Commission Regulation (EC) No 1216/2001 of 20 June 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002
Date: 2001-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, beef, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1216/2001

of 20 June 2001

laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal originating in Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania for the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

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 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 (2), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2677/2000 (3), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2000 of 17
October 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 the Republic of Latvia (4), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 of 14
December 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 Lithuania (5), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulations (EC) No 1349/2000, (EC) No 2341/2000
and (EC) No 2766/2000 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
(CCT) where the products
Common Customs Tariff
concerned originate in Lithuania and Latvia, and an
exemption where the products originate in Estonia.
Detailed rules for applying these quotas should be laid
down for the period from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002.

(2)

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
these conditions requires applications to be submitted in

the Member State in which the importer is entered in the
value added tax register.

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 agreements intended to
guarantee the origin of the product should be complied
with, the administration of the arrangements should be
based on import licences. To that end, detailed rules
should be laid down, in particular, on the submission of
applications and the information which must appear in
applications and licences, if necessary derogating from
or supplementing certain provisions of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences and advance fixing
certificates for agricultural products (6), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1095/2001 (7), 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 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 24/
2001 (9).

(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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
During the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002, the
following may be imported in accordance with this Regulation:

— 1 950 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.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 155, 28.6.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 308, 8.12.2000, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 321, 19.12.2000, p. 8.

(6) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 25.
(8) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(9) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 9.

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For the quantities mentioned in paragraph 1, the rates of
2.
customs duty fixed in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall
be:

— reduced by 80 % for quantities originating in Lithuania and

Latvia,

— fixed at 0 for quantities originating in Estonia.

2.

Import licence applications may be submitted only:

— in the Member State in which the application for import

rights has been lodged,

— by traders to whom import rights have been allocated in
accordance with Article 3(3). The import rights allocated to
traders shall entitle them to be issued with import licences
for a quantity equal to the rights allocated.

Article 2

The following information shall be entered on licence

3.
applications and licences:

1.
In order to qualify for the import quotas referred to in
Article 1, applicants must be natural or legal persons who, at
their applications, can prove to the
the time they submit
satisfaction of the competent authorities 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.

2.
Applications for import rights may be submitted only in
the Member State in which the applicant is entered in the
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 its applications for that group shall be rejected.

Article 3

Applications for import rights may be submitted only

1.
between 6 and 16 July 2001.

After checking the documents submitted, within five
2.
working days of the end of the period for the submission of
applications, Member States shall send the Commission the list
of applicants and the quantities applied for with respect to each
serial number.

All communications, including nil returns, shall be sent by fax
using the forms 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
fix a single
the quantities available,
percentage reduction for the quantities for each group of prod-
ucts referred to in the indents of Article 1(1).

the Commission shall

(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 subheadings within the same indent:

— 0201, 0202,

— 1602 50 10;

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

— Reglamento (CE) no 1216/2001

— Forordning (EF) nr. 1216/2001

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1216/2001

— Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1216/2001

— Regulation (EC) No 1216/2001

— Règlement (CE) no 1216/2001

— Regolamento (CE) n. 1216/2001

— Verordening (EG) nr. 1216/2001

— Regulamento (CE) n.o 1216/2001

— Asetus (EY) N:o 1216/2001

— Förordning (EG) nr 1216/2001

4.

Licences shall be valid throughout the Community.

Article 5

Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall
apply without prejudice to this Regulation.

Article 6

Article 4

The quantities allocated shall be imported subject

1.
presentation of one or more import licences.

to

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, 20 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1216/2001

Serial No 09.4561

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ANNEX II

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1216/2001

Serial No 09.4562