Commission Regulation (EC) No 1942/95 of 4 August 1995 setting for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by the Europe Agreements concluded between the Community and its Member States on the one hand and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria and Romania on the other

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1942/95 of 4 August 1995 setting for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by the Europe Agreements concluded between the Community and its Member States on the one hand and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria and Romania on the other
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 3491/93 of 13 December 1993 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 Hungary of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3492/93 of 13 December 1993 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 Poland, of the other part (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3296/94 of 19 December 1994 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 Czech Republic, of the other part (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3297/94 of 19 December 1994 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 Slovak Republic, of the other part (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3382/94 of 19 December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (5), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3383/94 of 19 December 1994 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 Bulgaria of the other part (6), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 of 22 December 1994 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer (7), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (8), and in particular Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas the Europe Agreements concluded with Poland (9), Hungary (10), the Czech Republic (11), the Slovak Republic (12), Romania (13) and Bulgaria (14) provide for annual tariff quotas of fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal of CN codes 0201 and 0202; whereas on imports within these quotas both the levy and the Common Customs Tariff duty are reduced; whereas the reduction rates and quota volumes have been several times adjusted by additional protocols (15) and by exchanges of letters with Romania and Bulgaria (16);
Whereas the Agreements as thus amended stipulate for year 5 (1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996) a 60 % reduction in the rates and an increase in the quota volumes; whereas it is necessary to set rules of application for operation of these quotas;
Whereas moreover Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opened tariff quotas for 1995 for Poland and Hungary; whereas the Regulation should also set rules of application for these for the second half of 1995;
Whereas to ensure orderly importation of the quantities set for year 5 these should be staggered over the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996;
Whereas given the provisions of the Agreements intended to guarantee product origin the quotas in question should be managed using import licences; whereas to this end rules should be set on submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, exception being made 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 (17), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/95 (18), 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 (19); whereas it should moreover be stipulated that licences are to be issued following a reflection period and where necessary with a flat-rate percentage reduction applied;
Whereas for the sake of effective operation of the arrangements made security against import licences of ECU 12 per 100 kilograms should be required; whereas given the inherent risk of speculative use of the quotas precise term of access to them should be set;
Whereas under Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (20) the Community undertook to convert the variable agricultural levies into fixed customs duties with effect from 1 July 1995; whereas it is accordingly necessary to provide, as a temporary measure for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996, for the rate reduction for purposes of the tariff quotas to apply to the ad valorem and specific customs duties set in the Common Customs Tariff;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,