Commission Regulation (EC) No 1717/1999 of 30 July 1999 determining the extent to which import rights applications submitted in July 1999 under the tariff quotas for beef provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999 for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania may be accepted
L 201/74 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 7. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1717/1999 of 30 July 1999 determining the extent to which import rights applications submitted in July 1999 under the tariff quotas for beef provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999 for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania may be accepted THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999 of 17 June 1999 laying down, for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, detailed rules of application for the tariff quotas for beef originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (1), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof, (1) Whereas Article 1(1) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No fresh, chilled and 1272/1999 fixes the quantities of frozen beef and veal originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and of processed products originating in Latvia which may be imported on special terms during the period 1 July to 31 December 1999; whereas no applications were submitted for import licences for beef and veal or processed products; (2) Whereas Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999 states that if, during the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, the quantities for which applications for import licences are submitted for the first period are less than the quantities available, the balances are to be added to the quantities following period; for whereas, in view of the quantities remaining in respect available the of the first period, the quantities available for the three countries concerned for the second period running from 1 January to 30 June 2000 should be determined, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. No applications for import rights were submitted for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1999 under the import quotas referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/ 1999. 2. The quantities available for the period referred to in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/1999 running from 1 January to 30 June 2000 shall be: — 1 800 tonnes for meat falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202 originating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, — 240 tonnes for products falling within CN code 1602 50 10 originating in Latvia. This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 July 1999. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 July 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 151, 18. 6. 1999, p. 7