Commission Regulation (EC) No 2534/2000 of 17 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2709/1999 opening Community tariff quotas for 2000 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 01041030, 01041080, 01042010, 01042090 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector and amending Regulation (EC) No 1439/95
Date: 2000-11-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, goat, goatmeat, sheep, sheepmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2534/2000

of 17 November 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2709/1999 opening Community tariff quotas for 2000 for sheep,
goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10,
0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of
products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector and amending Regulation (EC) No 1439/95

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22
December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on
Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral
Trade Negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2435/98 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3491/93 of 13
December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Hungary, of the other part (3), and in particular
Article 1 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3296/94 of 19
December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Czech Republic, of the other part (4), and in particular Article 1
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3297/94 of 19
December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Slovak Republic, of the other part (5), and in particular Article
1 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3382/94 of 19
December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and

(1) OJ L 328, 20.12.1995, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 319, 21.12.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 341, 30.12.1994, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 341, 30.12.1994, p. 17.

Romania, of
thereof,

the other part (6), and in particular Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3383/94 of 19
December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (7), and in particular
Article 1 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 of 31
July 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (8), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2000 of 17
October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic (9), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2434/2000 of 17
October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with the Slovak Republic (10), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000 of 17
October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Romania (11), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9
October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with the Republic of Bulgaria (12), and
in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

(6) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 368, 31.12.1994, p. 5.
(8) OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6.
(9) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.
(11) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 17.
(12) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.

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Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 lays down
the quantities of certain agricultural products that may
be imported from Hungary with a total exemption from
customs duty subject to tariff quotas, ceilings or refer-
ence quantities from 1 July 2000.

Annex A of Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2000 lays
down the quantities of certain agricultural products that
may be imported from the Czech Republic with a total
exemption from customs duty subject to tariff quotas,
ceilings or reference quantities from 1 July 2000.

Annex A of Council Regulation (EC) No 2434/2000 lays
down the quantities of certain agricultural products that
may be imported from the Slovak Republic with a total
exemption from customs duty subject to tariff quotas,
ceilings or reference quantities from 1 July 2000.

Annex A of Council Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000 lays
down the quantities of certain agricultural products that
may be imported from Romania with a total exemption
from customs duty subject to tariff quotas, ceilings or
reference quantities from 1 July 2000.

Annex A of Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 lays
down the quantities of certain agricultural products that
may be imported from the Republic of Bulgaria with a
total exemption from customs duty subject
to tariff
quotas, ceilings or reference quantities from 1 July 2000.

As the imports are managed on a calendar year basis,
the quantities foreseen for 2000 are the sum of half of
the quantity for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000
and half of the quantity for the period 1 July 2000 to 30
June 2001.

Accordingly it is necessary to amend Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2709/1999 of 17 December 1999 estab-
lishing Community tariff quotas for 2000 for sheep,
goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and
0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and
export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat
sector (1) and to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No
1439/95 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2709/1999 (3), in order to take account of these conces-
sions.

Article 1

Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 is replaced by the
following:

‘1.
Licence applications and licences shall bear in Box 8
the name of the country of origin. In the case of products
falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80 and
0104 20 90, and for Poland CN code 0104 20 10, licence
applications and licences shall bear in Boxes 17 and 18
particulars of
the net mass and where appropriate the
number of animals to be imported.

A licence shall make it compulsory to import the products
from the country indicated.’

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2709/1999 is amended as follows:

1. The text of Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

to imports

customs duties

The
into the
applicable
Community of sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling
within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and
0204 originating in the countries indicated in the Annexes
and of live pure-bred breeding goats falling within CN code
0104 20 10 for Poland, shall be suspended or reduced
during the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the
tariff quotas laid down in this Regulation.’

2. Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

equivalent,

The quantities of live animals and meat expressed as
‘2.
falling within CN codes
carcass-weight
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and,
in
addition, for Poland, falling within CN code 0104 20 10, for
which the customs duty, applicable to imports originating
in specific supplying countries, is reduced to zero for the
period between 1 January and 31 December 2000, shall be
those laid down in Annex II.’

3. Article 6(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
Title II A shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the
import of products falling within CN code 0104 20 10 for
Poland.’

4. Article 6(2) is deleted.

5. Annex II is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for sheepmeat and goatmeat,

(1) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 20.

Article 3

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

QUANTITIES FOR 2000 REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(2)

Order No 09.4575

Duty rate zero (tonnes carcase weight equivalent)

Poland

Romania

Hungary

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Live animals and/or meat

9 200

4 845

14 072,5

6 250

2 125

4 250’