29. 6. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 161/131 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1250/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down for the second half of 1996 certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms originating in certain third countries 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 agricul- tural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricul- tural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations ('), as modified by Council Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 (3, and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 provides for the extension to the second half of 1996 of a tariff quota of 76 500 live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms originating in Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and benefiting from an 80 % reduc- tion in the rate of customs duties provided for by Regula- tion (EC) No 3066/95; whereas management measures should be established for the import of those animals; Whereas, with a view to preventing speculation, the quan- tity available should be made available for operators able to show that they are carrying out a genuine activity involving trade in a significant number of animals with third countries; whereas, in consideration of this and in order to ensure efficient management, a minimum of 50 animals should be required to have been exported and/or imported duting the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 by the operators concerned; whereas a batch of 50 animals in principle constitutes a normal load and whereas ex- perience has shown that the sale or purchase of a single batch is a minimum requirement for a transaction to be considered real and viable; Whereas, while recalling the provisions of the Agree- ments intended to guarantee product origin, the arrange- ments in question should be managed using import licences; whereas to this end rules should be set on submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, by way of derogation from certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and () OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. (9 See page 2 of this Official Journal. export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricul- tural products (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 (%), 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 2856/95 (), whereas it should moreover be stipulated that licences are to be issued following a reflection period and where necessary with a flat-rate percentage reduction applied; Whereas 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. As part of the tariff quotas provided for in Regula- tion (EC) No 3066/95, 76 500 head of live bovine animals falling within CN codes 0102 90 41 or 0102 90 49 origi- nating in the third countries listed in Annex II may hereby be imported in the second half of 1996 in accor- dance with the provisions of this Regulation. 2.  For those animals, the ad valorem duty and the specific duties fixed in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 % Article 2 In order to qualify for the quota referred to in Article 1: (a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal _persons who, at the time applications are submitted, must prove to the satisfaction of the competent autho- rities of the Member State concerned that they have imported and/or exported during the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 at least 50 animals falling within CN code 0102 90; applicants must be listed in the national VAT register; (b) import licence applications may be presented only in the Member State in which the applicant is so regis- tered; () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21. () OJ No L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35. () OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 10.