Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/94 of 12 December 1994 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN code 0202 and products falling within CN code 0206 29 91 (first half of 1995)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3072/94 of 12 December 1994 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN code 0202 and products falling within CN code 0206 29 91 (first  half of 1995)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, for frozen meat of bovine animals falling within CN code 0202 and products falling within CN code 0206 29 91, the Community has undertaken, under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to open an annual Community tariff quota of 53  000 tonnes, expressed in weight of boned or boneless meat, at a rate of duty of 20 % and at a zero levy;
Whereas it is planned, pursuant to the agreements reached during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, due to apply from 1 July 1995, to maintain that quota under the 'current access' arrangements; whereas, therefore, at this stage the  quota should only be opened for the first half of 1995 and for the quantity corresponding to that period of the year, that is 50 % of the 53 000 tonnes available for 1995; whereas a quota for the remaining quantity will be opened after the entry into  force of and in accordance with the provisions on the application of the abovementioned agreements;
Whereas there should be a guarantee of, in particular, equal and continuing access by all interested operators within the Community to the quota and of uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the products in  question until the quota is exhausted;
Whereas the arrangements consist of the allocation by the Commission of the quantities available to traditional operators and to operators engaging in trade in beef and veal; whereas, for the latter operators however, account should only be taken of  quantities of a certain size representative of trade with countries which are third countries on 31 December 1994;
Whereas steps should be taken to ensure that operators of the new Member States in the former category can participate on equal terms in the allocations of the quantities available; whereas for those operators, therefore, quantities of the products  covered by the quota imported between 1 July 1991 and 30 June 1994 into the new Member States from countries which are third countries for them on 31 December 1994 should be considered as reference quantities giving access to that part of the quota  reserved for 'traditional' importers; whereas the choice of those years is dictated by the need to ensure their representativeness and to avoid consideration of any speculative imports;
Whereas detailed rules for the application of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1);  whereas, however, given the technical nature of the decisions, the Commission should be given sole responsibility for allocating the quantities available,