Commission Regulation (EC) No 688/2000 of 31 March 2000 providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 for bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds
1. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 81/37 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 688/2000 of 31 March 2000 providing for a further allocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 for bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 of 26 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1012/98 and amending Regula- tion (EC) No 1143/98 (1), and in particular Article 9(3) thereof, Whereas: Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 provides for the opening, for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, of two tariff quotas each of 5 000 head or bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds. Article 9 of that Regulation provides for a further allocation, for both quotas, of quantities not covered by import licence applications at 15 March 2000, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The quantities referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 shall be: — 66 head for serial number 09. 0001, — 80 head for serial number 09. 0003. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 131, 27. 5. 1999, p. 15