CELEX: 31998R1704
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1704/98 of 30 July 1998 determining the extent to which import licence applications submitted in July 1998 under the tariff quotas for beef provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania may be accepted

L 214/60             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  31. 7. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1704/98
                                                        of 30 July 1998
                 determining the extent to which import licence applications submitted in July
                 1998 under the tariff quotas for beef provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1926/96
                                  for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        period, the quantities available for the three countries
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              concerned for the second period running from 1 January
Community,                                                         to 30 June 1999 should be determined,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1267/
98 of 18 June 1998 laying down, for the period 1 July              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1998 to 30 June 1999, detailed rules of application for the
tariff quotas for beef provided for in Council Regulation
(EC) No 1926/96 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (1), and                                  Article 1
in particular Article 3(3) thereof,                                1. No applications for import licences were submitted
Whereas Article 1(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1267/           for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1998 under
98 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled and frozen beef          the import quotas referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation
and veal originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and          (EC) No 1267/98.
of processed products originating in Latvia which may be
imported on special terms during the period 1 July to 31           2. The quantities available for the period referred to in
December 1998; whereas no applications were submitted              Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1267/98 running from
for import licences for beef and veal or processed prod-           1 January to 30 June 1999 shall be:
ucts;                                                               1 725 tonnes for meat falling within CN codes 0201
Whereas Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1267/98                     and 0202 originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia,
states that if, during the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June            230 tonnes for products falling within CN code
1999, the quantities for which applications for import                 1602 50 10 originating in Latvia.
licences are submitted for the first period are less than the
quantities available, the balances are to be added to the                                   Article 2
quantities available for the following period; whereas, in
view of the quantities remaining in respect of the first           This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 July 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 175, 19. 6. 1998, p. 11.