Commission Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999 of 15 November 1999 laying down detailed rules of application for an import tariff quota of dried boneless beef provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999
Date: 1999-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, beef, boned meat, dried product, import, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2424/1999

of 15 November 1999

laying down detailed rules of application for an import tariff quota of dried boneless beef provided
for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

customs duties on eligible

repayment of
imports
between 1 July and the entry into force of the present
in view of the future management of the
Regulation;
quota it is necessary to identify such imports as quickly
as possible; applications for repayment must therefore
be lodged no later than 1 December 1999;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999 of 22
October 1999 opening a tariff quota for the import of meat of
bovine animals, boneless, dried (1), and in particular
its
Article 2,

(6)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999 provides for the
import tariff quota of 700
opening of a pluri-annual
tonnes of dried boneless beef; detailed rules of applica-
tion of that quota should be laid down;

the quota concerned related to beef falling under CN
code ex 0210 20 90; a precise definition of the eligible
products should be provided; for reasons of control,
imports under that quota should be subject
to the
presentation of a certificate of authenticity attesting that
the meat corresponds exactly to the eligible definition; it
is necessary to establish a model for those certificates
and lay down detailed rules for their use;

licences;

the import arrangements should be managed using
import
to this end rules should be set on
submission of applications and the information to be
given on applications and licences, in accordance with
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 (2), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1127/1999 (3), and of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of applica-
tion for import and export licences in the beef and veal
sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2648/98 (5);

in order to ensure proper management of the imports of
the products concerned, provision should be made for
import licences to be issued subject to verification, in
particular of entries on certificates of authenticity;

the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/
1999 are applicable from 1 July 1999; consequently, it
is appropriate within the annual quota to provide for a

(1) OJ L 275, 26.10.1999, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.
(4) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 39.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A Community tariff quota for dried boneless meat of
1.
bovine animals falling within CN code ex 0210 20 90 is
hereby opened on a pluriannual basis for an annual volume of
700 tonnes for periods form 1 July to 30 June of the following
year.

The serial number of the quota shall be 09.4201

The ad valorem duty shall be the only customs duty

2.
applicable under the quota referred to in paragraph 1.

Importation under the said quota shall be reserved for

3.
dried boneless meat meeting the following definition:

‘Cuts of meat from haunches of bovine animals aged at least 18
months, with no visible intramuscular fat (3 to 7 %) and a pH
between 5,4 and 5,6; salted, seasoned, pressed, dried only in
fresh dry air and developing noble mould (bloom of micro-
scopic fungi). The dry matter in the finished product is between
41 % and 51 %.’

Article 2

Imports of the quantities set out in Article 1 shall be subject to
presentation, on release for free circulation, of an import
licence issued in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) the original of the certificate of authenticity drawn up in
accordance with Articles 3 and 4 plus a copy thereof shall
be presented to the competent authority together with the
application for the first import licence relating to the certi-
ficate of authenticity.

The original of the certificate of authenticity shall be kept
by the abovementionned authority;

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(b) a certificate of authenticity may be used for the issuing of
more than one import licence for quantities not exceeding
that shown on the certificate. Where more than one licence
is issued in respect of a certificate, the competent authority
shall endorse the certificate of authenticity to show the
quantity attribued;

(c) the competent authorities may issue import licences only
after they are satisfied that all the information on the
certificate of authenticity corresponds to that received each
week from the Commission on the subject. The licences
shall be issued immediately thereafter;

(d) section 20 of the licence applications and of the licences
themselves shall show one of the following endorsements:

— Carne de vacuno seca deshuesada — Reglamento (CE)

no 2424/1999

— Tørret udbenet oksekød — forordning (EF) nr. 2424/

1999

— Εntbeintes, getrocknetes Rindfleisch — Verordnung

(EG) Nr. 2424/1999

— Αποξηραµένο βόειο κρέας χωρίς κόκαλα — Κανονισµός

(ΕΚ) αριθ. 2424/1999

— Dried boneless beef — Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999

— Viande bovine séchée désossée — règlement (CE) no

2424/1999

— Carni bovine disossate ed essiccate — regolamento (CE)

n. 2424/1999

— Gedroogd rundvlees zonder been — Verordening (EG)

nr. 2424/1999

— Carne de bovino seca desossada — Regulamento (CE)

n.o 2424/1999

— Kuivattua luutonta naudanlihaa — asetus (EY) N:o

2424/1999

— Τorkat benfritt nötkött — förordning (EG) nr 2424/

1999

Article 3

The certificates of authenticity referred to in Article 2
1.
shall be made out in one original and two copies, to be printed
and completed in one of the official languages of the European
Community, in accordance with the model in Annex I. It may
also be printed and completed in the official language or one of
languages of the exporting country.
the official

The competent authorities of the Member State in which the
import licence application is submitted may require a transla-
tion of the certificate to be provided.

