4.The Commission adopted detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation No 425/77 in Commission Regulations Nos 585/77 and 597/77 of 18 March 1977, the first on the system of import and export licences for beef and veal (Official Journal 1977 L 75, p. 5); the second laying down detailed rules for the application of special import arrangements for certain types of frozen beef intended for processing (Official Journal 1977 L 76, p. 1); those regulations were themselves subsequently amended and completed by Commission Regulation No 1384/77 of 27 June 1977 (Official Journal L 157, p. 16) and Commission Regulation No 2901/77 of 22 December 1977 (Official Journal L 338, p. 9) [They were subsequently replaced by Commission Regulations (EEC) Nos 571/78 and 572/78 of 21 March 1978 (Official Journal 1978 L 78, p. 10 and p. 17)].Those provisions stipulate that in order to qualify for total suspension of the levy the application for a licence or licences lodged by any one applicant must relate to a quantity corresponding to not less than five tonnes of bone-in meat and not more than 10% of the quantity fixed by the Commission, pursuant to the new Article 14 of Regulation No 805/68 for the quarter during which the application for a licence or licences is lodged (Article 3 or Regulation No 1384/77).Moreover, applications for licences shall be considered only if they are made by a natural or legal person who for at least 12 months has been carrying on business in the meat and livestock sector and is officially registered in a Member State (Article 1 of Regulation No 2901/77).
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.