CELEX: 31997R1625
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-13 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1625/97 of 13 August 1997 determining the extent to which import licence applications submitted in July 1997 under the tariff quotas for beef provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania may be accepted

14. 8 . 97          PEN ]              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 224/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1625/97
                                                       of 13 August 1997
                    determining the extent to which import licence applications submitted in July
                    1997 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,                       quantities available for the three countries concerned for
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            the second period running from 1 January to 30 June
                                                                    1998 should be determined,
  Community,
  Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/97
 of 3 June 1997 laying down, for the period 1 July 1997 to         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 30 June 1998, detailed rules of application for the tariff
 quotas for beef provided for in Council Regulation (EC)                                     Article 1
 No 1926/96 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ('), and in
 particular Article 3 (3) thereof,                                 1 . No applications for import licences were submitted
 Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No             for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1997 under
 995/97 fixes the quantities of fresh, chilled and frozen          the import quotas referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 beef and veal originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia        tion (EC) No 995/97.
 and of processed products originating in Latvia which             2. The quantities available for the period referred to in
 may be imported on special terms during the period 1              Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 995/97 running from
 July to 31 December 1997; whereas no applications were            1 January to 30 June 1998 shall be:
 submitted for import licences for beef and veal or
 processed products;                                               — 1 650 tonnes for meat falling within CN codes 0201
                                                                       and 0202 originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia,
 Whereas Article ( 1 ) 3 of Regulation (EC) No 995/97 states
 that if, during the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 ,          — 220 tonnes for products falling within CN code
 the quantities for which applications for import licences             1602 50 10 originating in Latvia.
 are submitted for the first period are less than the quant­
 ities available, the balances are to be added to the quant­                                Article 2
 ities available for the following period; whereas, in view of
 the quantities remaining in respect of the first period, the      This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 August 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                    Done at Brussels, 13 August 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Emma BONINO
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1997, p. 2.