L 129/14 Official Journal of the European Union 17.5.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 545/2007 of 16 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof, Whereas: The WTO schedule CXL requires the Community to open an annual import tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing. Moreover, as a result of the negotiations which led to the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union (3, approved by Council Decision 2006/106[EC (3), the Community undertook to incor- porate in its schedule for all Member States an increase of 4003 tonnes of that import tariff quota as of 1 July 2006. Implementing rules should be laid down for the quota year 2007/2008, starting on 1 July 2007. The import of frozen beef under the tariff quota is subject to customs import duties and to the conditions laid down under order number 13 of Annex 7 to Part () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). () O] L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 54. () O] L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 52. three of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (¥). (4)  Imports into the Community under the tariff quota are subject to presentation of an import licence in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999. The provisions 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 Regu- lation (EEC) No 2377/80 (°) and of Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certi- ficates for agricultural products (°) should apply to import licences issued under this Regulation, without prejudice to additional conditions laid down in this Regu- lation. (5)  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 (7) lays down in particular detailed provisions on applications for import rights, the status of applicants and the issue of import licences. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply, from 1 July 2007, to imports licences issued pursuant to this Regulation, without prejudice to additional conditions laid down in this Regulation. (6) It is appropriate to manage this import tariff quota by attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import licences as a second, as provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. In this way, 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. It should be possible to issue licences following allocations of import rights on the basis of applications from eligible processors. In any case, the Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 limits the period of validity of licences to the last day of the import tariff quota period. () OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 301/2007 (OJ L 81, 22.3.2007, p. 11). () OJ 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). (®) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- 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 (EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).