Commission Regulation (EC) No 1308/2003 of 23 July 2003 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1308/2003
of 23 July 2003
determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 of 2 August 2002 laying down rules for the application of the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC) No 1361/2002 and (EC) No 1362/2002 for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1633/2002(2), and in particular Article 2(2) and Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 fix the quantities of certain beef and veal products originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which may be imported on special terms in respect of the period 1 July to 31 December 2003. The quantities of certain beef and veal products originating in Lithuania covered by import licence applications submitted must be reduced proportionately in accordance with Article 4(3) of that Regulation. No applications were submitted for import licences for beef and veal products originating in Estonia and Latvia.
(2) Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1429/2002 states that if for the year of importation in question the quantities for which applications for import licences have been submitted for the first period specified in Article 2(1) are less than the quantities available, the remaining quantities are to be added to the quantities in respect of the following period. Taking into account the quantities remaining from the first period, the quantities available for the three countries concerned for the second period running from 1 January to 30 June 2004 should accordingly be determined,