31988R0796

t No L 81 /42 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 3 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 796/88 of 25 March 1988 determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 1988 for the issue of import licences in respect of frozen beef intended for processing may be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, appropriate, for the system referred to in Article 14(1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, to reduce proportionally Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the quantities applied for, Economic Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market Article 1 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87 (2), and in particular Article 14 (4) (a) thereof, 1 . Every application for an import licence lodged in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1136/79 for the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 450/88 (3) quarter beginning 1 January 1988 shall be granted to the fixed the quantity of frozen beef intended for processing following extent, expressed as bone-in beef : which may be imported under special terms in the first (a) 2,407 % of the quantity requested for beef imports quarter of 1988 ; intended for the manufacture of 'preserves' as defined by Article 2(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1136/79 ; Whereas Article 15 (6) (a) of Commission Regulation (b) 32,146 % of the quantity requested for beef imports (EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation intended for the manufacture of 'preserves' as defined (EEC) No 3988/87 0, lays down that the quantities by Article 2(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1136/79. applied for may be reduced ; whereas the applications lodged in conformity with the conditions of Commission 2. In conformity with Article 15(3) of Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 11 36/79 (*), as last amended by (EEC) No 2377/80, all applications from any one appli­ Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87, relate to total quantities cant shall be regarded as a single application. which by far exceed the quantities available in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 450/88, whereas, Article 2 under these circumstances and taking care to ensure an equitable distribution of the available quantities, it is This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 1988.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1988. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 0 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7. 0 OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1988, p. 8. 0 OJ No L 241 , 13. 9. 1980, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 « OJ No L 141 , 9. 6. 1979, p. 10.