Proposal for a Council Regulation opening an autonomous quota for imports of high-quality beef
Date: 2002-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, certificate of origin, import, tariff preference, tariff quota, trade policy

C 203 E/130

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27.8.2002

Proposal for a Council Regulation opening an autonomous quota for imports of high-quality beef

(2002/C 203 E/19)

COM(2002) 199 final — 2002/0094(ACC)

(Submitted by the Commission on 22 April 2002)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

(4) Under Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation
of the market in beef and veal (1), tariff quotas for the
products covered by the present Regulation are to be
administered by the Commission in accordance with
detailed rules adopted under the procedure laid down in
Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1) In view of

interest

the Community's

in developing
harmonious trade relations with third countries and the
major economic and social difficulties currently facing
some supplier countries, provision should be made for
opening, as an autonomous measure and on a temporary
basis, a Community import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes
of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef.

(2) The beef market is now on the way to becoming more
stable. Demand of consumers
in the Community is
increasing, especially for high-quality beef. An additional
reduced-tariff-quota for high-quality beef would satisfy at
the same time the consumer interests as well as supplier
interests.

Article 1

1.
An annual Community import tariff quota of 10 000
tonnes, expressed in product weight, of high-quality fresh,
chilled or frozen beef falling within CN codes 0201 30 00,
the Common
0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of
Customs Tariff is opened.

The applicable duty for the quota shall be 20 % ad

2.
valorem.

3.

The quota shall run from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

Article 2

Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, adopted in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 of
Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999,
include provisions
making the utilisation of the quota referred to in Article 1
subject to the presentation of a certificate of authenticity guar-
anteeing the type and origin of the products.

shall

Article 3

(3) Equal and continuous access to the quota should be offered
to all operators concerned in the Community and appro-
priate monitoring of the quota should be ensured. To this
end, the utilisation of the quota should be based on the
presentation of a certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the
type and origin of the products.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of 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.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2345/2001 (OJ L 315, 1.12.2001,
p. 29).