Commission Regulation (EC) No 1589/2000 of 19 July 2000 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2000 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: 2000-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern European countries, beef, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

20.7.2000

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1589/2000

of 19 July 2000

determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence
applications lodged in July 2000 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,

period running from 1 October to 31 December 2000
should accordingly be determined,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 Regula-
tion (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic
of Hungary,
the
Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (1), and in particular Article
4(4) thereof,

the Slovak Republic,

the Czech Republic,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 fix the
quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal origin-
ating in Poland, Hungary, 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 2000. The quantities of
fresh, chilled or
frozen beef and veal originating in Hungary, the Czech
Republic and Romania covered by import
licence
applications submitted are such that applications may be
accepted in full. However, quantities covered by applica-
tions in respect of beef and veal and processed products
originating in Poland must be reduced proportionately
in accordance with Article 4(4) of that Regulation.

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 states that if
for the quota period the quantities for which applica-
tions for import licences have been submitted for the
first, second or third period specified in the preceding
subparagraph are less than the quantities available, the
remaining quantities are to be added to the quantities in
respect of the following period. Taking into account the
quantities remaining from the first period, the quantities
available for the six countries concerned for the second

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The following percentages of quantities covered by
import licence applications submitted in respect of the period 1
July to 30 September 2000 under the quotas referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 may be allowed:

(a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect of
products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 origin-
ating in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania;

(b) 0,3998 % of quantities covered by applications in respect
falling within CN codes 0201, 0202,

of products
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 2000 shall amount to:

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

— 3 262,50 t for meat originating in Hungary,

— 1 650 t for meat originating in the Czech Republic,

— 875 t for meat originating in Slovakia,

— 125 t for meat originating in Bulgaria,

— 912,50 t for meat originating in Romania;

(b) 3 000 t for beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201
for
and 0202 originating in Poland, or 1 401,869 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 20 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission