocated in
accordance with Article 3(3).
Import rights allocated to
traders entitle them to import licences for quantities equiva-
lent to the rights allocated.

3.

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 codes within the same indent:

— 0201, 0202,

— 1602 50 10;

(c) in box 20, at least one of the following:

— Reglamento (CE) no 1173/2000

— Forordning (EF) nr. 1173/2000

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1173/2000

— Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1173/2000

— Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000

— Règlement (CE) no 1173/2000

— Regolamento (CE) n. 1173/2000

— Verordening (EG) nr. 1173/2000

— Regulamento (CE) n.o 1173/2000

— Asetus (EY) N:o 1173/2000

— Förordning (EG) nr 1173/2000.

4.

Licences issued shall be valid throughout the Community.

Article 5

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, Regula-
tions (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 declara-
tion 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, 31 May 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000

Serial No 09.4561

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

DG AGRI/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 quantity applied for

Member State:

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

fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

telephone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1) Continuous numbering

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ANNEX II

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000

Serial No 09.4562

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

DG AGRI/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 quantity applied for

Member State:

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

fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

telephone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1) Continuous numbering