24.12.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 333/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2768/1999 of 22 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the tariff quota for imports of beef and veal provided for in the Europe Agreement with Slovenia THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1569/1999 of 12 July 1999 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part (!), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas: (1)  the Europe Agreement with Slovenia (?), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, as amended by the Protocol of 11 November 1996 (), provides for the opening of a reduced tariff quota for beef and veal for 2000. Detailed rules for the application of this quota should therefore be laid down; (2)  to ensure orderly importation of the quantities laid down, they should be staggered; (3)  the arrangements should be managed using import licences. To that end rules should be laid down on the submission of applications and the information to be given on applications and licences, where appropriate, by derogating from or supplementing 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regula- tion (EEC) No 2377/80 (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2648/98 (7). Provision should also be made to issue these licences after a period of consideration and subject to a uniform percentage reduction, where applic- able; (4)  in view of the risk of speculation inherent in these arrangements for beef and veal, clear conditions should be laid down as regards access by operators. Verification of the above conditions requires that applications be 187, 20.7.1999, p. 1. 51, 26.2.1999, p. 3. 51, 26.2.1999, p. 208. 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1. 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48. 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39. STS B LLoLeene e 3 Slelrlslewe submitted in the Member State in which the importer is recorded in the VAT register; (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. From 1 January to 31 December 2000 the following quantities may be imported under the tariff quota opened by the Europe Agreement with Slovenia: 9 100 tonnes of fresh or chilled beef and veal falling within CN codes ex 0201 10 00 (carcasses), 02012020, 02012030, 02012050 and 0201 30 00, originating in Slovenia. The quota shall bear the serial number 09.4082. 2. For the meat referred to in paragraph 1, the ad valorem customs duty and the specific customs duties laid down in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 %. 3. The quantity referred to in paragraph 1 shall be staggered over the year as follows: — 4550 tonnes between 1 January and 30 June 2000, — 4550 tonnes between 1 July and 31 December 2000. 4. If, during 2000, the quantity for which licence applica- tions are submitted for the first period specified in paragraph 3 is less than the quantity available, the remaining quantity shall be added to the quantity available for the following period. Article 2 1. To benefit from the import arrangements: (a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who, when submitting the application, can prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member State concerned that they have been active in trade in beef and veal with third countries at least once during the previous 12 months; applicants must be listed in a national VAT register; (b) licence applications may be submitted only in the Member State in which the applicant is registered; (c) the licence application must be for a minimum quantity of 15 tonnes of product, without exceeding the quantity avail- able;