31998R0668

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 668/98 of 25 March 1998 providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 of 4 June 1997 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998) (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/98 (2), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 provides for the opening of a tariff quota for 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998; whereas Article 6 of that Regulation provides for the reallocation of unused import rights on the basis of the actual utilisation of import rights for A-products and B-products respectively by the end of February 1998,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The quantities referred to in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 amount to 29 322 tonnes.

2. The breakdown referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1006/97 shall be as follows:

- 29 000 tonnes intended for A-products,

- 322 tonnes intended for B-products.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 10.

(2) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.