L 176/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 6. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, 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 Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 (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; whereas detailed rules should be adopted for their appli- cation on a multiannual basis; whereas, to that end, the provisions laid down annually for those quotas in the past should be used as a basis; Whereas, in order to ensure that the quantities laid down are imported in an orderly fashion, they should be stag- gered over various periods; Whereas provision should be made for the arrangements to be administered by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, rules should in particular be laid down on the way applications are to be submitted and on the informa- tion to be shown in applications and licences, where appropriate  notwithstanding 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 agricultural products (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1044/98 (*), 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 759/98 (°); whereas provision should () OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. () OJ L 216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 1. () OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OF L 149, 20. 5. 1998, p. 11. () OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35. () OJ L 105, 4. 4. 1998, p. 7. also be made for the licences to be issued after a period for reflection and, where appropriate, once a uniform percentage reduction has been applied; Whereas the risk of speculation inherent in the arrange- ments for the beef and veal sector requires that clear conditions be laid down governing access to the quotas; 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 Import licences must be presented for imports into the Community of the products listed in Annex I hereto under the quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 3066/95. The quantities of products imported annually under those arrangements and the rate of reduction in the customs duty fixed by the Common Customs Tariff shall be as set out in Annex I hereto. Article 2 The quantities referred to in Article 1 for each period set out in Annex I shall be broken down as follows: — 25% from 1 July to 30 September, — 25% from 1 October to 31 December, — 25% from 1 January to 31 March, — 25% from 1 April to 30 June. Where, during the period the quotas are opened, the quantities covered by import licence applications submitted in respect of the first, second or third tranches specified in the first paragraph are lower than those available, the remaining quantities shall be added to those available for the following tranche. Article 3 1. In order to qualify under the import quotas: (a) import licence applicants must be natural or legal persons who must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned