Commission Regulation (EC) No 5/2003 of 27 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2003 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Commission Regulation (EC) No 5/2003
of 27 December 2002
laying down detailed rules for the application in 2003 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2487/2001(2), and in particular Article 4(2) and Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001(4), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2248/2001 of 19 November 2001 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia(5), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 153/2002 of 21 January 2002 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(6), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 provides for an annual preferential tariff quota of 11475 tonnes of "baby beef", distributed among Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo.
(2) The Interim Agreements with Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which were approved by Council Decision 2002/107/EC on the conclusion and the provisional application of an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part(7), and by Council Decision 2001/330/EC on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part(8), lay down annual preferential tariff quotas of 9400 tonnes and 1650 tonnes respectively.
(3) For control purposes, Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 makes imports under the quotas of "baby beef" for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity attesting that the goods originate from the issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the definition in Annex II to that Regulation. For the sake of harmonisation, imports under the quotas of "baby beef" originating in Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should also be made subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity attesting that the goods originate from the issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the definition in Annex III to the Interim Agreements with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and with Croatia. A model should also be established for the certificates of authenticity and detailed rules laid down for their use.
(4) Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, is subject to an international civil administration by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), which has also set up a separate customs service. There should therefore also be a specific certificate of authenticity for goods originating in the FRY/Kosovo.
(5) The quotas concerned should be managed through the use of import licences. To this end, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/2001(10), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80(11), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 24/2001(12), are applicable subject to this Regulation.
(6) In order to ensure proper management of imports of the products concerned, import licences should be issued subject to verification, in particular of entries on certificates of authenticity.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,