Commission Regulation (EC) No 2533/2001 of 21 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2002 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Date: 2001-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, beef, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2533/2001

of 21 December 2001

laying down detailed rules for the application in 2002 of the tariff quotas for beef and veal
products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

part (7),
9 400 tonnes and 1 650 tonnes respectively.

lay down annual preferential tariff quotas of

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18
September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for
countries and territories participating in or linked to the Euro-
pean Union's Stabilisation and Association process, amending
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC)
No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2487/2001 (2), and in particular Articles
4(2) and 6 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 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (4), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2248/2001 of 19
November 2001 on certain procedures for applying the Stabili-
sation and Association Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Croatia, of the other part and for applying the
Interim Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Croatia (5), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 provides
for an annual preferential tariff quota of ‘baby beef’ of
11 475 tonnes, distributed among Bosnia and Herzego-
vina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including
Kosovo.

The Interim Agreements with Croatia and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which were approved
by Council Decision 2001/868/EC of 29 October 2001
concerning the signing on behalf of the Community and
the provisional application of the Interim Agreement on
trade and trade-related matters between the European
Community, of
the one part, and the Republic of
Croatia, of the other part (6), and by Council Decision
2001/330/EC of 9 April 2001 on the conclusion of the
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the European Community, of the one part, and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other

(1) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 335, 19.12.2001, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 304, 21.11.2001, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 330, 14.12.2001, p. 1.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

‘baby beef’

For control purposes, Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000
makes imports under the quotas of
for
Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia including Kosovo subject to the presentation
of a certificate of authenticity attesting that the goods
originate from the issuing country and that they corre-
spond exactly to the definition in Annex II
to that
Regulation. For the sake of harmonisation, it is essential
that imports under the quotas of 'baby beef' originating
in Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia should also be made subject to the presentation of
a certificate of authenticity attesting that the goods origi-
nate from the issuing country and that they correspond
exactly to the definition in Annex III to the interim
agreements with the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia and with Croatia. It is also necessary to establish a
model
for the authenticity certificates and lay down
detailed rules for their use.

The quotas in question should be managed through the
use of import licences. To this end, the provisions of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June
2000 laying down common detailed rules for
the
application of the system of import and export licences
and advance fixing certificates for agricultural prod-
ucts (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2299/
2001 (9), and of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/
95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import
and export licences in the beef and veal sector and
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (10), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 24/2001 (11), are applic-
able subject to the provisions of this Regulation.

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

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

(7) OJ L 124, 4.5.2001, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 308, 27.11.2001, p. 19.
(10) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(11) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 9.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the

1.
period 1 January to 31 December 2002:
— 9 400 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcase weight,

originating in Croatia,

— 1 500 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcase weight,

originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

— 1 650 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcase weight,
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
— 9 975 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcase weight,
originating in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including
Kosovo.

The four quotas referred to in the first subparagraph shall bear
the serial Nos 09.4503, 09.4504, 09.4505 and 09.4506
respectively.

For the purposes of attributing the said quotas, 100 kilograms
live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcase weight.

2.
The customs duty applicable under the quotas referred to
in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 %
of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs
Tariff.

3.
Importation under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1
shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat
falling within CN codes:
— ex 0102 90 51,
ex 0102 90 79,

ex 0102 90 59,

ex 0102 90 71

and

— ex 0201 10 00 and ex 0201 20 20,
— ex 0201 20 30,
— ex 0201 20 50,

referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 and
in Annex III to the Interim Agreements concluded with Croatia
and with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

4.
All applications for imports under the quotas referred to
in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a certificate of authen-
ticity issued by the competent authorities of the exporting
country attesting that the goods originate in that country and
that they correspond to the definition given, as the case may
be, in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 or Annex III
to the Interim Agreements referred to in paragraph 3.

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) box 8 of the licence applications and of the licences them-
selves must show the country of origin; licences shall carry
with them an obligation to import from the country indi-
cated;

— «Baby beef» [Reglamento (CE) no 2533/2001]
— »Baby beef« (forordning (EF) nr. 2533/2001)
— „Baby beef“ [Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2533/2001]
— «Baby beef» [Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2533/2001]
— ‘Baby beef’ (Regulation (EC) No 2533/2001)
— «Baby beef» [règlement (CE) no 2533/2001]
— «Baby beef» [regolamento (CE) n. 2533/2001]
— „Baby beef” (Verordening (EG) nr. 2533/2001)
— «Baby beef» [Regulamento (CE) n.o 2533/2001]
— ”Baby beef” (asetus (EY) N:o 2533/2001)
— ”Baby beef” (förordning (EG) nr 2533/2001);

(c) 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 certif-
icate of authenticity.

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

(d) certificates 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 attributed;

(e) 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.

Article 3

1.
The certificate of authenticity referred to in Article 2 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 Annexes I, II, III
and IV respectively for the four exporting countries concerned;
they may also be printed and completed in the official language
or one of the official

languages of the exporting country.

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

3.
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.

4.
Each certificate shall have its own individual
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.

(b) box 20 of the licence application and of the licence itself

shall show one of the following entries:

Certificates shall be valid only if they are duly endorsed

5.
by an issuing authority listed in Annex V.

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Certificates shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if
6.
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 5

Certificates of authenticity and import licences shall be valid for
three months from their respective dates of issue. However,
they shall expire on 31 December 2002.

Article 4

1.

Each issuing authority listed in Annex V 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 to be verified,
in particular with
regard to the number of the certificate, the exporter, the
consignee, the country of destination, the product (live
animals/meat), the net weight and the date of signature.

Article 6

the exporting countries concerned shall
The authorities of
communicate to the Commission specimens of
the stamp
imprints used by their issuing authorities and the names and
signatures of the persons empowered to sign certificates of
authenticity. The Commission shall communicate this informa-
tion to the competent authorities of the Member States.

Article 7

Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Regulations (EC)
No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall apply to importing
operations under the quotas referred to in Article 1.

Article 8

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

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

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ANNEX IV

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ANNEX V

Issuing authorities:
— Republic of Croatia:
— Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
— Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:
— Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

‘Euroinspekt’, Zagreb, Croatia