L 320/44 Official Journal of the European Union 8.12.2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1999/2005 of 7 December 2005 fixing the quantities for which applications for import licences can be lodged in respect of the period from 1 January to 30 June 2006 under the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for Bulgaria and Romania THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Council Decisions 2003/286EC and 2003/18EC for Bulgaria, Romania (!), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1271/2005 of 1 August 2005 determining the percentage of quantities which may be allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged in July 2005 under tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for Bulgaria and Romania () lays down the conditions under which applications for import licences lodged for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2005 can be accepted. (2)  Licence applications have been lodged for smaller quan- tities of beef and veal products originating in Bulgaria and Romania that can be imported under special terms in the period from 1 July to 31 December 2005, as provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regu- lation (EC) No 1279/98, than the quantities actually available. In accordance with the second paragraph of that Article, therefore, the quantities left over from that period should be added to the quantities available for the following period for Bulgaria and Romania. (3)  The quantities of beef and veal products originating in Bulgaria and Romania that can be imported under special terms in the period from 1 January to 30 June 2006 must be established in the light of the available quantities left over from the preceding period, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The quantities for which applications for import licences can be lodged in respect of the period from 1 January to 30 June 2006 under the tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for by Regu- lation (EC) No 1279/98 shall be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation, by country of origin and quota serial number. Atrticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December 2005. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 December 2005. () OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1240/2005 (O] L 200, 30.7.2005, p. 34). (3 OJ L 201, 2.8.2005, p. 39. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRIGUEZ Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development