No L 345/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2512/96 of 23 December 1996 laying down for 1997 rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 autono- mous 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 of multilateral trade negotia- tions ('), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (3, and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 provides for the opening of reduced-tariff quotas for beef and veal for 1997; whereas the rules of application for those quotas should therefore be laid down; Whereas in order to ensure orderly importation of the quantities laid down for 1997, they should be staggered over the year; Whereas the arrangements should be managed using import licences; whereas to that end rules should be laid down on the submission of applications and the informa- tion to be given on applications and licences, where appropriate by way of derogation from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for certain agricultural products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 (%), and 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 Regula- tion (EEC) No 2377/80 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2051/96 (*); whereas, moreover, it should be stipulated that licences are to be issued following a reflec- OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. 7) OJ No L 338, 28. 12. 1996, p. 13. O] No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. ‘) OJ No L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 14. % OJ No L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35. O] No L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 18. tion period and, where necessary, after application of a uniform percentage reduction; Whereas, in order to ensure efficient management of the arrangements, a security against import licences of ECU 12 per 100 kilograms should be required; whereas, given the risk of speculation inherent in the arrangements, detailed conditions for access to the quotas should be laid down; Whereas experience has shown that importers do not always inform the authorities which have issued the import licences of the quantity and origin of the beef and veal imported under the quotas concerned; whereas that information is important for assessing the market situa- tion; whereas a security relating to provision of that infor- mation should be provided for; Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and Veal has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1997, the following quantities may be imported under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 3066/95: (a) fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202: — 7100 tonnes originating in Poland, — 7150 tonnes originating in Hungary, — 2670 tonnes originating in the Czech Republic, — 1330 tonnes originating in Slovakia, — 180 tonnes originating in Bulgaria, — 1350 tonnes originating in Romania; (b) 440 tonnes of processed products falling within CN codes 1602 50 31 and 1602 50 39 originating in Poland. 2. For the meat referred to in paragraph 1 (a), the ad valorem and specific customs duties set in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 %.