CELEX: 31997R0247
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-11 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 247/97 of 11 February 1997 determining to what extent applications for the right to import for cows and heifers of certain mountain breeds lodged under Regulation (EC) No 2514/96 can be met

No L 41 /2          T EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                     12 . 2. 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 247/97
                                                        of 11 February 1997
                     determining to what extent applications for the right to import for cows and
                     heifers of certain mountain breeds lodged under Regulation (EC) No 2514/96 can
                                                              be met
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       for, whereas since the quantities applied for exceed those
                                                                     available, a fixed percentage reduction should be set,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                             Article 1
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
   2514/96 of 23 December 1996 laying down for 1997 the              Every application for the right to import lodged in
  detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for cows     accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2514/96 shall be
  and heifers of various mountain breeds, other than those          granted to the following extent:
  intended for slaughter, originating in certain third coun­        (a) for importers covered by (a) in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regula­
  tries ('), and in particular Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof,                  tion (EC) No 2514/96, 7,7302 % of the quantities
                                                                         imported during the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June
                                                                         1996;
  Whereas Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2514/96
  provides for the quantities reserved to traditional impor­        (b) for importers covered by (b) in Article 2 (1 ) of Regula­
  ters to be assigned in proportion to their imports during              tion (EC) No 2514/96, 3,0211 % of the quantities
  the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1996;                                applied for.
                                                                                             Article 2
  Whereas allocation of the quantities available to operators
  covered by Article 2 (3) of the abovementioned Regula­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 February
  tion is to be made in proportion to the quantities applied        1997.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 11 February 1997.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 345, 31 . 12. 1996, p. 39.