Commission Regulation (EC) No 2768/1999 of 22 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the tariff quota for imports of beef and veal provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2768/1999
of 22 December 1999
laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the tariff quota for imports of beef and veal provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1569/1999 of 12 July 1999 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part(1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) the Europe Agreement with Slovenia(2), hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", as amended by the Protocol of 11 November 1996(3), provides for the opening of a reduced tariff quota for beef and veal for 2000. Detailed rules for the application of this quota should therefore be laid down;
(2) to ensure orderly importation of the quantities laid down, they should be staggered;
(3) the arrangements should be managed using import licences. To that end rules should be laid down on the submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, where appropriate, by derogating from or supplementing Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999(5), and 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(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2648/98(7). Provision should also be made to issue these licences after a period of consideration and subject to a uniform percentage reduction, where applicable;
(4) in view of the risk of speculation inherent in these arrangements for beef and veal, clear conditions should be laid down as regards access by operators. Verification of the above conditions requires that applications be submitted in the Member State in which the importer is recorded in the VAT register;
(5) the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,