Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/1999 of 21 May 1999 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000)
Date: 1999-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, frozen product, import, meat processing industry, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1054/1999

of 21 May 1999

opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen
beef intended for processing (1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

ment approved in accordance with Article 8 of
Council Directive 77/99/EEC (4), as last amended
by Directive 97/76/EC (5);

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of the
Council of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of
the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Article 12(1)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions
set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the
conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (3), and in
particular Article 1(1) thereof,

(1) Whereas

to

pursuant

Schedule CXL

the
Community has undertaken to open an annual
import tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef
intended for processing; whereas
the rules of
application for the quota year 1999/2000 starting 1
July 1999 must be established;

(2) Whereas the import of frozen beef under the tariff
quota shall qualify for the total suspension of the
specific rate of customs duty where the meat is
intended for the manufacture of preserved food,
which does not contain characteristic components
other than beef and jelly; whereas where the meat
is intended for other processed products containing
beef the import shall qualify for a 55 % suspension
of the autonomous specific rate of customs duty;
whereas the breakdown of the tariff quota into each
of the arrangements referred to above should be
made taking into account the experience gained in
respect of similar imports in the past;

(3) Whereas so as to avoid speculation, access to the
quota should be allowed only to active processors
carrying out processing in a processing establish-

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.

(4) Whereas, imports into the Community under the
present tariff quota are subject to presentation of an
import
licence; whereas licences may be issued
following allocations of import rights on the basis
of applications from eligible processors; whereas
subject to the provisions of this Regulation the
provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down
common detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences and advance
fixing certificates for agricultural products (6), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 168/1999 (7), and
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
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (8), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2648/98 (9), shall
apply to import licences issued under this Regula-
tion;

(5) Whereas the application of the present tariff quota
requires strict surveillance of imports and effective
checks as to their use and destination; whereas the
processing should therefore be authorised only in
the establishment referred to in box 20 of
the
furthermore, a security
import
shall be lodged in order
the
to ensure that
imported meat is used according to the tariff quota
security
specifications; whereas
should be fixed taking into account the difference
between the customs duties applicable inside and
outside the quota;

licence; whereas,

the amount of

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Beef and Veal,

(4) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85.
(5) OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25.
(6) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 19, 26.1.1999, p. 4.
(8) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(9) OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 3

Article 1

frozen beef

An import tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes, bone-in
1.
falling within CN code
equivalent of
or
0202 20 30,
0206 29 91
in the
Community is hereby opened for the period 1 July 1999
to 30 June 2000.

0202 30 10,
and

0202 30 50,
for

0202 30 90

processing

intended

The overall quantity referred to in paragraph 1 shall

2.
be divided into two quantities:

(a) 38 000 tonnes of frozen beef intended for manufac-
ture of preserved food as defined in Article 7(a),

(b) 12 700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for manufac-

ture of products as defined in Article 7(b).

3.

The quota shall bear the following order Nos:

(cid:190) 09.4057 for the quantity to in paragraph 2(a),

(cid:190) 09.4058 for the quantity referred to in paragraph 2(b).

4.
The customs import duties to apply on frozen beef
under the present tariff quota are those referred to in
order No 13 of Annex 7 to Part Three of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2261/98 (1).

Article 2

1.
An application for import rights is valid only if it is
lodged by, or on behalf of a natural or legal person who,
during the 12 months prior to the entry into force of this
Regulation, has been in the business of producing
processed products containing beef and who is entered in
a national VAT register. Furthermore,
the application
shall be lodged by, or on behalf of a processing establish-
ment approved pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 77/
99/EEC. For each quantity referred to in Article 1(2) only
one application for import rights may be accepted in
respect of each approved processing establishment.

2.
Applicants no longer active in the meat processing
industry on 1 May 1999 shall not qualify under the
arrangements provided for in this Regulation.

1.
Each application for import rights for production of
A-products or B-products shall be expressed in bone-in
equivalence and shall not exceed the available quantity
under each of the two categories.

2.
Each application referring to either A-products or
B-products shall reach the competent authority by 9 June
1999.

3. Member States shall forward to the Commission by
18 June 1999 a list of applicants and quantities applied
for under each of the two categories together with the
approval numbers of
the processing establishments
concerned.

The Commission shall decide as soon as possible to what
extent applications may be accepted, where necessary as a
percentage of the quantity applied for.

Article 4

1.
Any import of frozen beef for which import rights
have been allocated pursuant to Article 3 shall be subject
to presentation of an import licence.

2. Within his allocated import rights a processor may
apply for import licences until 25 February 2000 at the
latest. The application shall be lodged in the Member
State where the import rights are registered.

For the purpose of
bone-in beef equals 77 kilograms of boneless beef.

this paragraph 100 kilograms of

3.
A security shall be lodged with the competent
authority at the time of importation ensuring that the
processor processes the entire quantity of meat imported
into the required finished products in the establishment
specified in the licence application, within three months
following the day of importation.

The amounts of security are fixed in the Annex.

