No L 71/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 3. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 692/95 ~ of 30 March 1995 fixing the number of young male bovine animals which may be imported on special terms in the second quarter of 1995 and derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 in respect of that quarter as regards the allocation of the quantities available THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (!), as last aménded by Regulation (EC) No 424/95 (3, and in particular Articles 13 (4), 15 (2) and 25 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas the Council has drawn up an estimated supply balance of 99 000 head under the new import arrange- ments applicable to young male bovine animals intended for fattening for the period 1 January to 30 June 1995; whereas, pursuant to Article 13 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, the number which may be imported each quarter and the rate of reduction in the import levy on such animals must be determined; Whereas detailed rules for the application of these special arrangements were laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 612/77 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1121/87 (%), and in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1084/94 () ; Whereas the supply requirements of certain regions of the Community which have a serious shortfall in bovine animals for fattening must be taken into account; whereas those requirements are apparent in Italy and Greece and may be estimated, for the second quarter of 1995, at 42 120 head and 6 435 head respectively in those Member States ; () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 45, 1. 3. 1995, p. 2. % O] No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. () O] No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 18. () O] No L 109, 24. 4. 1987, p. 12. () O] No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. S. () OJ No L 120, 11. 5. 1994, p. 30." Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 (), prohibits trade between the European Community and the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro; whereas these Republics are therefore excluded from those arrange- ments ; Whereas the supply requirements in young bovine animals for fattening justify, for the second quarter of 1995, a higher rate of reduction in the levy on animals weighing from 160 to 300 kilograms per head, originating in and coming from Hungary, Poland, the Czech Repu- blic, the Slovak Republic, Romania, Slovenia or Bulgaria ; Whereas each of the quantities available in Italy and Greece should be divided into two tranches ; whereas one of the two tranches, corresponding to 80 %, should be allocated to traditional importers; whereas the other tranche, corresponding to 20 %, should be allocated to operators who have engaged in some trade in live animals with third countries, in order to give them progressive access to the import arrangements in question ; whereas a derogation from Article 9 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 is accordingly required in order to ensure proper administration of the share allocated to such operators ; Whereas, in order to simplify the procedure for allocating the quantities available, it is necessary to derogate from Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 ; whereas, in the case of traditional importers, the quantities available should be allocated directly in proportion to the number of head imported during the last three years ; whereas, in the case of operators eligible for the 20 % tranche, the quantities available should be allocated directly in proportion to the number of head for which application is made; Whereas, in the case of such operators, the maximum quantity which each application for an import licence may cover must, however, be limited, in order to permit a wider allocation of the quantities available ; whereas for financial reasons a minimum number of head per appli- cation should nevertheless be set; Whereas the validity of the import licences issued under this Regulation expires only at the end of July 1995; whereas the variable import levies will no longer exist after 30 June 1995 ; whereas adequate financial provisions must therefore be laid down for imports after that date ; () OJ No L 151, 3. 6. 1992, p. 4. () OJ No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 16.