CELEX: 31996R1608
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1608/96 of 7 August 1996 determining the extent to which applications lodged in July 1996 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted

8 . 8 . 96           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 198/27
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1608 /96
                                                     of 7 August 1 996
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in July 1996 for import
                   rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1382/96 of 17 July 1996 opening and providing for the           Every application for import rights lodged in accordance
administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef        with Regulation (EC) No 1382/96 for the period 1 July
intended for processing (1 July 1996 — 30 June 1997) ('),        1996 to 30 June 1997 shall be granted to the following
and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3 (3)      extent, expressed as bone-in beef:
thereof,
                                                                (a) 0,5296 % of the quantity requested for beef imports
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1382/96                 intended for the manufacture of 'preserves' as defined
fixes the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing         by Article 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1382/96;
which may be imported under special terms in 1996/97;
                                                                (b) 50,0000 % of the quantity requested for beef imports
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1382/96 lays            intended for the manufacture of products as defined
down that the quantities applied for may be reduced;                by Article 1 (2) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1382/96.
whereas the applications lodged relate to total quantities
which exceed the quantities available; whereas, under
these circumstances and taking care to ensure an equit­                                    Article 2
able distribution of the available quantities, it is appro­
priate to reduce proportionally the quantities applied for,     This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 August 1996.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 7 August 1996.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                        Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 179, 18. 7. 1996, p. 12.