Commission Regulation (EC) No 2648/98 of 9 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
Date: 1998-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, export licence, free circulation, health certificate, import licence

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2648/98

of 9 December 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 on rules of application for import and
export licences in the beef and veal sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for
import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and
last
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (3),
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2365/98 (4), lays down
that for live bovine animals not exceeding 160 kilograms
the licence application and the import licence must show
in box 7 the country of provenance;

as

Whereas, for the different import quotas for calves, the
Regulations containing the rules of application specify
the details that must be included in the import licence
application and the licence; whereas Article 2(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1445/95 should be restricted to calves
imported outside the quotas;

Whereas under Annex III (‘Animal Health Certificate') to
Commission Decision 98/372/EC of 29 May 1998
concerning the animal health conditions and veterinary
certification for imports of live animals of bovine and
porcine species from certain European countries (5), and
under the Annex ‘Animal Health Certificate' to similar
decisions on live bovine animals imported from certain
third countries based on Council Directive 72/462/EEC
of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection
problems upon importation of bovine, ovine and caprine
animals and swine, fresh meat or meat products from
third countries (6), as last amended by Directive 97/79/
EC (7), the original of the animal health certificate must
accompany bovine animals until they reach the border
inspection post;

in order

Whereas,
to permit better management of
imports of calves outside the quotas, it should be laid
down that for all calves weighing not more than 300

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 143, 27. 6. 1995, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 293, 31. 10. 1998, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 170, 16. 6. 1998, p. 34.
(6) OJ L 302, 31. 12. 1972, p. 28.
(7) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.

kilograms included in the import licence the country of
provenance must be indicated in box 7 and in box 8 the
country of origin, which must correspond to the
exporting country on the ‘animal health certificate' speci-
fied in the Annex to the abovementioned decisions, and it
should also be checked that, at the time of entry into free
circulation, the country of origin indicated on the import
licence conforms with the exporting country specified on
the original or the copy of the animal health certificate
and, where any discrepancy is found between these two
countries, entry into free circulation should be refused;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 is hereby
replaced by the following:

‘2.
For imports of products falling within CN codes
0102 90 05 to 0102 90 49, with the exception of
import quotas for live bovine animals governed by the
respective regulations containing the rules of applica-
tion, the import licence application and the licence
shall show:

(a)

in box 7, the country of provenance;

(b) in box 8, the country of origin, which shall cor-
respond to the exporting country within the
meaning of Annex III (“Animal Health Certi-
to Decision 98/372/EC and within the
ficate”)
meaning of
the Annex (“Animal Health Certi-
ficate”) to similar decisions on live bovine animals
imported from certain third countries, based on
Directive 72/462/EEC. The licence shall carry
with it an obligation to import from that country;

(c)

in box 20, the following entry: “The country of
origin specified in box 8 corresponds to the
exporting country indicated on the original or the
copy of the animal health certificate.”

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Release of the animals mentioned above for free circulation shall be subject to pre-
sentation of the original of the health certificate, or of a copy certified correct by the
Community border inspection post, provided that the issuing country is the same as
that indicated in box 8 of the import licence.'

Article 2

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

It shall apply to licences applied for from 14 December 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission