L 326/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 18.12.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2684/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2000 of the arrangements applicable to imports of beef and veal provided for in the Cooperation Agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9 January 1998 on certain procedures for applying the Coopera- tion Agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 15(2) of the Cooperation Agreement with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (3 provides for a tariff quota for 2000 of 1 650 tonnes of products listed in Annex E to the Agreement, expressed in carcase weight. The detailed rules of application for that quota should be adopted; (2)  in order to ensure flexible management of the quota, applications should be managed using a system of import rights. Provision should also be made to allocate these import rights after a period of consideration and subject to a single percentage reduction, where applic- able. On the basis of the rights allocated, importers may apply for import licences throughout 2000 under 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 264898 (%), subject to certain additional provisions; (3)  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 rquires that applications be submitted in the Member State in which the importer is recorded in the VAT register; (4)  in order to ensure close control of the origin of the products, it should be laid down that either a EUR 1 movement certificate or an invoice declaration in accordance with Protocol 2 to the Cooperation Agree- ment must be presented; () O L 8, 14.1.1998, p. 1. () O] L 348, 18.12.1997, p. 2. () O] L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1. (% O] L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48. () O] L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. (9 O] L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39. (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. A tariff quota of 1 650 tonnes of certain beef and veal products, expressed in carcase weight, originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is hereby opened for the period 1 January to 31 December 2000. The quota shall bear the serial number 09.4505. 2. Import under the quota 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, — ex 0201 20 20, — ex 0201 20 30, — ex 0201 20 50, referred to in Annex E to the Cooperation Agreement. 3. For the purposes of attributing the quota, 100 kilograms live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcase weight. 4. The ad valorem customs duty and the specific amounts of customs duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 % for products imported under the quota. Article 2 In order to import under the arrangements referred to in Article 1, applicants for import rights must be natural or legal persons who, at the time of submission of applications, 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 and/or live animals of the bovine species with third countries at least once during the previous 12 months; applicants must be entered in a national VAT register. Article 3 1. The application for import rights may only be presented in the Member State in which the applicant is registered within the meaning of Article 2.