24. 10. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 254/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2465/95 of 23 October 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms originating in certain third countries as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2179/95, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1842/95 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 21759/95 of 8 August 1995 providing for the adjustment, as an auto- nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotia- tions ('), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 provides for the adjustment of certain concessions concerning live bovine animals provided for in the Europe Agreements concluded with the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Romania and the Republic of Bulgaria ; whereas, however, application of those concessions is provided for only after the countries in question have taken measures of compa- rable effect; whereas the aforementioned countries have now taken such measures or will take them as soon as possible ; Whereas the quota for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms qualifying for an 80 % duty reduction is 76 500 head for the period 1 July to 31 December 1995 ; whereas that quota is open to the afore- mentioned countries and the three Baltic states ; whereas, under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1941/95 of 4 August 1995 opening for the second half of 1995, and laying down detailed rules for the application of, the tariff quotas for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms originating in and coming from the Repu- blic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Repu- blic and the Slovak Republic (}), as amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2017/95 (), and under Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 2235/95 of 21 September 1995 determining to what extent licence applications submitted during August 1995 for live bovine animals weighing between 160 and 300 kilograms as part of a tariff quota provided for under European agreements concluded between the ) OJ No L 223, 20. 9. 1995, p. 29. ) O] No L 186, 5. 8. 1995, p. 26. ; OJ No L 197, 22. 8. 1995, p. . Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia may be accepted (), operators have already been authorized to import 54 100 head of animals in that category ; whereas, therefore, a quantity of 22 400 qualifying for that reduc- tion remains ; whereas it is necessary to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1842/95 of 26 July 1995 laying down for 1995 detailed rules for the application to live bovine animals of the tariff quotas provided for in the free trade Agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part (%), given the fact that the quota referred to therein is included in the quan- tity of 22 400 head; Whereas, with a view to preventing speculation, the quan- tity available should be made available for operators able to show that they are carrying out a genuine activity involving trade in a significant number of animals with countries which are considered to be third countries on 31 December 1994 ; whereas in consideration of this and in order to ensure efficient management, a minimum of 50 animals should be required to have been exported or imported during 1994 by the operators concerned; whereas a batch of 50 animals in principle constitutes a normal load and whereas experience has shown that the sale or purchase of a single batch is a minimum require- ment for a transaction to be considered real and viable ; Whereas, while recalling the provisions of the Agree- ments intended to guarantee product origin, the quotas in question should be managed using import licences; whereas to this end rules should be set on submission of applications and the information to be given on applica- tions and licences, by way of derogation from certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95(), and 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (*); whereas it OJ No L 225, 22. 9. 1995, p. 16. 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