# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1474/2005

of 9 September 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 1218/2005, 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 1218/2005 of 28 July 2005 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 1182/2005 [^2] , and in particular in the first sentence of Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1218/2005 fixes at 2 300 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 1218/2005, 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 1218/2005 shall be accepted at a rate of 74,074 % of the import rights applied for.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 September 2005.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 September 2005. *For the Commission* J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 ( [OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_270_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 199, 29.7.2005, p. 39](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_199_R_TOC) .

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