Commission Regulation (EC) No 2857/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulations (EC) No 1279/98, (EC) No 1128/1999, (EC) No 1247/1999 and (EC) No 2335/2000 as a result of the new concessions made in respect of certain beef and veal products under certain tariff quotas
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, beef, calf, import licence, live animal, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2857/2000

of 27 December 2000

amending Regulations (EC) No 1279/98, (EC) No 1128/1999, (EC) No 1247/1999 and (EC) No
2335/2000 as a result of the new concessions made in respect of certain beef and veal products
under certain tariff quotas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transition
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with Poland and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 3066/95 (7), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

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 transition
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with Hungary (2), and in particular Article
1(3) thereof,

(1)

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 transition
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with Bulgaria (3), 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 transition
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic (4), and in partic-
ular 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 transition
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with the Slovak Republic (5), and in partic-
ular 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 transition
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with Romania (6), and in particular Article
1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 of 22
December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and

Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000,
(EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 provide for
new concessions in respect of imports of certain beef
and veal products under the tariff quotas opened by the
Europe Agreements with Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Poland. These new
concessions relate to the nature and/or quality of the
products and/or the preferential rate of customs duties.
They take effect on 1 July 2000 in the case of Hungary,
Slovakia and Romania and on 1 January 2001 in the
case of Poland.

(2)

To enable the new concessions to be introduced, it is
therefore necessary to amend the following Commission
implementing Regulations:

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June
1998 laying down detailed rules for applying the
tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for
in
the
Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 for
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of
Bulgaria and Romania (8),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 of 28
May 1999 laying down detailed rules of application
for a tariff quota for calves weighing not more than
80 kilograms originating in certain third coun-
tries (9),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 1247/1999 of 16
June 1999 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of a tariff quota for
live bovine animals
weighing from 80 to 300 kilograms and originating
in certain third countries (10),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 2335/2000 of 20
October 2000 determining the percentage of quant-
ities which may be allowed in respect of import
licence applications lodged in October 2000 under
tariff quotas for beef and veal provided for in Regula-
tion (EC) No 1279/98 for the Republic of Poland,
the Republic of Hungary,
the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania (11).

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 17.

(7) See page 7 of this Official Journal.
(8) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12.
(9) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 50.
(10) OJ L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 18.
(11) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 17.

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(3)

Repayment of import duties on products listed in Annex
I to Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 as it existed before the
entry into force of this Regulation and imported under
licences used from 1 July 2000 falls within the scope of
Articles 878 to 898 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/
92 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (2).

(4)

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 1279/98 is amended as follows.

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June 1998
laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff quotas for
beef and veal provided for in Council Regulations (EC) No
1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC)
No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/
2000 for the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania and the
Republic of Poland’.

2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Import licences must be presented for imports into the
Community of the products listed in Annex I hereto under
the quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000,
(EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/
2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000.

The quantities of products imported annually under those
arrangements and the preferential rates of customs duty
shall be as set out in Annex I hereto.’

3. The second subparagraph of Article 3(1)(c) is replaced by

the following:

‘“Group of products” means products originating in only
one of the countries listed in Annex I; a group of products
shall cover the products corresponding to CN codes 0201
and 0202, or the products corresponding to CN codes
1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 and 1602 50 80 originating in
Romania, or
the products corresponding to CN code
1602 50 originating in Poland;’.

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

‘2.
Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, box 16 of licence applications and licences shall

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1.

show one of the CN groups contained in the same indent:

— 0201, 0202,

— 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39, 1602 50 80,

— 1602 50.’

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

Article 2

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 is replaced by
the following:

For the quantity referred to in paragraph 1 the rate of

‘2.
customs duty shall be:

— reduced by 80 % in the case of animals originating in
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia,

— reduced by 90 % in the case of animals originating in

Poland.’

Article 3

Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1247/1999 is replaced by
the following:

For the quantity referred to in paragraph 1 the rate of

‘2.
customs duty shall be:

— reduced by 80 % in the case of animals originating in
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia,

— reduced by 90 % in the case of animals originating in

Poland.’

Article 4

Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2335/2000 is replaced by
the following:

The quantities available for the period referred to in
‘2.
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 running from 1
January to 31 March 2001 shall amount to:

(a) beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202:

— 4 651,25 tonnes for meat originating in Hungary,

— 2 425,00 tonnes for meat originating in the Czech

Republic,

— 2 625,00 tonnes for meat originating in Slovakia,

— 187,50 tonnes for meat originating in Bulgaria;

(b) 5 000 tonnes for beef and veal falling within CN codes
0201 and 0202 originating in Poland, or 2 336,448
tonnes for processed products falling within CN code
1602 50 originating in Poland;

(c) 1 850 tonnes for beef and veal products falling within
CN codes 0201, 0202, 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 and
1602 50 80 originating in Romania.’

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Article 5

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

Article 1 shall apply from 1 July 2000 to imports of beef and veal products originating in Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2001 to imports of
beef and veal products originating in Poland.

Articles 2, 3 and 4 shall apply from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

The imports into the Community of the following products shall be entitled to the concessions described below

(MFN = duty applicable to most favoured nations)

Country of origin

Serial No

CN code

Description

Rate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from 1.7.2000
to 30.6.2001
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

Hungary

09.4707

Poland

09.4824

Czech Republic

09.4623

Slovakia

09.4624

Romania

09.4753

Bulgaria

09.4651

0201
0202

0201
0202

1602 50

0201
0202

0201
0202

0201
0202

1602 50 31
1602 50 39
1602 50 80

0201
0202

(1) Coefficient for conversion into fresh meat = 2,14.’

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

20

11 375

1 140

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood:
— bovine animals (1)

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Free

16 000

1 600

20

20

3 500

3 500

0

0

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Free

2 500

250

Prepared or preserved meat of bovine animals

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

20

250

0