31988R3231

No L 288 /22 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 10 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3231 /88

of 20 October 1988

on the issue of import licences for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and

veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, beef and veal originating in and imported from the

United States of America and Canada which may be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European imported on special terms in 1988 at 10 000 tonnes ; Economic Community,

Whereas Article 15 (6) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 233/88 of 2377/80 lays down that the quantities applied for may be 25 January 1988 opening a Community tariff quota for reduced ; whereas the applications lodged relate to total high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef and veal falling quantities which exceed the quantities available ; whereas, within heading Nos 0201 and 0202 of the combined under these circumstances and taking care to ensure an nomenclature ( 1988) and for products falling within equitable distribution of the available quantities, it is subheadings 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 thereof ('), and in appropriate to reduce proportionally the quantities particular Article 2 thereof, applied for, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 409/88 of 12 February 1988 laying down detailed rules for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

application of import arrangements provided for by Regulations (EEC) No 232/88 and (EEC) No 233/88 in Article 1 the beef and veal sector (2), provides in Article 7, that applications for and the issue of import licences for the All applications for import licences in respect of the meat referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) thereof are to be fourth quarter of 1988 for high-quality fresh, chilled or effected in accordance with the provisions of Articles 12 frozen beef and veal as referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of and 15 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 of 4 Regulation (EEC) No 409/88 are hereby met to the extent September 1980 on special detailed rules for the of 0,0564 % of the quantity requested. application of the system of import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (3), as last amended by Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 3182/88 (4) ;

Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 409/88 This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October fixes the amount of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen 1988 .

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

States .

Done at Brussels, 20 October 1988 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 24, 29 . 1 . 1988, p. 3. 0 OJ No L 40, 13 . 2. 1988, p. 17. 0 OJ No L 241 , 13 . 9 . 1980, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 283, 18 . 10. 1988 , p. 13.