Commission Regulation (EC) No 138/2000 of 20 January 2000 determining to what extent applications for import rights lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2684/1999 can be met as regards the tariff quota for certain beef and veal sector products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
21. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 16/67 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 138/2000 of 20 January 2000 determining to what extent applications for import rights lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2684/1999 can be met as regards the tariff quota for certain beef and veal sector products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2684/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the arrangements applicable to imports laid down in the Cooperation Agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as regards certain beef and veal products (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2684/1999 fixes the quantity of certain beef and veal products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia that can be imported under special terms in 2000; Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2684/1999 stipulates that the quantities applied for may be reduced; whereas the quantities applied for exceed the quantities available; under the circumstances and with a view to ensuring an equitable shareout of the available quantities, the quant- ities applied for should be reduced on a proportional basis, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 All applications for import rights lodged pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2684/1999 shall be met to the extent of 0,22356 % of the quantity applied for. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 January 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 January 2000. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 326, 18. 12. 1999, p. 24