2.
The certificate forms shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The
paper used shall weigh not less than 40 g/m2. The original
shall be white, the first copy pink and the second copy yellow.

3.
The original and copies thereof may be typed or hand-
written. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink
and in block capitals.

Each certificate shall have its own individual
4.
number followed by the name of the issuing country.

serial

The copies shall bear the same serial number and the same
name as the original.

The definition referred to in Article 1(3) shall be clearly

5.
laid down in the certificate.

Certificates shall be valid only if they are duly endorsed

6.
by an issuing authority listed in Annex II.

7.
Certificates shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if
they state the date and place of issue and if they bear the stamp
of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or
persons empowered to sign them.

Article 4

1.

The issuing authority listed in Annex II must:

(a) be recognised as such by the exporting country concerned;

(b) undertake to verify entries on the certificates;

(c) undertake to forward to the Commission at least once per
week any information enabling the entries on the certi-
ficates of authenticity,
in particular the number of the
certificate, the exporter, the consignee, the country of desti-
nation, the product, the net weight and the date of signa-
ture, to be verified.

The list in Annex II may be revised by the Commission
2.
where the requirement referred to in paragraph 1(a)
is no
longer met or where the issuing authority fails to fulfil any of
the obligations incumbent on it.

Article 5

Certificates of authenticity and import licences shall be valid for
three months from their respective dates of issue. However,
their term of validity shall expire on 30 June following the date
of issue.

Article 6

The provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No
1445/95 shall apply subject to the provisions of this Regula-
tion.

Article 7

The authorities of the exporting countries shall communicate
to the Commission of the European Communities specimens of
the stamp imprints used by their issuing authorities and the
names and signatures of the persons empowered to sign certi-
ficates of authenticity. The Commission shall communicate this
information to the competent authorities of the Member States.

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Article 8

1.
For imports made on the basis of import licences issued
from 1 July 1999 to the entry into force of this Regulation and
within the limits of the annual quota referred to in Article 1,
the difference between the customs duties paid and the duty
referred to in Article 1(2) shall be refunded at the request of the
operator.

No later than 1 December 1999, the application for repayment
shall be made in accordance with Articles 878 to 898 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (1) and shall be
accompanied by a copy of the certificate referred to in the
Notice to importers relating to the import of dried meat of
bovine animals (2).

Copy of the application for repayment shall be forwarded
2.
by the competent authority concerned to the Commission (3)
no later than 1 December 1999.

3.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 the Commission shall decide as soon as possible after
1 December 1999 to what extent applications for repayment
can be met. Where the quantities covered by applications
exceed the annual quota referred to in Article 1(1),
the
Commission shall
fix a single percentage reduction to be
applied to those quantities.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 266, 21.9.1999, p. 5.

(3) Agriculture DG, fax No (32-2) 295 36 13.

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1. Consignor (full name and address)

2. Consignee (full name and address)

ANNEX I

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

EXPORTING COUNTRY:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of dried boneless meat of bovine animals

(application of Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999)

Notes

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand; in the latter case, they must be completed in block letters in ink.

3. Marks, numbers, number and nature of packages, description of goods

4. Combined

Nomenclature
subheading

5. Gross
weight
(kg)

6. Net weight

(kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned ................................................................ , acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box No 9) certify that
the goods described above, correspond exactly to the definition contained in Article 1(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999 laying
down detailed rules of application for an import tariff quota of dried boneless meat beef provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999

9. Authorised issuing body

Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Stamp of
issuing body)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Signature)

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List of authorities in exporting countries empowered to issue certificate of authenticity

ANNEX II

SWITZERLAND:

— Office vétérinaire fédéral

— Bundesamt für Veterinärwesen

— Ufficio federale di veterinaria