Commission Regulation (EC) No 1376/1999 of 25 June 1999 determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 1999 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted
L 162/56 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 6. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1376/1999 of 25 June 1999 determining the extent to which applications lodged in June 1999 for import rights in respect of frozen beef intended for processing 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 1054/ 1999 of 21 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000) (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3(3) thereof, Whereas Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1054/1999 fixes the quantities of frozen beef intended for processing which may be imported under special terms in the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000; Whereas Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1054/1999 lays down that the quantities applied for may be reduced; whereas the applications lodged relate to total quantities which exceed the quantities available; whereas, under these circumstances and taking care to ensure an equit- able distribution of the available quantities, it is appro- priate to reduce proportionally the quantities applied for, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Every application for import rights lodged in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1054/1999 for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 shall be granted to the following extent, expressed as bone-in beef: a) 0,6297 % of the quantity requested for beef imports intended for the manufacture of ‘preserves' as defined by Article 1(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1054/1999; b) 12,369 % of the quantity requested for beef imports intended for the manufacture of products as defined by Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1054/1999. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 June 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 June 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 129, 22. 5. 1999, p. 8