2007R0979 — EN — 25.12.2007 — 001.001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 979/2007

of 21 August 2007

opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in Canada







THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat ( 1 ), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) The Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 Negotiations ( 2 ), approved by Council Decision 2007/444/EC ( 3 ), provides for the incorporation of a country allocated (Canada) import tariff rate quota of 4 624 tonnes of pigmeat. (2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement is 1 August 2007; the date of opening of the tariff rate quota for the first quota year and the respective quantity should be specified. (3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products ( 4 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences ( 5 ) should apply, save as otherwise provided in this Regulation. (4) In order to ensure regular imports, the quantities of products covered by the import tariff quota should be spread out over four subperiods within the period from 1 July to 30 June. For the quota year 2007/2008, the tariff quota shall be spread over three subperiods. In any case, Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 limits the period of validity of licences to the last day of the import tariff quota period. (5) The administration of the tariff quota should be based on import licences. To that end, detailed rules should be laid down for the submission of import licence applications and the information which must appear in these applications and import licences. (6) In the interest of the operators it should be provided that the Commission determines the quantities not applied for that will be added to the next subperiod. (7) The release into free circulation of the products imported under the quota opened by this Regulation should be subject to the presentation of a certificate of origin issued by the Canadian authorities in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code ( 6 ). (8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







Article 1

1. An import tariff quota for pigmeat as set out in the Agreement between the European Community and Canada, approved by Decision 2007/444/EC, is hereby opened.

The import tariff quota shall be opened annually for the period from 1 July to 30 June.

The order number of the quota shall be 09.4204.

2. The total annual quantity of products benefiting from the quota referred to in paragraph 1 and the rate of customs duty are set out in Annex I hereto.

3. For the quota year 2007/2008 the import tariff quota shall be opened for the period from 1 October 2007 to 30 June 2008.

The total annual quantity as set out in Annex I shall be available for this period.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

Article 3

1. The annual quantity in the import tariff quota period shall be divided as follows into four subperiods:

(a) 25 % in the period from 1 July to 30 September;

(b) 25 % in the period from 1 October to 31 December;

(c) 25 % in the period from 1 January to 31 March;

(d) 25 % in the period from 1 April to 30 June.

2. For the quota year 2007/2008 the import tariff quota shall be divided as follows into three subperiods:

(a) 50 % in the period from 1 October to 31 December 2007;

(b) 25 % in the period from 1 January to 31 March 2008;

(c) 25 % in the period from 1 April to 30 June 2008.

Article 4

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1. For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, import licence applicants shall, when submitting their first application for a given annual quota period, furnish proof that they imported or exported, during each of the two periods referred to in that Article, at least 50 tonnes of products covered by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.

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2. Import licence applications shall contain the order number, and may relate to several products covered by different CN codes and originating in Canada. In such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicated in box 16 and their descriptions in box 15.

An import licence application shall cover at least 20 tonnes of product weight and may not cover more than 20 % of the available quantity for each import tariff quota subperiod.

3. Import licences shall give rise to an obligation to import from the specified country.

4. Import licence applications and import licences shall contain the following:

(a) in box 8, the country of origin and the mention ‘yes’ marked by a cross;

(b) in box 20, one of the references set out in Part A of Annex II.

5. Box 24 of the import licence shall contain one of the entries set out in Part B of Annex II.

Article 5

1. Import licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of the month preceding each subperiod.

2. A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms of product weight shall be lodged together with the import licence application.

3. The Member States shall notify the Commission, by the third working day following the end of the period for submission of applications, of the total quantities, in kilograms, applied for.

4. Import licences shall be issued not earlier that the seventh and not later than the eleventh working day following the end of the period for notification provided for in paragraph 3.

5. The Commission shall determine, if necessary, the quantities not applied for which shall be automatically added to the quantity fixed for the next subperiod.

Article 6

1. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 the Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the first month of each subperiod, the total quantities in kilograms covered by import licences issued as referred to in Article 11(1)(b) of that Regulation.

2. The Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the fourth month following each annual period, of the quantities in kilograms actually put into free circulation under this Regulation in the period concerned.

3. By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 the Member States shall notify the Commission, on the first occasion together with the notification of the quantities applied for the last sub-period, and on the second occasion before the end of the fourth month following each annual period of the unused quantities in kilograms as referred to in Article 11(1)(c) of that Regulation.

Article 7

1. By way of derogation from Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 import licences shall be valid for 150 days from the first day of the subperiod for which they were issued.

