L 123]26 Official Journal of the European Union 12.5.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 529/2007 of 11 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, operators that have obtained import rights should be able to decide, during the course of the quota period, the moment when they wish to apply for import licences, in view of their actual trade flows. That Regulation limits the period of validity of licences to the last day of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European import tariff quota period. Community, I};Ig;flilziiaregard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and (3  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 Regu- lation (EEC) No 2377/80 (}) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 12912000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (*) should be applicable to import licences issued under this Regu- lation, save where derogations are appropriate. Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 41 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ('), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof, (4)  The 2006/07 quota was managed in conformity with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 704/2006 of 8 May 2006 opening and providing for the adminis- Whereas: tration of a tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007) (°). That Regulation provided for a method of administration based on an import performance (1)~ The WTO §chedule CXL requires the Community to open criterion ensuring that the quota is allocated to profes- an annual import tariff quota of 53 000 tonnes of frozen sional operators able to import beef without undue spec- beef covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by ulation. CN code 02062991 (order number 09.4003). Im- plementing rules should be laid down for the quota year 2007/08 starting on 1 July 2007. (5)  The experience obtained from the application of that method shows that there are positive results and therefore it is appropriate to maintain the same method of administration for the quota period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008. It is therefore appropriate to determine a reference period for eligible imports which is long enough to provide for a representative performance while also sufficiently recent to reflect the latest development in trade. () Pursuant to  Article  29(1) of  Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999, imports into the Community should be managed using import licences. However, it is appropriate to manage this quota by attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import licences as a second, as provided for in Article 6(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin- istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (3). In this way, () O] L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1965/2006 (O] L 408, 30.12.2006, p. 26), as corrected by O] L 47, 16.2.2007, p. 21. () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu- () OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). lation (EC) No 1913/2006 (O] L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52). () OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation (®) OJ L 122, 9.5.2006, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) (EC) No 289/2007 (O] L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17). No 1965/2006.