Commission Regulation (EC) No 182/2005 of 2 February 2005 determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of the quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004, can be accepted

of 2 February 2005

determining the extent to which applications for import rights lodged in respect of the quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland, provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004, can be accepted

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal ¹ ,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004 of 14 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1922/2004 ² , and in particular in the first sentence of Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004 fixes at 4 600 head the quantity of the quota in respect of which Community importers can lodge an application for import rights in accordance with Article 3 of that Regulation.

(2) Since the import rights applied for exceed the available quantity referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004, a unique reduction coefficient should be fixed for quantities tendered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each application for import rights lodged in accordance with Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2124/2004 shall be accepted at a rate of 13,10541 % of the import rights applied for.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 February 2005.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 February 2005. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

¹ OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 ( OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1 ).

² OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 3 .

Footnotes

1. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (). ↩ ↩²

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