Council Regulation (EC) No 1150/2002 of 27 June 2002 opening an autonomous quota for imports of high-quality beef
Date: 2002-06-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, beef, certificate of origin, import, tariff quota

L 170/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.6.2002

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1150/2002

of 27 June 2002

opening an autonomous quota for imports of high-quality beef

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In view of the Community’s interest in developing har-
monious trade relations with third countries and the ma-
jor economic and social difficulties currently facing some
supplier countries, provision should be made for open-
ing, as an autonomous measure and on a temporary ba-
sis, a Community import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes
of high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen beef.

The beef market is now on the way to becoming more
stable. Demand of consumers in the Community is in-
creasing, 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.

Equal and continuous access to the quota should be of-
fered to all operators concerned in the Community and
appropriate 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 guar-
anteeing the type and origin of the products.

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 pro-
ducts covered by the present Regulation are to be admi-

nistered by the Commission in accordance with detailed
rules adopted under the procedure laid down in Article
43 of the said Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 positions 0201 30 00,
0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 of the Common
Customs Tariff is opened for the period from 1 July 2002 to 30
June 2003.

The applicable duty for the quota shall be 20 % ad

2.
valorem.

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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 Luxembourg, 27 June 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. ARIAS CAÑETE

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