1.   A tariff quota totalling 53 000 tonnes expressed in weight of boneless meat is hereby opened for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 for the period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

The order number of the tariff quota shall be 09.4003.

2.   The Common Customs Tariff duty applicable to the quota provided for in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % ad valorem.

1.   A Community operator may apply for import rights on the basis of a reference quantity which shall be the quantities of beef falling under CN codes 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95 or 0206 29 91 imported by him/her or on his behalf under the relevant customs provisions, between 1 May 2004 and 30 April 2005.

2.   A company formed by the merger of companies each having reference imports may use those reference imports as basis for its application.

3.   Proof of imports referred to in paragraph 1 shall accompany the application for import rights and shall be provided by means of a duly endorsed copy for the consignee of the customs declaration for release for free circulation.

1.   No later than 13.00, Brussels time, on the second Friday following the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, applications for import rights shall reach the competent authority in the Member State where the applicant is entered in the national VAT register.

All quantities presented as reference quantity, in application of Article 3, shall constitute the import rights applied for.

2.   After verifying the documents submitted, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission no later than the fifth Friday following the date of the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union, a list of applicants for import rights under the quota provided for in Article 1(1), including in particular their names and addresses and the quantities of eligible meat imported during the reference period concerned.

3.   Communications of the information referred to in paragraph 2, including nil returns, shall be sent by fax or e-mail using the form in Annex I.

1.   In order to be admissible, the application for import rights must be accompanied by a security of EUR 6 per 100 kilograms boneless equivalent.

2.   Where application of the reduction coefficient referred to in Article 5 causes fewer import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the security lodged shall be released proportionally without delay.

3.   The application for one or several import licences totalling the import rights allocated shall constitute a primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.

1.   Imports of the quantities allocated shall be subject to presentation of one or more import licences.

2.   Licence applications may be lodged solely in the Member State where the applicant has obtained import rights under the quota provided for in Article 1(1).

Each issuing of import licence shall result in a corresponding reduction of the import rights obtained.

3.   Licence applications and licences shall contain:

1.   Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply, save where otherwise provided in this Regulation.

2.   Pursuant to Article 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the full Common Customs Tariff duty applicable on the date of acceptance of the customs declaration for free circulation shall be collected in respect of all quantities imported in excess of those shown on the import licence.

3.   No import licence shall be valid after 30 June 2006.