Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2000 of 28 April 2000 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2000
of 28 April 2000
opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001)
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 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations(2), and in particular Article 1(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Under schedule CXL the Community undertook to open an annual import tariff quota for 169000 head of young male bovine animals for fattening. The rules for applying that quota for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 should be laid down.
(2) The supply requirements of certain regions of the Community which have a serious shortfall of bovine animals for fattening should be taken into account. As those requirements are particularly evident in Italy and Greece, priority must be given to satisfying demand in those two Member States.
(3) There should be a guarantee in particular of equal and continuing access to the said quota for all interested traders within the Community and of uninterrupted application of the customs duties laid down for the quota to all imports of the animals in question until the quota is used up.
(4) In view of the actual market situation, a method of management should be applied which is comparable to that used in the past for quotas bearing the same serial number, involving, in particular, a continuation of the method of allocation between traditional importers and traders actively involved in trade in live animals with third countries.
(5) Checks of those criteria call for applications to be submitted in the Member State where the trader is entered in the value added tax (VAT) register.
(6) In order to prevent speculation, import licences should be issued to traders solely for the quantities for which they have been allocated import rights.
(7) With a view to using up quota quantities completely, a closing date should be set for the submission of import licence applications and provision should be made for a further allocation of quantities not covered by licence applications submitted by that date.
(8) Provision should be made for the arrangements to be managed using import licences. To that end rules should be laid down in particular on the way applications are to be submitted and the information to be shown in applications and licences, where applicable by waiving or supplementing certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the 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 1127/1999(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 2648/98(6).
(9) The application of this tariff quota requires effective checks on the specific destination of imports. Therefore, the animals must be fattened in the Member State which issues the import licence.
(10) A security must be lodged in order to guarantee that the animals are fattened for at least 120 days in designated production units. The amount of this security should cover the difference between the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) duty and the reduced duty applicable on the date of release for free circulation of the animals in question.
(11) The Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,