Commission Regulation (EC) No 1634/2002 of 13 September 2002 amending — in the light of the new concessions for which Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 provides in respect of the Republic of Hungary — Regulations (EC) No 1279/98, (EC) No 1128/1999 and (EC) No 1247/1999 regarding certain tariff quotas for the importation of beef and veal products
Date: 2002-09-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, customs duties, import licence, originating product, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1634/2002

of 13 September 2002

amending — in the light of the new concessions for which Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002
provides in respect of the Republic of Hungary — Regulations (EC) No 1279/98, (EC) No 1128/
1999 and (EC) No 1247/1999 regarding certain tariff quotas for the importation of beef and veal
products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Regulation (EC) No 2345/
2001 (2), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29
July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community
tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for
an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of
certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe
Agreement with Hungary (3), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 provided for new
concessions as regards the importation of certain beef
and veal products under the tariff quotas opened by the
Europe Agreement with Hungary. The new concessions
took effect on 1 July 2002, except as regards the conces-
sion which involves opening the tariff quota covered by
serial number 09.4774.

80 kilograms originating in certain third countries (6),
as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1096/
2001 (7).

— 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 (8), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1096/2001.

(3)

Full or partial repayment of import duty resulting from
the reduction in duty which took effect on 1 July 2002
is to be granted in accordance with Article 236 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October
1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (9), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 (10), and
with Articles 878 et seq. 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 (11),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (12).

(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:

(2)

It is therefore necessary to amend the following Commis-
sion implementing Regulations:

Article 1

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June
1998 laying down detailed rules for applying the
tariff quotas for beef and veal applicable under Regu-
(EC) No 2290/2000,
lations (EC) No 1727/2000,
(EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No
2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 for the Republic
of Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Romania and the Republic of Poland (4), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2857/2000 (5).

— 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

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 55.

Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 shall be amended as follows:

1. the title shall be replaced by:

‘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 Regulations (EC) No 2290/
2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No
2435/2000, (EC) No 2851/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002
for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the
Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary;’

(6) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 50.
(7) OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 33.
(8) OJ L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 18.
(9) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17.
(11) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(12) OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1.

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2. the first paragraph of Article 1 shall be replaced by:

Article 2

‘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 2290/2000,
(EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/
2000, (EC) No 2851/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002;’

3. the second paragraph of Article 3(1)(c) shall be replaced by:

‘Group of products' means products originating in only one
of the countries listed in Annex I; a group of products shall
cover either products under CN codes 0201 and 0202, or
products under CN codes 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91,
0210 20 10, 0210 20 90, 0210 99 51, 0210 99 59 and
0210 99 90 originating in Hungary, or products under CN
codes 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 and 1602 50 80 originating
in Romania, or products under CN code 1602 50 origi-
nating in Poland;’

4. Article 3(2) shall be replaced by:

‘2.
Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, box 16 of licence applications and licences shall
show one of the groups of CN codes listed in the same
indent below:
— 0201, 0202,
— 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 0210 20 10, 0210 20 90,

0210 99 51, 0210 99 59, 0210 99 90,
— 1602 50 31, 1602 50 39, 1602 50 80,
— 1602 50.’

5. Annex I shall be replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 shall be replaced
by:

For the quantity referred to in paragraph 1, the rate

‘2.
of customs duty shall be reduced by:

— 80 % for animals originating in the Czech Republic,
and

Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia,
Lithuania,

Latvia

— 90 % for animals originating in Poland and Hungary.’

Article 3

Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1247/1999 shall be replaced
by:

For the quantity referred to in paragraph 1, the rate

‘2.
of customs duty shall be reduced by:

— 80 % for animals originating in the Czech Republic,
and

Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia,
Lithuania,

Latvia

— 90 % for animals originating in Poland and Hungary.’

Article 4

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

The provisions of this Regulation shall apply from 1 July 2002.
However, the concession covered by serial number 09.4774
shall apply from the date on which this Regulation enters into
force.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Community import concessions by product and country of origin

(MFN = most favoured nation rate of duty)

Country of origin

Serial No

CN code

Description

Duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from 1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
from 1.7.2003
(tonnes)

Hungary

09.4707

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Exempt

13 655

1 365

09.4774

0206 10 95

Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled,
thick skirt and thin skirt

Exempt

1 000

100

0206 29 91

Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, other,
thick skirt and thin skirt

0210 20 10
0210 20 90

Meat of bovine animals, salted or in brine, dried
or smoked

0210 99 51

Thin skirt and thick skirt of bovine animals

0210 99 59

Other offal of bovine animals

0210 99 90

Edible flour and meal from meat or offal

Poland

09.4824

Czech Republic

09.4623

Slovakia

09.4624

Romania

09.4753

Bulgaria

09.4651

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

Exempt

19 200

1 600

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

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

20

20

3 500

3 500

0

0

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Exempt

3 000

250

Prepared or preserved meat of bovine animals

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

20

250

0