COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/95 of 6 March 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3243/94 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 3071/94 and (EC) No 3073/94 for high-quality beef and frozen buffalo meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 of 22 December 1994 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 provides for the opening of a tariff quota of 200 tonnes of high-quality beef; whereas it is necessary to adopt the detailed rules for applying that quota; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3243/94 (2) establishes for the first half of 1995 the detailed rules for applying the import arrangements for high-quality beef; whereas the same provisions should be applied to the new tariff quota of 200 tonnes;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EC) No 3243/94 '5 000 tonnes' is replaced by '5 200 tonnes'.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1995.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 March 1995.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 366, 31. 12. 1994, p. 3.

(2) OJ No L 338, 28. 12. 1994, p. 62.