Article 5

3. Documentary evidence, to the satisfaction of the
competent authority, of compliance with the conditions
of the preceding paragraphs shall be lodged together with
the application.

1. On the licence application and the licence itself
shall be entered:

(a) in box 8, the country of origin,

(1) OJ L 292, 30.10.1998, p. 1.

(b) in box 16, one of the eligible CN codes,

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(c) in box 20, at least one of the following endorsements:

(cid:190) Certificado v(cid:145)lido en . . . (Estado miembro expe-
didor) / carne destinada a la transformaci(cid:155)n . . .
(t(cid:145)chese lo que no
[productos A]
proceda) en . . . (designaci(cid:155)n exacta y n(cid:156)mero de
registro del establecimiento en el que vaya a
procederse a la transformaci(cid:155)n) / Reglamento (CE)
no 1054/1999.

[productos B]

(cid:190) Licens gyldig i

. . .

(udstedende medlemsstat) /
Kød bestemt til forarbejdning til (A-produkter) (B-
(det ikke gældende overstreges) i . . .
produkter)
(nøjagtig betegnelse for den virksomhed, hvor
forarbejdningen sker) / forordning (EF) nr. 1054/
1999.

(cid:190) In . . . (ausstellender Mitgliedstaat) g(cid:129)ltige Lizenz /
Fleisch f(cid:129)r die Verarbeitung zu [A-Erzeugnissen]
[B-Erzeugnissen]
(Unzutreffendes bitte streichen)
in . . . (genaue Bezeichnung des Betriebs, in dem
die Verarbeitung erfolgen soll) / Verordnung (EG)
Nr. 1054/1999.

(cid:190) To pistopoigtij(cid:149) isw(cid:151)ei . . . (jq(cid:145)tor l(cid:146)kor (cid:146)jdosgr)
/ Jq(cid:146)ar pou pqooq(cid:148)fetai cia letapo(cid:148)gsg . . .
[pqo(cid:152)(cid:149)mta B]
[pqo(cid:152)(cid:149)mta A]
(diacq(cid:145)vetai g peqitt(cid:147)
(cid:146)mdeing)
(ajqib(cid:147)r peqicqav(cid:147) jai aqihl(cid:149)r
. . .
(cid:146)cjqisgr tgr ecjat(cid:145)stasgr (cid:149)pou pq(cid:149)jeitai ma
pqaclatopoighe(cid:148) g letapo(cid:148)gsg) / Jamomisl(cid:149)r (EJ)
aqih. 1054/1999.

(cid:190) Licence valid in . . . (issuing Member State) / Meat
intended for processing . . . [A-products] [B-prod-
ucts] (delete as appropriate) at . . . (exact designa-
tion and approval No of the establishment where
the processing is to take place) / Regulation (EC)
No 1054/1999.

(cid:190) Certificat valable . . .

((cid:144)tat membre (cid:130)metteur) /
viande destin(cid:130)e (cid:133) la transformation de . . . [produits
A] [produits B] (rayer la mention inutile) dans . . .
(d(cid:130)signation exacte et num(cid:130)ro d’agr(cid:130)ment de l’(cid:130)ta-
blissement dans lequel la transformation doit avoir
lieu) / r(cid:138)glement (CE) no 1054/1999.

(cid:190) Titolo valido in . . .

(Stato membro di rilascio) /
Carni destinate alla trasformazione . . . [prodotti A]
[prodotti B] (depennare la voce inutile) presso . . .
(esatta designazione e numero di riconoscimento
dello stabilimento nel quale (cid:138) prevista la trasfor-
mazione) / Regolamento (CE) n. 1054/1999.

(cid:190) Certificaat geldig in . . . (lidstaat van afgifte) / Vlees
bestemd voor verwerking tot
[B-
producten] (doorhalen wat niet van toepassing is)
in . . .
(nauwkeurige aanduiding en toelatings-
nummer van het bedrijf waar de verwerking zal
plaatsvinden) / Verordening (EG) nr. 1054/1999.

[A-producten]

(cid:190) Certificado

v(cid:145)lido

em . . .

(Estado-membro
emissor) / carne destinada (cid:133) transforma(cid:135)(cid:209)o . . .
[produtos A] [produtos B] (riscar o que n(cid:209)o inter-
essa) em . . . (designa(cid:135)(cid:209)o exacta e n(cid:156)mero de apro-
va(cid:135)(cid:209)o do estabelecimento em que a transforma(cid:135)(cid:209)o
ser(cid:145) efectuada) / Regulamento (CE) n.o 1054/1999.

(cid:190) Todistus on voimassa . . .

(my(cid:148)nt(cid:132)j(cid:132)j(cid:132)senvaltio) /
Liha on tarkoitettu [A-luokan tuotteet] [B-luokan
tuotteet] (tarpeeton poistettava) jalostukseen . . .:ssa
(tarkka ilmoitus laitoksesta, jossa jalostus suorite-
taan, hyv(cid:132)ksynt(cid:132)numero mukaan lukien) / Asetus
(EY) N:o 1054/1999.

