Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999 of 22 October 1999 opening a Community tariff quota for the import of meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2249/1999
of 22 October 1999
opening a Community tariff quota for the import of meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In the context of the negotiations on an agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Trade in Agricultural Products, the Community has undertaken to open as from 1 July 1999 an autonomous tariff quota for meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried; the agreement was signed on 21 June 1999;
(2) In order to comply with the terms of the Community's undertaking, provision should be made for such preferential treatment to expire 12 months after the entry into force of the agreement;
(3) For reasons of simplification this quota should be opened on a pluriannual basis for periods of 12 months each; however, the last quota period might be shorter than 12 months according to the actual date of entry into force of the agreement; in that event it is appropriate to authorise the Commission to adjust the available quantity under the tariff quota accordingly;
(4) At the end of the transitional period ending one year after the entry into force of the agreement, the conditions for preferential imports from Switzerland of meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried, will be covered by the provisions of that agreement;
(5) Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation and, in particular, the provisions required for quota management 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 organisation of the market in beef and veal(1),