Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/95 of 23 March 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of certain tariff quotas for Hungary and Bulgaria opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 629/95 of 23 March 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of certain tariff quotas for Hungary and Bulgaria opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94
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 3379/94 of 22 December 1994 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas, as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opened autonomous tariff quotas for 1995 in order to ensure, temporarily, compliance with the undertakings relating to the adjustment of the concessions granted for certain agricultural products to Hungary and Bulgaria (among other countries), and pending the conclusion of additional protocols to the Agreements with those countries; whereas the new quotas are without prejudice to the import arrangements provided for in the said Agreements between the Community and those countries;
Whereas the said Regulation introduces for 1995 arrangements for the reduction of or exemption from import levies on certain products, including milk and milk products; whereas detailed rules of application should be adopted with a view to administering the arrangements concerned; whereas those detailed rules are either supplementary to, or derogate from, 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 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 340/95 (3);
Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of imports, a security should be required for applications for import licences and certain conditions be laid down as regards applications for licences; whereas the fixed amounts should be staggered over the year and the procedure for awarding licences as well as their term of validity should be specified;
Whereas continuous access to the said fixed amounts should be ensured for all Community importers and the reduced levy should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question in all the Member States until the fixed amounts are exhausted; whereas the necessary measures should be taken to ensure efficient Community administration of these fixed amounts and, because of the risk of speculation in particular, access by importers to the said scheme should be subject to compliance with specific conditions; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,