No L 338/62 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 12. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3243/94 of 21 December 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 307/94 and (EC) No 3073/94 for high-quality beef and frozen buffalo meat THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3071/94 of 12 December 1994 opening a Community tariff quota for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine -animals falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 and for products falling within CN codes 02061095 and 0206 29 91 (1995) (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3073/94 of 12 December 1994 opening a Community tariff quota for frozen buffalo meat falling within CN code 0202 30 90 (1995) (3, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas Regulations (EC) No 3071/94 and (EC) No 3073/94 opened quotas for high-quality beef and veal and for buffalo meat ; whereas the rules for the application of these arrangements must be established ; Whereas the exporting non-member countries have undertaken to issue certificates of authenticity guarante- eing the origin of these products; whereas the form and layout of these certificates and the procedures for using them must be specified; whereas the certificate of authenticity must be issued by an appropriate authority in a non-member country, the standing of which. is such as to ensure that the special arrangements are properly applied ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1084/94 (%), a licence is required for all imports into the Community of beef and veal products ; whereas some of the non-member countries exporting meat under this Regulation have undertaken to restrict their exports of such products ; whereas the licence must be endorsed as required by the provisions in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80; Whereas in order to ensure that the importing of these meats is managed efficiently it is appropriate, as the case may be, to provide that the issuing of import licences () OJ No L 325, 17. 12. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L 325, 17. 12. 1994, p. §. () OJ No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. S. () O] No L 120, 11. 5. 1994, p. 30. shall be subject to verification in particular of the entries on the certificates of authenticity ; Whereas the limiting of the abovementioned scheme to the first half year entails a reduction in the period for importation ; whereas as a transitional measure the latter period should therefore be extended by one month; Whereas provision must be made for the Member States to transmit relevant information in connection with these special imports ; 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 1. The tariff quota for fresh, chilled beef and veal provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 3071/94 shall be allocated as follows : (a) 8 500 tonnes of chilled, boned or boneless meat, falling within CN codes 0201 30 and 0206 10 95, and answering the following definition : ‘Special or good-quality beef cuts obtained from exclu- sively pasture-grazed animals aged between 22 and 24 months, having two permanent incisors and presen- ting a slaughter liveweight not exceeding 460 kilo- grams, referred to as “special boxed beef”, cuts of which may bear the letters “sc” (special cuts) ; (b) 2 500 tonnes product weight of meat, falling within CN codes 0201 20 90, 0201 30, 0202 20 90, 0202 30, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91, and answering the follo- wing definition : ‘Selected cuts of fresh, chilled or frozen beef derived from bovine animals which do not have more than four permanent incisor teeth, the carcases of which have a dressed weight of not more than 327 kilograms {720 pounds), a compact appearance with a good eye of meat of light and uniform colour, and adequate but not excessive fat cover. The meat shall be certified “high-quality beef EC”; (c) 1150 tonnes of boned or boneless meat, falling within CN codes 0201 30, 02023090, 02061095 and 0206 29 91, and answering the following definition :