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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1395/2001 of 9 July 2001 on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

Official Journal L 187 , 10/07/2001 P. 0037 - 0037


Commission Regulation (EC) No 1395/2001

of 9 July 2001

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 134/1999(2),

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 936/97 provides in Articles 4 and 5 the conditions for applications and for the issue of import licences for meat referred to in Article 2(f).

(2) Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal originating in and imported from the United States of America and Canada which may be imported on special terms for the period 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002 at 11500 t.

(3) It should be recalled that licences issued pursuant to this Regulation will, throughout the period of validity, be open for use only in so far as provisions on health protection in force permit,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. All applications for import licences from 1 to 5 July 2001 for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 shall be granted in full.

2. Applications for licences may be submitted, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, during the first five days of August 2001 for 1806,667 t.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.

(2) OJ L 17, 22.1.1999, p. 22.