Commission Regulation (EC) No 1524/2002 of 26 August 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat
Date: 2002-08-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, buffalo meat, frozen product, import licence, product quality, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1524/2002

of 26 August 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas
for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1149/2002 of
27 June 2002 opening an autonomous quota for
imports of high-quality beef (3) provides for the opening
of an annual
import tariff quota of 1 000 tonnes of
high-quality beef starting on 1 July 2002.

Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1150/2002 of
27 June 2002 opening an autonomous quota for
imports of high-quality beef (4) provides for the opening
of an annual import tariff quota of 10 000 tonnes of
high-quality beef for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June
2003.

Under Article 2 of the above Regulations the quotas in
question are managed by means of certificates of authen-
ticity.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May
1997 opening and providing for the administration of
tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen
beef and for frozen buffalo meat (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 361/2002 (6), provides, for a number
of quotas of high-quality beef,
for management by
means of certificates of authenticity. In order to ensure
the uniform management of the quotas in question,
detailed rules should be adopted for the application of
the above two quotas and incorporated into Regulation
(EC) No 936/97.

Under Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 the
meat in question must meet certain quality criteria. In
this context, the Canadian competent authority has just
defined the grades of carcases for bison meat. The above
Article 2(f) should therefore be amended.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 5.

exceptional cases

In a number of cases, in particular when high-quality
fresh or chilled beef is imported by air in view of its
perishable nature, the documents and/or data required
for the rapid release for free circulation of these goods
are missing. In order to facilitate commercial operations,
Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 should be
in which import
amended. The
licences may be issued should first be specified. The
conditions must be laid down for the lodging and
release of a specific security against
licences
other than those referred to in the second indent of
Article 4 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 (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2492/2001 (8), and the main
requirement for that guarantee must be defined.

import

(7)

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 936/97 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the first indent of Article 1(1) is amended as follows:

(a) ‘58 100 tonnes’

is replaced by ‘59 100 tonnes’;

(b) the following second subparagraph is added;

‘However, the total volume of tariff quotas shall be
69 100 tonnes in the 2002/03 import year.’;

2. Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a) the following second subparagraph is added to point (a):

‘However, for the 2002/03 import year the tariff quota
shall be 38 000 tonnes, of which 10 000 tonnes,
expressed in product weight, shall fall within CN codes
0201 30 00,
and
0206 29 91.’;

0202 30 90,

0206 10 95

(7) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 18.

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(b) point (f) is replaced by the following:

(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘(f) 11 500 tonnes product weight

falling
within CN codes 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95 and
0206 29 91, and meeting the following definition:

for meat

“Carcasses or any cuts obtained from bovine animals
not over 30 months of age which have been fed for
100 days or more on nutritionally balanced, high-
energy-content rations containing not less than 70 %
grain and comprising at least 20 pounds total feed
per day. Beef graded “choice” or “prime” according
to USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)
standards automatically meets the above definition.
Meat graded “Canada A”, “Canada AA”, “Canada
AAA”, “Canada Choice” and “Canada Prime”, “A1”,
“A2” and “A3”, according to the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency — Government of Canada, corre-
sponds to this definition.”’;

(c) the following point (g) is added:

‘(g) 1 000 tonnes of boneless meat falling within CN
codes 0201 30 00 and 0202 30 90 and meeting the
following definition:

“fillet (lomito), striploin and/or Cube roll
(lomo),
rump (rabadilla), topside (carnaza negra) obtained
from selected crossbred animals with less than 50 %
of breeds of the zebú type and having been exclu-
sively fed with pasture grass or hay. The slaughtered
animals shall be steers or heifers falling under
category “V” of
the VACUNO carcasse-grading
system producing carcasses not exceeding 260 kg.

The cuts must be labelled according to Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000
establishing a system for the identification and
registration of bovine animals and regarding the
labelling of beef and beef products and repealing
Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (*). The indica-
tion “high-quality beef” may be added to the infor-
mation on the label.”

(*) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.’;

3. Article 8 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

Imports of the quantities set out in the second
‘1.
indent of Article 1(1) and in Article 2(a), (b) (c), (d),
(e) and (g) shall be subject to presentation, on release
for
issued in
accordance with Article 4(c) and (d) and paragraph 2
of this Article.’;

free circulation, of

licences

import

Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a) and (c), and
the competent
this paragraph,

‘3.
under
authorities may issue import licences when:

the terms of

— the original of

the certificate of authenticity has
been presented but the relevant information from
the Commission has not yet been received, or

— the original of

the certificate of authenticity has

not been presented, or

— the original of

the certificate of authenticity has
been presented and the relevant information from
the Commission has been received but certain data
are not in conformity.

In these cases, notwithstanding the second indent of
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, the security
to be lodged for import licences shall be equal to the
amount corresponding,
for the products in question,
to the full customs duty under the common customs
tariff
(CCT) applicable on the day on which the
application for the import licence is submitted.

After having received the original of the certificate of
authenticity and the Commission information on the
certificate in question and after having checked that
the Member States shall
this data is in conformity,
release this security on condition that
the security
referred to in the second indent of Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1445/95 has been lodged for the same
import licence.

the

the
The presentation to the competent authority of
original of
conforming authenticity certificate
before expiry of the period of validity of the import
licence concerned shall constitute a main requirement
within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (*)
security
for
referred to in the second subparagraph.

the

The amounts of
forfeited and retained as customs duties.

this security not released shall be

(*) OJ L 205, 3.8.1985, p. 5.’;

4. the following indent is added to Annex II:

‘— MINISTERIO DE AGRICULTURA, GANADERÍA,
CONTROL DE

Y

DIRECCIÓN DE NORMAS
ALIMENTOS:

for meat originating in Paraguay and meeting the
definition in Article 2(g).’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission