Commission Regulation (EC) No 2779/2000 of 18 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application in the year 2001 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal products provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2779/2000
of 18 December 2000
laying down detailed rules for the application in the year 2001 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal products provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000
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 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000(2), and in particular Articles 4(2) and 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), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 provides for an annual preferential import quota of "baby beef" of 22525 tonnes, distributed among four countries of the Balkans.
(2) Imports under that quota are subject to the presentation of an authenticity certificate attesting that the goods are originating from the issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the definition in Annex II to the aforementioned Regulation. It is therefore necessary to establish a model for those certificates and lay down detailed rules for their use.
(3) The arrangements set out in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 should be managed through the use of import licences. To this end, the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products(4), 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(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1659/2000(6), are applicable subject to the provisions of this Regulation.
(4) In order to ensure proper management of the imports of the products in question, provision should be made for import licences to be issued subject to verification, in particular of entries on certificates of authenticity.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,