CELEX: 31997R0721
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721/97 of 23 April 1997 determining the percentages of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in April 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 106/20        EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               24. 4. 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721 /97
                                                      of 23 April 1997
                  determining the percentages of quantities which may be allowed in respect of
                  import licence applications lodged in April 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 April to 30 June 1997 under the quotas referred
                                                                 to in Regulation (EC) No 2512/96 may be allowed:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   (a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect
2512/96 of 23 December 1996 setting for 1997 rules of                 of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202
application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided          originating in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Repu­               Romania and Bulgaria;
blic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Repu­
blic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania ('), and in particular
Article 3 (4) thereof,                                           (b) 95,333 % of quantities covered by applications in
                                                                      respect of products falling within CN codes 0201 and
                                                                      0202 originating in Hungary,
                                                                 (c) 16,667 % of quantities covered by applications in
                                                                      respect of products falling within CN codes
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No                 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.
2512/96 fixes the quantities of fresh , chilled or frozen
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 April       1 July to 30 September 1997 shall amount to:
to 30 June 1997; whereas the quantities of fresh, chilled
or frozen beef and veal originating in Poland, the Czech         (a) beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202:
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, covered by
import licence applications submitted are such that appli­           — 4 665,0 tonnes for meat originating in Poland,
cations may be accepted in full; whereas, however, quanti­
ties covered by applications in respect of beef and veal             — 1 787,5 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,
originating in Hungary and processed products must be                — 1 527,5 tonnes for meat originating in the Czech
reduced proportionately in accordance with Article 3 (4)                 Republic,
of that Regulation;
                                                                     —     812,5 tonnes for meat originating in Slovakia,
                                                                     —      135,0 tonnes for meat originating in Bulgaria,
                                                                     —     761,0 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
applications for import licences have been submitted for              codes 1602 50 31     and 1602 50 39 originating in
the first, second or third period specified in paragraph 3            Poland .
of the Article are less than the quantities available, the
remaining quantities are to be added to the quantities in
respect of the second period, the quantities available for
the six countries concerned for the third period running
from 1 July to 30 September 1997 should accordingly be                                     Article 2
determined,
(•) OJ No L 345, 31 . 12. 1996, p. 26.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1997.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 23 April 1997.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                             Member of the Commission