L 25/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 1. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 260/98 of 30 January 1998 amending both Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and Regulations (EC) No 589/96, (EC) No 935/97, (EC) No 936/97, (EC) No 995/97, (EC) No 996/97, (EC) No 1006/97, (EC) No 1042/97, (EC) No 1376/97, (EC) No 1939/97 and (EC) No 1940/97 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2634/97 (), and in particular Articles 9 and 25 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul- tural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (%), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (*), and in particular Article 27 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT (Article XXIV (6)) negotia- tions (°), and in particular Article 1(1) thereof, 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 Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 (), 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 autono- mous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the agreements on free trade () OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 13. () OJ L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. () OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1. () OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1. () OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. () OJ L 216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 1. and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithu- ania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (¥), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas the securities against import licences for live animals and meat are not consistent in the various regula- tions; whereas they should be updated and harmonised; Whereas Article 6 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 2616/97 (%), lays down the time limits by which and the ways in which the Member States must notify the Commission of the quantities of products for which import licences have been issued; Whereas there are serial numbers in the Integrated Tariff of the European Communities (TARIC) that enable iden- tification of the preferential arrangements, the products involved and in certain cases their origin; whereas the Member States should be required to put these numbers on the import licences or extract(s) therefrom and to use them in their notifications to the Commission; Whereas not all of the regulations laying down detailed implementing rules for import quotas include TARIC serial numbers for quotas; whereas the numbers should be included in the regulations in question; Whereas some regulations laying down rules of applica- tion for imports of bovine products require the Member States to notify the Commission of the quantities actually imported; whereas, to bring clarity and to reduce the extra administrative burden, these provisions must be simpli- fied and introduced into Regulation (EC) No 1445/95; Whereas the competent national authority issuing the import licence does not always know the country of origin of the quantities imported under tariff quotas opened for several countries or of the quantities imported subject to CCT duties; whereas identification of the country of origin in the case of tariff quotas or in the case of non-preferential imports should be made a primary 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1. 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35. 353, 24. 12. 1997, p. 8. o0 = =