Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999 of 22 October 1999 opening a Community tariff quota for the import of meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried
Date: 1999-10-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Switzerland, beef, boned meat, dried product, import, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2249/1999

of 22 October 1999

opening a Community tariff quota for the import of meat of bovine animals, boneless, dried

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

cedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
organisation of the market in beef and veal (1),

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

In the context of the negotiations on an agreement
between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on Trade in Agricultural Products, the
Community has undertaken to open as from 1 July
1999 an autonomous tariff quota for meat of bovine
animals, boneless, dried; the agreement was signed on
21 June 1999;

In order to comply with the terms of the Community's
undertaking, provision should be made for such prefer-
ential treatment to expire 12 months after the entry into
force of the agreement;

reasons of simplification this quota should be
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opened on a pluriannual basis for periods of 12 months
each; however, the last quota period might be shorter
than 12 months according to the actual date of entry
into force of the agreement; in that event it is appro-
priate to authorise the Commission to adjust the avail-
able quantity under the tariff quota accordingly;

1.
A Community tariff quota is hereby opened on a pluri-
annual basis for the period from 1 July of one year to 30 June
of the following year for the import of a net volume of 700
tonnes per any such period of meat of bovine animals, bone-
less, dried, falling within CN code ex 0210 20 90.

2.
Under the quota referred to in paragraph 1 the specific
amounts of the customs duties fixed in the Common Customs
Tariff shall not apply.

Article 2

The detailed rules for this Regulation and, where appropriate,
the proportionate reduction of the annual quantity in the case
of a final tariff quota period of less than 12 months shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
27 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68.

Article 3

At the end of the transitional period ending one year
after the entry into force of the agreement, the condi-
tions for preferential imports from Switzerland of meat
of bovine animals, boneless, dried, will be covered by
the provisions of that agreement;

Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation and,
in particular, the provisions required for quota manage-
ment should be adopted in accordance with the pro-

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1999 until the last day of the twelfth
month following the month of entry into force of the agree-
ment between the European Community and the Swiss Confed-
eration on Trade in Agricultural Products.

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1633/98 (OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 17).

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

Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. MÖNKÄRE