L 131/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.6.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1174/2000 of 31 May 2000 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001) and amending certain other regulations in the beef sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 12541999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (%), and in particular Article 1(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Pursuant to Schedule CXL, the Community has under- taken to open an annual import tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing. The rules of application for the quota year 2000 to 2001 starting 1 July 2000 must be established. (2)  The import of frozen beef under the tariff quota shall qualify for the total suspension of the specific rate of customs duty where the meat is intended for the manu- facture of preserved food, which does not contain char- acteristic components other than beef and jelly. Where the meat is intended for other processed products containing beef the import shall qualify for a 55 % suspension of the autonomous specific rate of customs duty. The breakdown of the tariff quota into each of the arrangements referred to should be made taking into account the experience gained in respect of similar imports in the past. (3)  So as to avoid speculation, access to the quota should be allowed only to active processors carrying out processing in a processing establishment approved in accordance with Article 8 of Council Directive 77/ 99/EEC (%), as last amended by Directive 97/76/EC (¥). (4)  Imports into the Community under the present tariff quota are subject to presentation of an import licence. Licences may be issued following allocations of imports 1 () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. () O] L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1. () O] L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85. ( O] L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25. rights on the basis of applications from eligible proces- sors. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation 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 agri- cultural 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 2648/98 (%), shall apply to import licences issued under this Regulation. (5)  In order to prevent speculation, import licences should be issued to traders solely for the quantities for which they have been allocated import rights. This same prin- ciple should be applied in the beef sector with regard to other import arrangements being based on import rights. Consequently, the following Regulations should be amended: — Commission Regulation (EC) No 1143/98 of 2 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for a tariff quota for cows and heifers, other than for slaughter, of speci- fied mountain breeds originating in various third countries (°). — Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 of 26 May 1999 opening and providing for the administra- tion of tariff quota for imports of bulls, cows and heifers, other than for slaughter, of certain Alpine and mountain breeds (\°). — Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 of 28 May 1999 laying down detailed rules of application for a tariff quota for calves weighing not more than 80 kilograms originating in certain third coun- tries (11). — Commission Regulation (EC) No 1247/1999 of 16 June 1999 laying down detailed rules for the applica- tion of a tariff quota for live bovine animals weighing form 80 to 300 kilograms and originating in certain third countries ('?). — 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 (*3). 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1. o] L 0] L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48. O] L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. 0] L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39. 0] L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 14. L 131, 27.5.1999, p. 15. L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 50. L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 18. L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 24.