COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1234/2006
of 16 August 2006
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 laying down detailed rules for the application of granting of
assistance for the export of beef and veal products which may benefit from a special import
treatment in a third country
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beefand veal (
1), and in particular Article 33(12) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 12(8) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application forimport and export licences in the beef and veal sector (
2),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 360/2004 (3), no
longer provides for the possibility of carrying overunused quantities where the amounts in respect ofwhich licences have been applied for are less than theoverall quantity available for export.
(2) Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No2973/79 of 21 December 1979 laying down detailedrules for the application of granting of assistance forthe export of beef and veal products which maybenefit from a special import treatment in a thirdcountry (
4) provides for an annual quota of 5 000
tonnes of fresh, chilled or frozen beef for export to theUnited States of America. It also provides for that quotato be divided into four quantities of 1 250 tonnes, eachto be available per quarter, and for the possibility of a
quarterly carry-over of unused quantities available per
quarter.(3) As a result of the amendment introduced by Regulation(EC) No 360/2004, the quarterly carry-over provided forin the second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation(EEC) No 2973/79 has become obsolete and should bedeleted.
(4) Moreover, in view of the rate of use of the abovementioned quota and the abolition of the possibility ofa quarterly carry-over, there is no longer any point inmaintaining the obligation to divide that quota into four
identical quarterly quantities. Consequently, the quarterly
breakdown into available quantities should also beabolished.
(5) Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 should therefore beamended accordingly.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Beef and Veal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79, the second
subparagraph is deleted.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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.
Done at Brussels, 16 August 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the CommissionEN 17.8.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 225/21
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).
(2) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10).
(3) OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3434/87 (OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7).