Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 589/96 of 2 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular Article 2 and 4 thereof,
Having regard to Decision No 6/95 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 20 December 1995 on the transitional measures to be applied from 1 January 1996 (3), and in particular Articles 2 and 4 thereof,
Whereas, under the mid-term review of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, the arrangements for the importation of beef and veal from certain ACP States provided for the reduction in the specific customs duty referred to in Protocol 7 to the Convention to be increased from 90 % to 92 %; whereas in the case of Namibia the quantities benefiting from the specific import arrangements were fixed at 13 000 tonnes; whereas these changes to the arrangements constitute clear and unconditional commitments;
Whereas by its Decision No 6/95 the ACP-EC Council of Ministers adopted as transitional measures valid until the entry into force of the Agreement amending the Lomé Convention the provisions permitting some of the amendments to the Convention to enter into force in advance; whereas under that Decision the provisions concerning beef and veal are to apply from 1 January 1996;
Whereas arrangements to implement these measures should be adopted; whereas it is appropriate to bring together in a single Commission Regulation all the provisions concerning the arrangements for the importation of beef and veal from the ACP States, including those concerning the application for and issue of import licences, and to repeal Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/95 of 5 July 1995 temporarily adapting the special import arrangements in the beef sector provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 with the view to the implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (4);
Whereas the arrangements in question should be managed using import licences; whereas to this end rules should be set on the submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, by way of derogation, if necessary, from certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (6), and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2856/95 (8);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,