L2/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.1.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 8/2000 of 28 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application in the year 2000 of the arrangements applicable to imports laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 as regards certain beef and veal products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 of 17 December 1999 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia ('), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (%), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 opens for the year 2000 a tariff quota in the beef sector of 10 900 tonnes expressed in carcase weight. Detailed rules for the application of that quota must be laid down. (2)  Pursuant to Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2000, imports under that quota are subject to the presentation of an authenticity certificate attesting that the goods are originating goods from the issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the defini- tion in Annex F to the aforementioned Regulation. It is necessary to establish a model for those certificates and lay down detailed rules for their use. (3)  The arrangements should be managed through the use of import licences. To this end rules should be laid down on submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products (?), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (%, and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of applica- tion for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 264898 (9). (4)  In order to ensure proper management of the imports of the products in question, provision should be made for L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 81. L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48. L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39. import licences to be issued subject to verification, in particular of entries on certificates of authenticity. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 2000: — 9400 tonnes of ‘baby beef, expressed in carcase weight, originating in and coming from Croatia, — 1500 tonnes of ‘baby beef, expressed in carcase weight, originating in and coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The two quotas referred to in the first subparagraph shall bear the serial numbers 09.4503 and 09.4504 respectively. For the purposes af attributing the said quotas, 100 kilograms live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcase weight. 2. The customs duty applicable under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 % of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff. 3. Importation under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat falling within CN codes: — ex 01029051, ex 01029059, ex 01029071 and ex 01029079, — ex 0201 10 00 and ex 0201 20 20, — ex 0201 20 30, — ex 0201 20 50, referred to in Annex F to Regulation (EC) No 6/2000. Article 2 Imports of the quantities set out in Article 1 shall be subject to presentation, on release for free circulation, of an import licence issued in accordance with the following provisions: (a) Section 8 of the licence applications and of the licences themselves must show the country of origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated;