Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/2000 of 30 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000 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: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, CCT duties, beef, import, import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1433/2000

of 30 June 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000 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,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/677/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 Lithuania, of the other part, to take
the
account of
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-
pean Union and 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 1999/790/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 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

(1)

For imports under the annual tariff quota for certain
beef products opened by the Europe Agreements with
the three Baltic states, Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000
provides for exemption of such products originating in
Estonia from the rates of customs duty laid down in the
Common Customs Tariff (CCT) with effect from 1 July
2000. As a result, the relevant provision relating to
Estonia of 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 (5), should be amended.

(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1173/2000 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
For the quantities indicated in paragraph 1, the rates
of customs duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff
(CCT) shall be:

— reduced by 80 % for
Lithuania and Latvia,

the quantities originating in

— 0 for the quantities originating in Estonia.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 of 19
June 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Estonia (4), and in particular 1(3)
thereof,

Article 2

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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 317, 10.12.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 155, 28.6.2000, p. 1.

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

(5) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 25.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Fax: (32-2) 296 60 27

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 or zero CCT duty

Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Member State:

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Number of applicant (1)

Applicant (name and address)

Quantity
(tonnes)

Total quantity applied for

Member State:

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

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

(1) Continuous numbering’