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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 
of 27 December 2006 
opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 fo r sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat  
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the 
common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 1, and in particular Article 16 
(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Community tariff quotas for sheepmeat a nd goatmeat should be opened for 2007. The 
duties and quantities referred to in Regula tion (EC) No 2529/2001 should be fixed in 
accordance with the respective international ag reements in force during the year 2007.  
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 of 18 February 2003 implementing for the 
Community the tariff provisions laid dow n in the Agreement establishing an 
association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, 
and the Republic of Chile, of the other part 2 has provided for an additional bilateral 
tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes with a 10 % annual increase of the original quantity to be 
opened for product code 0204 from 1 Februa ry 2003. Therefore, a further 200 tonnes 
shall be added to the GATT/WTO quota for Ch ile and both quotas should continue to 
be managed in the same way during 2007.  
(3) Certain tariff quotas for sheep and goat meat  products have been granted to the ACP 
States under the Cotonou Agreement 3. 
(4) Certain quotas are defined for a period running from 1 July of a given year to 30 June 
of the following year. Since imports under this Regulation should be managed on a 
calendar-year basis, the corres ponding quantities to be fixed for the calendar year 2007 
with regard to the quotas c oncerned are the sum of half of the quantity for the period 
from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 and half of the quantity for the period from 1 July 
2007 to 30 June 2008. 
(5) A carcase-weight equivalent needs to be fixe d in order to ensure a proper functioning 
of the Community tariff quotas. Furthermore,  since certain tariff quotas provide for the 
                                                 
1 OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 
25.11.2005, p. 2). 
2 OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 305/2005 (OJ L 
52, 25.2.2005, p. 6). 
3 OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. 
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 option of importing either th e live animals or their meat , a conversion factor is 
required.  
(6) Quotas of the sheepmeat and goatmeat pr oducts should, by way of derogation from 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 of 26 June 1995 la ying down detailed rules 
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and 
export of products in the sh eepmeat and goatmeat sector 4, be managed in conformity 
with Article 16(2)(a) of Regulation (E C) No 2529/2001. This should be done in 
accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) 
No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provi sions for the implementation of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establ ishing the Community Customs Code5.  
(7) Tariff quotas under this Regulati on should be regarded  initially as non -critical within 
the meaning of Article 308c of Regulat ion (EEC) No 2454/93 when managed under 
the first-come, first-served system. Th erefore, customs authorities should be 
authorised to waive the requirement for secu rity in respect of goods initially imported 
under those quotas in accordance with Ar ticles 308c(1) and 248(4) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2454/93. Due to the particularitie s of the transfer from one management 
system to the other, Article 308c(2) and (3) of that Regula tion should not apply. 
(8) It should be clarified which kind of proof cer tifying the origin of products has to be 
provided by operators in order to benefit from the tariff quotas under the first-come, 
first served system. 
(9) When sheepmeat products are presented by ope rators to the customs authorities for 
import, it is difficult for those authorities to establish whether they originate from 
domestic sheep or other sheep, which determ ines the application of different duty 
rates. It is therefore appr opriate to provide that the proof of origin contains a 
clarification to that end. 
(10) In accordance with Chapter II of Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 
laying down the animal health rules governi ng the production, pro cessing, distribution 
and introduction of products of an imal origin for human consumption 6 and with 
Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 D ecember 1997 laying down the principles 
governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community 
from third countries7, imports may be authorised only for products meeting the 
requirements of the food chain procedur es, rules and checks in force in the 
Community. 
(11) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Management Committee for Sheep and Goats, 
                                                 
