18.6.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 151/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1272/1999 of 17 June 1999 laying down, for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, detailed rules of applica- tion for the tariff quotas for beef originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of 7 October 1996 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an auto- nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the agreements on free trade and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lithu- ania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, (1)  Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 provides for the opening of certain annual tariff quotas for products made from beef and veal; whereas imports under those quotas, benefit from an 80 % reduc- tion in the customs duties set out in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT); whereas detailed rules of application for these quotas should be laid down for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000; (2) Whereas to ensure orderly importation of the quantities laid down for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, they should be staggered over the year of import; (3)  Whereas, 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 traders; whereas verification of the abovementioned conditions requires that applications be submitted in the Member State in which the importer is entered in the value-added tax register; (4 Whereas provision should be made for import rights to be allocated after a period for considera- tion and, where necessary, the application of a single percentage reduction; (5)  Whereas, while the provisions of the abovemen- tioned agreements intended to guarantee the origin of the product should be complied with, the () OJ L 254, 8.10.1996, p. 1. administration of the arrangements should be based on import licences; whereas, to that end, detailed rules should be laid down on, in particular, the submission of applications and the information which must appear in applications and licences, if necessary by way of derogation from, or by supple- menting, certain provisions of Commission Regula- tion (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 agricul- tural products (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (}), and Commission Regula- tion (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 Regula- tion (EC) No 2648/98 (°); (6)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. During the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000, the following may be imported in accordance with this Regu- lation: — 1 800 tonnes of fresh, refrigerated or frozen beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202, origin- ating in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The serial number of the quota shall be 09.4561, — 240 tonnes of products falling within CN code 1602 50 10, originating in Latvia. The serial number of the quota shall be 09.4562. 2. The rates of customs duty fixed in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) shall be reduced by 80 % for the quantities indicated in paragraph 1. 3. The quantities indicated in paragraph 1 may be imported as follows: — 50 % in the period 1 July to 31 December 1999, — 50 % in the period 1 January to 30 June 2000. L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1. L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48. () OJ () OJ () OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. () OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.