Commission Regulation (EC) No 148/2004 of 28 January 2004 determining the extent to which applications submitted in January 2004 for import licences for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary can be accepted
Date: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, beef, import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 148/2004

of 28 January 2004

determining the extent to which applications submitted in January 2004 for import licences for
the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary can be
accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 (2)
laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for
beef and veal provided for in Council Decisions 2003/286/EC,
2003/298/EC, 2003/299/EC, 2003/18/EC, 2003/263/EC and
2003/285/EC for Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Romania, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary,
and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2340/2003
of 29 December 2003 derogating, for the year 2004, from
Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 laying down detailed rules for
applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in
Council Decisions 2003/286/EC, 2003/298/EC, 2003/299/EC,
2003/18/EC, 2003/263/EC and 2003/285/EC for Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland and
the Republic of Hungary (3), and in particular Article 1(2)
thereof,

(2)

(3)

(4)

The quantities of beef and veal products originating in
Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and
Bulgaria for which import licence applications have been
submitted are such that the applications can be accepted
in full.

The quantities of beef and veal products originating in
Poland for which licence
applications have been
submitted exceed those available and must be reduced
proportionately under Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1279/98.

The licence applications submitted for the period 1
January to 30 April 2004 for beef and veal products
originating in Bulgaria and Romania relate to less than
the quantities available. For each quota concerned the
quantity available for the period 1 May to 30 June 2004
should therefore be determined, in accordance with the
second subparagraph of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2340/2003, in the light of the quantities remaining
available from the previous period,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 set the
quantities of beef and veal products originating in
Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania
and Bulgaria which may be imported on special terms
for the period 1 January to 30 June 2004. By way of
derogation from the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1279/98, for the year 2004, Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 2340/2003 derogating, for the year
2004,
those
from Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 split
quantities into two periods, the first of which runs from
1 January to 30 April 2004.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1144/2003 (OJ L 160, 28.06.2003, p. 44).

(3) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 31.

licence application submitted in the period 1
Each import
January to 30 April 2004 in connection with the quotas
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 shall be granted for
up to the following quantities:

(a) 100 % of the quantities requested of products falling within
CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Slovakia,
the
Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria or Hungary;

(b) 100 % of the quantities requested of products falling within

CN code 1602 50 originating in Romania;

(c) 0,45080 % of the quantities requested of products falling
within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Poland.

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Article 2

— Romania:

The quantities for which import licences may be submitted for
the period 1 May to 30 June 2004 under the beef and veal
tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 as
regards products originating in Bulgaria or Romania shall be as
follows:

— Bulgaria:

Quota bearing order No 09.4753:

3 944 tonnes,

Quota bearing order No 09.4765:

Quota bearing order No 09.4768:

100 tonnes,

404 tonnes.

Article 3

Quota bearing order No 09.4651:

235 tonnes;

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General