4 OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p.7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 272/2001 (OJ L 41, 
10.2.2001, p. 3).  
5 OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 883/2005 (OJ L 148, 
11.6.2005, p. 5). 
6 OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11. 
7 OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Corrected version in OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 
1). 
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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
This Regulation opens Community tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat for 
the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007. 
Article 2 
The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of sheep, goats, sheepmeat and 
goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90, 0210 99 21, 0210 99 29 and 0204 originating in the coun tries indicated in the Annex sh all be suspended or reduced 
in accordance with this Regulation. 
Article 3 
1. The quantities, expressed in carcase-weight  equivalent, for the import of meat falling 
within CN code 0204 and of live animal s falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 
10 80 and 0104 20 90, as well as the customs dut y applicable shall be those as laid 
down in the Annex.  
2. For the purpose of calculating the quantities of ‘carcase weight equivalent’ referred 
to in paragraph 1, the net weight of sheep and goat products shall be multiplied by the following coefficients: 
(a) for live animals: 0,47; (b) for boneless lamb and bone less goatmeat of kid: 1,67; 
(c) for boneless mutton, boneless sheep a nd boneless goatmeat other than of kid 
and mixtures of any of these: 1,81;  
(d) for bone-in products: 1,00. ‘Kid’ shall mean goat of up to one year old. 
Article 4 
By way of derogation from Title II (A) a nd (B) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, the 
tariff quotas set out in the Annex to this  Regulation shall be managed on a first-
come, first-served basis in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 from 1 Ja nuary to 31 December 2007. Article 308c(2) 
and (3) of that Regulation shall not apply. No import licences shall be required. 
Article 5 
1. In order to benefit from the tariff quotas se t out in the Annex, a valid proof of origin 
issued by the competent aut horities of the thir d country concerned together with a 
customs declaration for release for free circ ulation for the goods concerned shall be 
presented to the Community customs author ities. The origin of products subject to 
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 tariff quotas other than thos e resulting from preferential tariff agreements shall be 
determined in accordance with the pr ovisions in force in the Community.  
2. The proof of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows: 
(a) in the case of a tariff quota which is pa rt of a preferential tariff agreement, it 
shall be the proof of origin laid down in that agreement; 
(b) in the case of other tariff quotas, it sh all be a proof established in accordance 
with Article 47 of Regul ation (EEC) No 2454/93 and, in addition to the 
elements provided for in that Article, the following data: 
– the CN code (at least the first four digits), 
– the order number or order numbers  of the tariff quota concerned,  
– the total net weight per coefficient category as provided for in Article 
3(2) of this Regulation. 
(c) in the case of a country whose quota falls under points (a) and (b) and are 
merged, it shall be the proof referred to in point (a).  
Where the proof of origin referred to in point (b) is presented as supporting 
document for only one declaration for rel ease for free circulat ion, it may contain 
several order numbers. In all other cases,  it shall only contai n one order number. 
3. In order to benefit from the tariff quota set out in the Annex for Country Group 4 in 
respect of products falling under CN codes ex 0204, ex 0210 99 21 and ex 0210 99 29 the proof of origin shall contain in th e box concerning the description of the 
products one of the following: 
(a) ‘sheep product/s from the species domestic sheep’; (b) ‘product/s from the species other than domestic sheep’. 
Those indications shall correspond to the indications in the veterinary certificate 
accompanying those products.  
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of 
the European Union . 
It shall apply from 1 January 2007. 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
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 Done at Brussels, 27 December 2006. 
 For the Commission 
 Mariann FISCHER BOEL 
 Member of the Commission 
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 ANNEX 
SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT (in tonn es (t) of carcase weight equivalent) 
COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR 2007 
Order number under ‘first-come, first-served’ 
Country 
group 
No CN codes ‘Ad 
valorem ’ 
duty 
 % Specific 
duty 
EUR/100 
Kg Live animals 
 
(Coefficient = 
0,47) Boneless 
 lamb1 
(Coefficient = 
1,67) Boneless 
mutton/sheep2 
(Coefficient = 
1,81) Bone-in and 
carcases 
(Coefficient = 
1,00) Origin Annual 
volume  
in tonnes  
of carcase 
weight 
equivalent 
— 09,2101 09,2102 09,2011 Argentina 23 000 
— 09,2105 09,2106 09,2012 Australia 18 786 
— 09,2109 09,2110 09,2013 New Zealand 227 854 
— 09,2111 09,2112 09,2014 Uruguay 5 800 
— 09,2115 09,2116 09,1922 Chile  5 800 
— 09,2119 09,2120 09,0790 Iceland 1 350 
— 09,2121 09,2122 09,0781 Norway 300 
— 09,2125 09,2126 09,0693 Greenland 100 
— 09,2129 09,2130 09,0690 Faeroes 20 
— 09,2131 09,2132 09,0227 Turkey 200 1 0204 Zero Zero 
— 09,2171 09,2175 09,2015 Others 3 200 
0104 10 30,  
0104 10 80 
and  
0104 20 90. 
For the 
species 
‘other than 
domestic 
sheep’ only: 
ex 0204, ex 
0210 99 21 
and ex 0210 
99 29. Zero Zero 09,2141 09,2145 09,2149 09,1622 ACP states 100  
 
 
 
2 
For the 
species 
‘domestic 
sheep’ only: 
ex 0204, ex 
0210 99 21 
and  
ex 0210 99 
29.  
Zero 65 % 
reduction  
of 
specific 
duties  
—  
09,2161  
09,2165  
09,1626 ACP states 500 
 
3 0104 10 30 
0104 10 80 
0104 20 90 10 % Zero 09,2181 — — 09,2019 Erga omnes4 92 
 
                                                 
1 And goatmeat of kid. 
2 And goatmeat other than of kid. 
3 ‘Others’ shall refer to all origins including the AC P states and excluding the other countries mentioned 
in the current table. 
4 ‘ Erga omnes ’ shall refer to all origins including the countries mentioned in the current table