(cid:190) Licensen (cid:132)r giltig i . . . (utf(cid:132)rdande medlemsstat) /
K(cid:148)tt avsett f(cid:148)r bearbetning . . . [A-produkter] [B-
produkter] (stryk det som inte g(cid:132)ller) vid . . . (exakt
angivelse av och godk(cid:132)nnandenummer f(cid:148)r anl(cid:132)gg-
ningen d(cid:132)r bearbetningen skall ske) / F(cid:148)rordning
(EG) nr 1054/1999.

2. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regula-
tion, Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No 1445/
95 shall apply.

3.
Import licences shall be valid for 120 days from the
date of issue within the meaning of Article 21(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3719/88. However, no licence shall be
valid before 1 July 1999 or after 30 June 2000.

4. Notwithstanding Article 8(4) of Regulation (EEC)
the full Common Customs Tariff duty
No 3719/88,
applicable on the date of release for free circulation shall
be collected in respect of all quantities imported in excess
of those shown on the import licence.

Article 6

1. Quantities for which import
licence applications
have not been lodged by 25 February 2000 shall be
subject to a further allocation of import rights.

To that end, by 6 March 2000, Member States shall
forward to the Commission details of the quantities for
which no applications have been received.

2.
The Commission shall decide as soon as possible on
the breakdown of those quantities into those intended for
A-products and those intended for B-products. In doing
so, the actual utilisation of the import rights allocated
pursuant to Article 3 under each of the two categories
may be taken into account.

For the purposes of this Article, Articles 2 to 5 shall
3.
apply. However, the date referred to in Article 3(2) shall
be replaced by 3 April 2000 and the date referred to in
Article 3(3) shall be replaced by 10 April 2000.

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Article 7

completed. To this end, processors shall at any time be
able to demonstrate the identity and use of the imported
meat through appropriate production records.

For the purposes of this Regulation:

1602 10,

(a) An A-product shall be defined as a processed product
falling within CN code
1602 50 31,
1602 50 39 or 1602 50 80, not containing meat other
than that of animals of the bovine species, with a
collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,45 % (1) and
containing by weight at least 20 % (2) of lean meat
excluding offal (3) and fat with meat and jelly
accounting for at least 85 % of the total net weight.

The product must be subjected to a heat treatment
sufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins
in the whole of the product which may not show any
traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the
product is cut along a line passing through its thickest
part.

(b) A B-product shall be defined as a processed product

containing beef, other than:

(cid:190) one specified in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC)

No 805/68, or

(cid:190) one referred to under (a).

However, a processed product falling within CN code
0210 20 90 which has been dried or smoked so that
the fresh meat has
the colour and consistency of
totally disappeared and with a water/protein ratio not
exceeding 3,2 shall be considered to be a B-product.

Article 8

Member States shall set up a system of physical and
documentary supervision to ensure that all meat
is
processed into the category of product specified on the
import licence concerned.

Technical verification of the production method by the
competent authority may, to the extent necessary, make
allowance for drip losses and trimmings.

In order to verify the quality of the finished product and
establish its conformity with the processor’s
recipe
Member States shall proceed to representative samplings
and analysis of those products. The costs of such opera-
tions shall be born by the processor concerned.

Article 9

The security referred to in Article 4(3) shall be
1.
released in proportion to the quantity for which, within
seven months, proof has been furnished to the satisfaction
of the competent authority that all or part of the imported
meat has been processed into the relevant products within
three months following the day of importation in the
designated establishment.

However,

(a) if processing took place after the abovementioned
three-month time limit, the security shall be released
minus:

(cid:190) 15 %, and

(cid:190) 2 % of the remaining amount for each day by

which the time limit has been exceeded;

(b) if proof of processing is established within the above-
mentioned seven-month time limit and is produced
within 18 months following those seven months the
amount forfeited less 15 % of the security amount,
shall be repaid.

The system must include physical checks of quantity and
the processing, during the
quality at
operation is
processing

the start of
and after

the processing

The amount of

2.
forfeited and retained as a customs duty.

security not

released shall be

(1) Determination of collagen content: the collagen content shall
be taken to mean the hydroxyproline content multiplied by
the factor 8. The hydroxyproline content must be determined
according to ISO method 3496-1994.

(2) The lean bovine meat content excluding fat is determined in
accordance with the procedure prescribed in the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (OJ L 210,
1.8.1986, p. 39).

feet,

tails, hearts, udders,

(3) Offal includes the following: heads and cuts thereof (including
sweetbreads
ears),
(thymus glands and pancreas), brains,
thick
skirts, pleens, tongues, caul, spinal cords, edible skin, repro-
ductive organs (i.e. uteri, ovaries and testes),
thyroid glands,
pituitary glands.

livers, kidneys,

throats,

lungs,

Article 10

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

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

Done at Brussels, 21 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

AMOUNTS OF SECURITY

Product
(CN code)

For manufacture
of A-products

For manufacture
of B-products

(in EUR/1 000 kg net)

0202 20 30

0202 30 10

0202 30 50

0202 30 90

0206 29 91

1 547

2 418

2 418

3 326

3 326

553

864

864

1 188

1 188