Commission Regulation (EC) No 1221/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down for the period 1 July to 31 December 1996 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1221/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down for the period 1 July to 31 December 1996 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania
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 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 provides for the extension to the second half of 1996 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Regulation (EC) No 3066/95; whereas the rules of application for those quantities should therefore be laid down;
Whereas it should be stipulated that the arrangements are to be managed using import licences; whereas to that end rules should be set on submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, where appropriate by way of derogation from certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for certain agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (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 2856/95 (6); whereas, moreover, it should be stipulated that licences are to be issued following a reflection period and, where necessary, after application of a uniform percentage reduction;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,