32003R1285

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2003

of 17 July 2003

determining to what extent applications for import rights for calves not exceeding 80 kilograms lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 can be met

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 of 28 May 1999 laying down detailed rules of application for a tariff quota for calves weighing not more than 80 kilograms originating in certain third countries(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1144/2003(2), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 provides for the quantities reserved for traditional importers to be allocated in proportion to their imports during the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2003.

(2) Allocation of the quantities available to operators covered by Article 2(3)(b) of that Regulation is to be made in proportion to the quantities applied for. Since the quantities applied for exceed the quantities available, a fixed percentage reduction should be set,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Every application for an import right for live animals of the bovine species not exceeding 80 kilograms shall be granted to the following extent:

(a) 25,0150 % of the quantities imported within the meaning of Article 2(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999;

(b) 0,8525 % of the quantities applied for within the meaning of Article 2(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. Silva Rodríguez

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 50.

(2) OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 45.