CELEX: 31998R1657
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1657/98 of 27 July 1998 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 1998 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania

L 210/86             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28. 7. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1657/98
                                                       of 27 July 1998
                 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of
                 import licence applications lodged in July 1998 under tariff quotas for beef and
                 veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 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:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                        Article 1
Community,
                                                                   1. The following percentages of quantities covered by
                                                                   import licence applications submitted in respect of the
                                                                   period 1 July to 30 September 1998 under the quotas
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/               referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 may be
98 of 19 June 1998, laying down rules for the application          allowed:
of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by
Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of             (a) 100 % of quantities covered by applications in respect
Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic,                   of products falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202
the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and                      originating in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Romania (1), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,                   Romania and Bulgaria;
                                                                   (b) 36,856 % of quantities covered by applications in
                                                                       respect of products falling within CN codes 0201,
                                                                       0202, 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in
Whereas Article 1 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No                  Poland.
1279/98 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled or frozen
beef and veal originating in Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, and, in the              2. The quantities available for the period referred to in
case of Poland, the equivalent of the quantity of meat             Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 running from 1
expressed as weight of processed products which may be             October to 31 December 1998 shall amount to:
imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 July
to 30 September 1998; whereas the quantities of fresh,
chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in Hungary,            (a) beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202:
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria,
covered by import licence applications submitted are such               4 071,5 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,
that applications may be accepted in full; whereas,
however, quantities covered by applications in respect of               1 511,0 tonnes for meat originating in the Czech
beef and veal originating in Poland and processed prod-                    Republic,
ucts must be reduced proportionately in accordance with
                                                                        766,0 tonnes for meat originating in Slovakia,
Article 4(4) of that Regulation;
                                                                        115,0 tonnes for meat originating in Bulgaria,
                                                                        862,5 tonnes for meat originating in Romania;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1279/98 states            (b) 2 760 tonnes for beef and veal falling within CN
that if for the quota period the quantities for which                  codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Poland, or 1 289,7
applications for import licences have been submitted for               tonnes for processed products falling within CN codes
the first, second or third period specified in the preceding           1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland.
subparagraph 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
from 1 October to 31 December 1998 should accordingly                                        Article 2
be determined,
(1) OJ L 176, 20. 6. 1998, p. 12.                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 July 1998.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 27 July 1998.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission