28. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 338/53 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3241/94 of 21 December 1994 laying down for the first half of 1995 detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 for high-quality beef THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administra- tion of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues ('), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opened a tariff quota for 18 000 tonnes of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 and for products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 ; whereas the rules for the application of those arrangements must be established ; Whereas pursuant to the agreement reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, which are due to apply from 1 July 1995, it is intended to maintain that quota under the minimum access arrangements; whereas, therefore, at this stage, the quota should only be opened for the first half of 1995 and for the relevant quantity for that period of the year, to wit 50 % of the 18 000 tonnes available for 1995 ; whereas the remaining quota will be opened after the entry into force and on the basis of the provisions concerning the implementation of the abovementioned agreements ; whereas as the period of application of the abovementioned arrangements is limited to the first half year the actual period for importa- tion is reduced; whereas as a transitional measure the latter period should therefore be extended by one month ; Whereas the exporting non-member countries have undertaken to issue certificates of authenticity guaran- teeing 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 (3, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1084/94 (%), a licence is required for all imports into the Community of beef and veal products; () OJ No L 91, 8. 4. 1994, p. 1. @ OJ No L 241, 13. 9. 1980, p. S. () OJ No L 120, 11. 5. 1994, p. 30. Whereas in order to ensure that the importing of these meats is managed efficiently it is appropriate to provide that the issuing of import licences shall be subject to veri- fication in particular of the entries on the certificates of authenticity ; 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 For the first half of 1995, half of the special tariff quota for fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 774/94, to wit 9 000 tonnes, shall be allocated as follows : (a) 5500 tonnes of chilled boned 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) 1000 tonnes of boned meat, falling within CN codes 0201 30, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and answering the following definition : ‘Special or good-quality beef cuts obtained from exclu- sively pasture-grazed animals presenting a slaughter liveweight not exceeding 460 kilograms, referred to as “special boxed beef”. These cuts may bear the letters “sc” (special cuts) ; (c) 2500 tonnes product weight of boned meat falling within CN codes 0201 30, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and answering the following definition :