Commission Regulation (EC) No 2589/1999 of 8 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999 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: 1999-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, beef, boned meat, dried product, import, tariff quota

L 315/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

9. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2589/1999

of 8 December 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999 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,

Having regard to 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 (1), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999 of 15
November 1999 (2)
lays down the detailed rules of
application for the import quota provided provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 2249/1999;
the definition of
dried boneless meat as laid down in the former Regula-
tion should be amended to take account of commercial
practice; for the same reason the provisions relating to
claims for reimbursements of excess customs duties
should be amended;

(2)

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

Regulation (EC) No 2424/1999 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1(3) is replaced by the following text:

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 of the fresh meat between 5,4 and 6,0; salted,
seasoned, pressed, dried only in fresh dry air and developing
noble mould (bloom of microscopic fungi). The weight of
the finished product is between 41 % and 53 % of the raw
material before salting.”’

2. The second subparagraph of Article 8(1) is replaced by the

following text:

‘No later than 21 January 2000, the application for repay-
ment shall be made in accordance with Articles 878 to 898
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (*) and shall
be accompanied by either a copy of the certificate referred
to in the Notice to importers relating to the import of dried
meat of bovine animals (**) or a certificate issued by the
authority referred to in Annex II certifying that according to
available production records the meat concerned meets the
definition laid down in Article 1(3).

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

3. In Article 8(2) and (3) the date of

‘1 December 1999’

shall be replaced by ‘28 January 2000’.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 275, 26.10.1999, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 294, 16.11.1999, p. 13.