Commission Regulation (EC) No 2823/95 of 6 December 1995 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 to the management of a quota of dog and cat food falling within CN code 2309 10 originating in Hungary

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No  2823/95 of 6 December 1995 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No  2179/95 to the management of a quota of dog and cat food falling within CN code 2309  10  originating in Hungary
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 2179/95 of 8 August 1995 providing for the adjustment,  as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the  Europe Agreements and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening and administering certain  Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer, to take account of  the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations   (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas, as part of the Europe Agreement concluded between the Community and its Member States on  the one hand and Hungary on the other, concessions have been granted to the latter concerning  certain agricultural products;
Whereas, following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, these concessions have been  adjusted to take into account, in particular, the arrangements for trade in the agricultural sector  that existed between Austria and Hungary; whereas to this end Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94   (2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2416/95  (3), provides for the opening of an  autonomous tariff quota for 1995 of dog and cat food packed for retail sale falling within CN code  2309  10 and originating in Hungary; whereas imports under this quota will benefit from a 80  %  reduction in the applicable rates of duty, provided that Hungary takes the same measures in respect  of the Community as those laid down in Article 3 (8) of Regulation (EC) No 2179/95;
Whereas those measures have been introduced by that country; whereas it is therefore appropriate,  pursuant to Article 3 (10) of the same Regulation, to implement the measures provided for in  Article 3 (8) with effect from 1 July 1995;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for managing the quota; whereas this form of  management requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission, which must be  in a position to monitor how much of the quota has been used up and to inform the Member States  accordingly;
Whereas it should be laid down that import licences for the products in question under the  abovementioned quota should be issued after a period for consideration and where necessary by  applying a single percentage reduction to the quantities applied for;
Whereas, in particular, care must be taken that the products in question are of Hungarian origin;
Whereas the items to be entered on the applications and licences should be laid down;
Whereas, in order to ensure efficient management of the arrangements provided for, the security for  import licences under these arrangements should be fixed at ECU 25 per tonne;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Cereals,