Council Regulation (EC) No 130/94 of 24 January 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 (1994)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 130/94 of 24 January 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 (1994)
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 that quota should accordingly be opened for 1994;
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, in order to ensure that the activities of the latter operators are  genuine, only quantities of a certain size representative of trade with third countries should be considered;
Whereas, in order to ensure, as far as possible, that the quota is fully utilized, it is necessary to set a time limit for import licence applications and to allow for the transfer of any quantities that have not been applied for at that date to the  final quarter of 1994; whereas steps should be taken to ensure that the quantities remaining are used as a priority to offset the consequences for the operators concerned of the possible notification to the Commission by the national authorities of  incorrect reference quantities; whereas, furthermore, the quantities remaining after that allocation must, where appropriate, be allocated between the different categories of operators on the basis of criteria other than those laid down; whereas, in  order to avoid the administrative burden involved in allocating small quantities to a very large number of applicants, allocation should not take place below a limit of 30 tonnes;
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, given the technical nature of the decisions, the Commission should be given sole responsibility for allocating the quantities available,