19.12.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 321/53 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2779/2000 of 18 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application in the year 2001 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal products provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Euro- pean Union's Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 ('), as amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2563/2000 (?), and in particular Articles 4(2) and 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 provides for an annual preferential import quota of ‘baby beef of 22 525 tonnes, distributed among four countries of the Balkans. 2)  Imports under that quota are subject to the presentation of an authenticity certificate attesting that the goods are originating from the issuing country and that they corre- spond exactly to the definition in Annex II to the afore- mentioned Regulation. It is therefore necessary to estab- lish a model for those certificates and lay down detailed rules for their use. (3)  The arrangements set out in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 should be managed through the use of import licences. To this end, the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural prod- ucts (*), 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 (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1659/2000 (), are applicable subject to the provisions of this Regulation. (4)  In order to ensure proper management of the imports of the products in question, provision should be made for import licences to be issued subject to verification, in particular of entries on certificates of authenticity. 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1. 295, 23.11.2000, p. 1. 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. 192, 28.7.2000, p. 19. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001: — 9400 tonnes of ‘baby beef, expressed in carcase weight, originating in and coming from Croatia, — 1500 tonnes of ‘baby beef, expressed in carcase weight, originating in and coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, — 1650 tonnes of ‘baby beef, expressed in carcase weight, originating in and coming from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, — 9975 tonnes of ‘baby beef, expressed in carcase weight, originating in and coming from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo. The four quotas referred to in the first subparagraph shall bear the serial Nos 09.4503, 09.4504, 09.4505 and 09.4506 respectively. For the purposes of attributing the said quotas, 100 kilograms live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcase weight. 2. The customs duty applicable under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 % of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff. 3. Importation under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat falling within CN codes: — ex 01029051, ex 01029059, ex 01029071 and ex 01029079, — ex 0201 10 00 and ex 0201 20 20, — ex 0201 20 30, — ex 0201 20 50, referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000. Article 2 Imports of the quantities set out in Article 1 shall be subject to presentation, on release for free circulation, of an import licence issued in accordance with the following provisions: (a) Section 8 of the licence applications and of the licences themselves must show the country of origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated;