No L 145/52 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 6. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1485/95 of 28 June 1995 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for the import of bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of certain Alpine and mountain breeds for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996 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 amended by Regulation (EC) No 424/95(), and in particular Article 12 (1) and (4) thereof, Whereas the Community has undertaken, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, to open an annual tariff quota of 20 000 head at a rate of duty of 6 % for bulls, cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of the mottled Simmental breed and the Schwyz and Fribourg breeds and an annual tariff quota of 5000 head at a rate of 4 % for cows and heifers, other than those intended for slaughter, of the grey, brown, yellow and mottled Simmental breed and the Pinzgau breed ; whereas Council Decision 95/136/EC of 14 March 1995 relating to the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Austria pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT () unbinds the quota of 20 000 head and replaces it with a tariff quota of 5000 head at the same rate of duty ; whereas those quotas should therefore be opened for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 june 1996 and detailed rules adopted for their application ; Whereas there should be a guarantee in particular of equal and continuing access to the said quotas for all inte- rested traders within the Community and of uninter- rupted application of the customs duties laid down for those quotas to all imports of the animals in question until the quotas are exhausted; Whereas these arrangements are based on the allocation by the Commission of the quantities available to tradi- tional traders (first part) and traders involved in the cattle trade (second part) ; whereas the first part should be allo- cated to traditional importers in proportion to the number of animals imported under similar quotas between 1 July 1992 and 30 June 1995 and to traditional () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. () O] No L 45, 1. 3. 1995, p. 2. () O] No L 91, 22. 4. 1995, p. 41. importers in the new Member States ; whereas, in order to prevent speculation and given the end-use, only quantities of a certain size representative of trade with third coun- tries should be taken into account as reference quantities for the allocation of the second part; whereas, for all traders from the new Member States, imported animals must be from countries which are third countries for thern at the time of import; Whereas, subject to the provisions of this Regulation, Commision 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 1199/95 (), is applicable ; Whereas implementation of the abovementioned Agree- ments requires a revision of the specific detailed rules governing import licensing arrangements in the beef and veal sector, currently provided for in Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 2377/80 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1084/94 (), before 1 July 1995; whereas, to prevent problems arising in the practical application of the current quotas, that Regulation should not apply and this Regulation should include the necessary detailed rules for the import licences required ; Whereas Article 82 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (%), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, provides for customs super- vision of goods put into free circulation at a reduced rate of duty on account of their end-use ; whereas imported animals should be monitored for a certain period to ensure they are not slaughtered ; whereas, in order to ensure that the animals concerned are not slaughtered, a security should be required ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. % OJ No L 119, 30. 5. 1995, p. () OF No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p () OJ No L 120, 11. 5. 1994, p () O] No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.