2. By way of derogation from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, the rights deriving from import licences may be transferred only to transferees satisfying the eligibility conditions laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and in Article 4 of this Regulation.

Article 8

The release into free circulation of the products under quota referred to in Article 1 is subject to the presentation of a certificate of origin issued by the competent authorities of Canada in accordance with Articles 55 to 65 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 9

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

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









ANNEX I

Products referred to in Article 1(2):







Order No CN codes Product description Applicable duty Total quantity in tonnes product weight 09.4204 0203 12 11 Cuts of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, boned and with bone in, excluding tenderloin presented alone 389 EUR/t 4 624 0203 12 19 300 EUR/t 0203 19 11 300 EUR/t 0203 19 13 434 EUR/t 0203 19 15 233 EUR/t ex020319 55 434 EUR/t 0203 19 59 434 EUR/t 0203 22 11 389 EUR/t 0203 22 19 300 EUR/t 0203 29 11 300 EUR/t 0203 29 13 434 EUR/t 0203 29 15 233 EUR/t ex020329 55 434 EUR/t 0203 29 59 434 EUR/t









ANNEX II

PART A

Entries referred to in Article 4(4b):

in Bulgarian : Регламент (ЕО) № 979/2007

in Spanish : Reglamento (CE) no 979/2007

in Czech : Nařízení (ES) č. 979/2007

in Danish : Forordning (EF) nr. 979/2007

in German : Verordnung (EG) Nr. 979/2007

in Estonian : Määrus (EÜ) nr 979/2007

in Greek : Kανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 979/2007

in English : Regulation (EC) No 979/2007

in French : Règlement (CE) no 979/2007

in Italian : Regolamento (CE) n. 979/2007

in Latvian : Regula (EK) Nr. 979/2007

in Lithuanian : Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 979/2007

in Hungarian : A 979/2007/EK rendelet

in Maltese : Regolament (KE) Nru 979/2007

in Dutch : Verordening (EG) nr. 979/2007

in Polish : Rozporządzenie (WE) nr 979/2007

in Portuguese : Regulamento (CE) n.o 979/2007

in Romanian : Regulamentul (CE) nr. 979/2007

in Slovak : Nariadenie (ES) č. 979/2007

in Slovenian : Uredba (ES) št. 979/2007

in Finnish : Asetus (EY) N:o 979/2007

in Swedish : Förordning (EG) nr 979/2007

PART B

Entries referred to in Article 4(5):

in Bulgarian : Мита по ОМТ, намалени съгласно Регламент (ЕО) № 979/2007

in Spanish : Reducción de los derechos del AAC en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 979/2007

in Czech : SCS cla snížená podle nařízení (ES) č. 979/2007

in Danish : FTT-toldsats nedsat i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 979/2007

in German : Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes nach dem GZT gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 979/2007

in Estonian : Ühise tollitariifistiku tollimakse vähendatakse vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 979/2007

in Greek : Μειωμένος δασμός του κοινού δασμολογίου, όπως προβλέπει ο κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 979/2007

in English : CCT duties reduced as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 979/2007

in French : Droits du TDC réduits conformément au règlement (CE) no 979/2007

in Italian : Dazi TDC ridotti secondo quanto previsto dal regolamento (CE) n. 979/2007

in Latvian : KMT nodoklis samazināts, kā noteikts Regulā (EK) Nr. 979/2007

in Lithuanian : BMT muitai sumažinti, kaip numatyta Reglamente (EB) Nr. 979/2007

in Hungarian : A közös vámtarifában meghatározott vámtételek csökkentése a 979/2007/EK rendeletnek megfelelően

in Maltese : Dazji TDK imnaqqsa kif previst fir-Regolament (KE) Nru 979/2007

in Dutch : Invoer met verlaagd GDT-douanerecht overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 979/2007

in Polish : Cła pobierane na podstawie WTC obniżone jak przewidziano w rozporządzeniu (WE) nr 979/2007

in Portuguese : Direitos PAC reduzidos em conformidade com o Regulamento (CE) n.o 979/2007

in Romanian : Drepturile TVC se reduc conform prevederilor Regulamentului (CE) nr. 979/2007

in Slovak : clo SCS znížené podľa ustanovení nariadenia (ES) č. 979/2007

in Slovenian : carine SCT, znižane, kakor določa Uredba (ES) št. 979/2007

in Finnish : Yhteisen tullitariffin mukaiset tullit alennettu asetuksen (EY) N:o 979/2007 mukaisesti

in Swedish : Tullar enligt Gemensamma tulltaxan skall nedsättas i enlighet med förordning (EG) nr 979/2007.