Commission Regulation (EC) No 2524/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down, for the first half of 1998, certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing from 80 to 300 kilograms and originating in certain third countries

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2524/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down, for the first half of 1998, certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing from 80 to 300 kilograms and originating in certain third countries
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 Multilateral Trade Negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of 7 October 1996 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 agreements on free trade and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas the Annexes to Regulations (EC) No 3066/95 and (EC) No 1926/96 provide, from 1 July 1997, for an annual tariff quota of 153 000 live bovine animals weighing from 80 to 300 kilograms and originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2511/96 of 23 December 1996 laying down, for 1997, certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing from 160 to 300 kilograms and originating in certain third countries (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1938/97 (5), lays down detailed rules covering imports of that number of animals originating in those third countries and weighing from 80 to 300 kilograms; whereas similar detailed rules should be laid down in respect of 76 500 live animals corresponding to the remainder of the 1997/98 marketing year, that is 1 January to 30 June 1998;
Whereas, with a view to adjusting the security covering import licences under that quota to current levels, the amount thereof should be set at ECU 5 per head;
Whereas the competent authorities delivering import licences do not always know the origin of the animals imported under the quota in question; whereas that information is important for statistical reasons; whereas importers should accordingly be required to indicate the country of origin alongside the quantities attributed on the back of the import licences;
Whereas Protocol 4 to the Europe Agreements and Protocol 3 to the free-trade Agreements have been amended; whereas the Protocols as amended provide that proof of origin of products imported into the Community may be established by means of a declaration by the exporter, on certain conditions, or by presentation of an EUR.1 movement certificate; whereas the new provisions on release for free circulation of imported products should accordingly be incorporated into this Regulation;
Whereas, if such criteria are to be checked, applications must be presented in the Member State where the importer is entered in a VAT register;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,