Commission Regulation (EC) No 1046/2003

of 18 June 2003

determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of subquota I for frozen meat of bovine animals, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 780/2003, can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 780/2003 of 7 May 2003 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004)(1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 780/2003 fixes at 18550 tonnes the quantity of subquota I in respect of which Community importers can lodge an application for import rights based on imports under Commission Regulations (EC) No 995/1999(2), (EC) No 980/2000(3) and (EC) No 1080/2001(4). As the import rights applied for exceed the available quantity referred to in Article 2, a reduction coefficient should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 780/2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each application for import rights lodged in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 780/2003 shall be accepted at a rate of 12,1696 % of the import rights applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 June 2003.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. Silva Rodríguez

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 114, 8.5.2003, p. 8.

(2) OJ L 122, 12.5.1999, p. 3.

(3) OJ L 113, 12.5.2000, p. 27.

(4) OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 11.