31. 12. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 345/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2511/96 of 23 December 1996 laying down, for 1997, certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing from 160 to 300 kilograms and 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 agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an auto- nomous 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 Multilateral Trade Negotia- tions ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (%), 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 auto- nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the agreements on free trade and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithu- ania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (*), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Regulations (EC) No 3066/95 and (EC) No 1926/96 provide for the opening, for 1997, of a tariff quota for 153 000 live bovine animals weighing from 160 to 300 kilograms and originating in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and qualifying for an 80 % reduc- tion in customs duties; whereas management measures should be laid down for the import of those aminals; Whereas, with a view to preventing speculation, the quantity available should be made accessible to operators able to show that they are genuinely engaged in trade of a significant scale with third countries; whereas, in that respect and with a view to efficient management, the operators concerned must have exported and/or imported at least 50 animals in 1996; whereas a batch of 50 animals in principle constitutes a normal load; whereas experience has shown that the sale or purchase of a single batch is a minimum requirement for a transaction to be considered real and viable; () OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. () O] No L 338, 28. 12. 1996, p. 13. () O] No L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1. Whereas, in order to ensure that imports of the quantities laid down for 1997 arrive regularly, the issuing of licences should be staggered over the year; Whereas provision should be made for the arrangements to be administered by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, detailed rules should be laid down in par- ticular to cover the submission of applications and the particulars to be shown on applications and licences, where applicable, by way of derogation from certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricul- tural products (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 (°), 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 2051/96 ("), whereas provision should also be made for licences to be issued after a period for reflection, a flat-rate percentage reduc- tion being applied where necessary; 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. Under the tariff quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 3066/95 and (EC) No 1926/96, 153 000 head of live bovine animals falling within CN code 0102 90 41 or 0102 50 49 and originating in the third countries listed in Annex Il may be imported in 1997 in accordance with this Regulation. 2. The ad valorem and specific duties on those animals as fixed in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 %. OJ 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. OJ No L 274, 26. 10. 1996, p. 18.