CELEX: 31998R0816
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 816/98 of 17 April 1998 determing the extent to which applications lodged in April 1998 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted

L 116/8               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   18. 4. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 816/98
                                                     of 17 April 1998
                  determing the extent to which applications lodged in April 1998 for import
                    rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 lays
                                                                  down that the quantities applied for may be reduced;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             whereas the applications lodged relate to total quantities
Community,                                                        for ‘A' products which exceed the quantities available;
                                                                  whereas under these circumstances and taking care to
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1006/              ensure an equitable distribution of the available quant-
97 of 4 June 1997 opening and administering an import             ities, it is appropriate to reduce proportionally the quant-
tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing for the      ities applied for; whereas no applications for import rights
period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 (1), as amended by             have been received for ‘B' products,
Regulation (EC) No 260/98 (2), and in particular the
second subparagraph of Article 3(3) thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/97
provides, where applicable, for a further allocation of                                      Article 1
quantities not covered by licence applications submitted
by 28 February 1998;                                              Every application for import rights lodged in accordance
                                                                  with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 shall be
Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                granted to the following extent, expressed as bone-in beef:
668/98 of 25 March 1998 providing for realloction of               0,8695 % of the quantity requested for beef imports
import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 opening                 intended for the manufacture of ‘preserves' as defined
and providing for the administration of an import tariff               by Article 7(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/97.
quota for frozen beef intended for processing (3) estab-
lishes the quantities of frozen beef for processing which                                    Article 2
may be imported under special conditions until 30 June
1998;                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 April 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 17 April 1998.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.
(3) OJ L 93, 26. 3. 1998, p. 15.