Commission Regulation (EC) No 1308/2003 of 23 July 2003 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Date: 2003-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

24.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 185/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1308/2003

of 23 July 2003

determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence appli-
cations lodged in July 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002
of 2 August 2002 laying down rules for the application of the
tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regula-
tions (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC) No 1361/2002 and (EC) No
1362/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1633/2002 (2), and in particular Article
2(2) and Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 fix
the quantities of certain beef and veal products origi-
nating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which may be
imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 July
to 31 December 2003. The quantities of certain beef
and veal products originating in Lithuania covered by
import licence applications submitted must be reduced
proportionately in accordance with Article 4(3) of that
Regulation. No applications were submitted for import
licences for beef and veal products originating in Estonia
and Latvia.

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 states that
if for the year of importation in question the quantities
for which applications for import licences have been
submitted for the first period specified in Article 2(1) are
less than the quantities available, the remaining quanti-
ties 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 three countries concerned for the second period
running from 1 January to 30 June 2004 should accord-
ingly be determined,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantities covered by import

1.
licence applications
submitted in respect of the period 1 July to 31 December 2003
for Lithuania under the quotas referred to in Regulation (EC)
No 1429/2002 may be allowed to the extent of 62,9650 % of
the quantity requested.

The quantities available for the period referred to in
2.
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 running from 1
January to 30 June 2004 shall amount to:

(a) 1 450 t for beef and veal products falling within CN codes

0201, 0202 and 1602 50 10 originating in Estonia;

(b) 130 t for beef and veal products falling within CN codes

0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 originating in Estonia;

(c) for beef and veal products falling within CN codes 0201,
0202, 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 0210 20, 0210 99 51,
0210 99 90 and 1602 50:
— 750 t originating in Latvia,
— 1 100 t originating in Lithuania.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 206, 3.8.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 247, 14.9.2002, p. 4.