CELEX: 31997R0149
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 149/97 of 27 January 1997 determining the percentages of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in January 1997 under tariff quotas for meat provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2512/96 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania

No L 25/22         f EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 1 . 97
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 149/97
                                                     of 27 January 1997
                 determining the percentages of quantities which may be allowed in respect of
                 import licence applications lodged in January 1997 under tariff quotas for meat
                 provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2512/96 for the Republic of Poland, the
                   Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                       1 . The following percentages of quantities covered by
                                                                 import licence applications submitted in respect of the
                                                                 period 1 January to 31 March 1997 under the quotas
                                                                 referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2512/96 may be
                                                                 allowed:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2512/96 of 23 December 1996 setting for 1997 rules of            (a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect
application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided         of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202
for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Repu­              originating in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
blic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Repu­             Romania and Bulgaria;
blic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania ('), and in particular
Article 3 (4) thereof,                                           (b) 86,478 % of quantities covered by applications in
                                                                     respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and
                                                                     0202 originating in Hungary,
                                                                 (c) 14,286 % of quantities covered by applications in
Whereas Article 1 (1 ) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No                 respect of products falling within CN codes
2512/96 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen             1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.
beef and veal originating in Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, and of                 2. The quantities available for the period referred to in
processed products originating in Poland which may be            Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2512/96 running from
imported on special terms in respect of the period 1             1 April to 30 June 1997 shall amount to:
January to 31 March 1997; whereas the quantities of fresh,
chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in Poland, the       (a) beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202:
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, covered
by import licence applications submitted are such that               — 3 195,0 tonnes for meat originating in Poland,
applications may be accepted in full; whereas, however,
quantities covered by applications in respect of beef and            — 1 787,5 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,
veal originating in Hungary and processed products must              — 1 215,0 tonnes for meat originating in the Czech
be reduced proportionately in accordance with Article 3                  Republic,
(4) of that Regulation;
                                                                     —     520,0 tonnes for meat originating in Slovakia,
                                                                     —      90,0 tonnes for meat originating in Bulgaria,
                                                                     —     548,58 tonnes for meat originating in Romania;
Whereas Article 1 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2512/96
states that if for the year 1997 the quantities for which        (b) 110 tonnes of processed products falling within CN
                                                                     codes 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in
applications for import licences have been submitted for             Poland .
the first, second or third period specified in paragraph 3
of the Article are less than the quantities available, the
remaining quantities are to be added to the quantities in
respect of the first period, the quantities available for the
six countries concerned for the second period running
                                                                                           Article 2
from 1 April to 30 June 1997 should accordingly be
determined,
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January
(') OJ No L 345, 31 . 12. 1996, p. 26.                           1997.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 January 1997.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission