Commission Regulation (EC) No 229/2006 of  9 February 2006  determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of the quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005, can be accepted

10.2.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 39/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 229/2006
of 9 February 2006
determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of the quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005, can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (2), and in particular in the first sentence of Article 4(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 fixes at 4 600 head the quantity of the annual quota in respect of which Community importers can lodge an application for import rights in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation.
(2) Since the import rights applied for exceed the available quantity referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005, a unique reduction coefficient should be fixed for quantities tendered,