4.7.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L181/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1344/2001 of 3 July 2001 determining the extent to which applications in the beef and veal sector for import rights lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1080/2001 may be accepted THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1080/2001 of 1 June 2001 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for meat of bovine animals, frozen, falling within CN code 0202 and products falling within CN code 0206 29 91 (from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002) ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas: Regulation (EC) No 1080/2001 provides in particular for the quantities reserved for traditional importers to be allocated in proportion to their imports during the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000 under Regulation (EC) No 1042/97 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/98 (), Regulation (EC) No 1142/98 (% and Regulation (EC) No 995/1999 (). In the other cases the quantities applied for exceed the quantities available under Article 2(2) of that Regulation. Therefore, the quantities applied for should be reduced on a proportional basis in accordance with Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2001, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Every application for the right to import lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1080/2001 shall be granted to the following extent: (a) 240,1355 kgft imported during the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000 under Regulations (EC) No 1042/97, (EC) No 1142/98 and (EC) No 995/1999 for importers as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2001; (b) 472,9320 kgjt applied for in the case of operators as defined in Article 2(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/ 2001. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 July 2001. () O] L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 11. () O] L 152, 11.6.1997, p. 2. () O] L 25, 31.1.1998, p. 42. (% O] L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 11. () O] L 122, 12.5.1999, p. 3. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission