Commission Regulation (EC) No 2365/2002 of 27 December 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2565/2001 opening Community tariff quotas for 2002 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95
Date: 2002-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: goat, goatmeat, import, sheep, sheepmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2365/2002

of 27 December 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 2565/2001 opening Community tariff quotas for 2002 for sheep,
goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19
December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 16(1)
thereof,

(4)

Whereas:

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 (2) provides for
new concessions as regards the importation of sheep,
goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat under the tariff quotas
opened by the Europe Agreement with Hungary. Those
new concessions which took effect on 1 July 2002,
establish access to the Community without quantitative
restrictions for those products originating in Hungary.
The new concessions are only applicable to products not
benefiting from any kind of export subsidies.

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1151/2002 of 27 June
2002 establishing concessions in the form of Commu-
nity 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 Estonia (3)
provides for new concessions as regards the importation
of sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat under the tariff
quotas opened by the Europe Agreement with Estonia.
Those new concessions which took effect on 1 July
2002, establish access to the Community without quan-
titative restrictions for those products originating in
Estonia. The new concessions are only applicable to
products not benefiting from any kind of export subsi-
dies.

(6)

(7)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1362/2002 of 22 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 Latvia (4)provides for new

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 13.

concessions as regards the importation of sheep, goats,
sheepmeat and goatmeat under the tariff quotas opened
by the Europe Agreement with Latvia. Those new
concessions which took effect on 1 July 2002, establish
access to the Community without quantitative restric-
tions for those products originating in Latvia. The new
concessions are only applicable to products not bene-
fiting from any kind of export subsidies.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1361/2002 of 22 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 Lithuania (5) provides for
new concessions as regards the importation of sheep,
goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat under the tariff quotas
opened by the Europe Agreement with Lithuania. Those
new concessions which took effect on 1 July 2002,
establish access to the Community without quantitative
restrictions for those products originating in Lithuania.
The new concessions are only applicable to products not
benefiting from any kind of export subsidies.

(5) With regard to sheepmeat products it

to
establish, at the moment of their submission for import
to the customs authorities, whether these products origi-
nate from domestic sheep or other than domestic sheep.
It is, therefore, appropriate to provide that the document
of origin contains a clarification to this end.

is difficult

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2565/2001 of 27
December 2001 opening Community tariff quotas for
2002 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat and
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 (6) should
be amended accordingly.

The duties and quantities as referred to in this Regula-
tion have been fixed in accordance with international
agreements in force during the year 2002. In the case of
Hungary and the Baltic States, the periods related to
those agreements are specified in the footnotes of the
Annex. This Regulation should, therefore, be applicable
retroactively as from 1 January 2002.

(8)

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

(5) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 31.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2565/2001 is amended as follows:

1. Articles 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Commu-
nity of sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within
CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90, 0204,
0210 99 21 and 0210 99 29 originating in the countries
indicated in the Annex shall be suspended or reduced in
accordance with the provisions laid down in this Regula-
tion.

Article 3

1.
The quantities of meat, expressed in carcasse-weight
equivalent, falling within CN code 0204 and for which the
customs duty, applicable to imports originating in the
specific supplying countries listed, is reduced to zero for the
period between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2002
shall be those laid down for Country Group No 1 of the
Annex.

equivalent,

The quantities of live animals and meat expressed as
2.
carcasse-weight
falling within CN codes
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and for
which the customs duty, applicable to imports originating
in the specific supplying countries listed, is reduced to zero
for the period between 1 January 2002 and 31 December
2002 shall be those laid down for Country Group No 2 of
the Annex.

The quantities of meat, expressed in carcasse-weight
3.
equivalent, falling within CN code 0204 and for which the
customs duty, applicable to imports originating in the
specific supplying countries listed, is reduced to zero for the
period between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2002
shall be those laid down for Country Group No 3 of the
Annex.

The quantities of live animals and meat, expressed in
4.
falling within CN codes
carcasse-weight
0210 99 21,
0104 20 90,
0104 10 30,
0210 99 29 and 0204 and for which the customs duty,

equivalent,
0104 10 80,

applicable to imports originating in the specific supplying
countries listed, is suspended or reduced as indicated for the
period between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2002
shall be those laid down for Country Group No 4 of the
Annex.

equivalent,

The quantities of live animals and meat, expressed as
5.
carcasse-weight
falling within CN codes
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and for
which the customs duty, applicable to imports originating
in the specific supplying countries listed, is suspended or
reduced as indicated for the period between 1 January 2002
and 31 December 2002 shall be those laid down for
Country Group No 5 of the Annex.

Article 4

1.
The tariff quotas provided for in Country Groups Nos
1 and 2 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be managed
in accordance with the rules laid down in Title II(A) of
Regulation (EC) No 1439/95.

2.
The tariff quotas provided for in Country Groups Nos
3, 4 and 5 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be managed
in accordance with the rules laid down in Title II(B) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1439/95.’

2. The following Article is inserted after Article 6:

‘Article 6(a)

The document of origin accompanying sheepmeat products
falling under CN codes ex 0204, ex 0210 99 21 and
ex 0210 99 29 and as referred to under Country Group No
4 of the Annex, shall, in box No 9, contain an indication if
such products originate from sheep other than domestic
sheep.’

3. The Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this

Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT TARIFF QUOTAS FOR 2002

(tonnes of carcase-weight equivalent)

Country
group No (1)

CN codes

1 (*)

0204

Duty

Zero

Order number

Origin

09.4131

Argentina

09.4132

Australia

09.4133

Chile

Volume

23 000

18 650

3 000

09.4134

New Zealand

226 700

09.4135

Uruguay

09.4136

Iceland

09.4137

Slovenia

2 (*)

0104 10 30
0104 10 80
0104 20 90
0204

Zero

09.4681

Poland

09.4682

Romania (2)

5 800

1 350

50

9 200

8 050

09.4575

Hungary (3)

16 247,5

09.4683

Bulgaria

09.4684

Czech Republic

09.4685

Slovakia

3 (**)

0204

Zero

09.4141

Greenland

09.4142

Faeroes

09.4037

Baltic States (4)

09.4143

Turkey

09.4146

ACP states

4 (**)

0104 10 30,
ex 0104 10 80 and
ex 0104 20 90

100 %
reduction of
specific duties

7 000

2 150

4 300

100

20

132,5

200

100

ex 0204,
ex 0210 99 21 and
ex 0210 99 29
other than domestic sheep

only

for

ex 0204,
ex 0210 99 21 and
ex 0210 99 29 for domestic
sheep only

65 %
reduction of
specific duties

09.4147

ACP states

500

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Country
group No (1)

CN codes

5 (**)

0204

0104 10 30
0104 10 80
0104 20 90

Duty

Zero

10 %

Order number

Origin

09.4037

Others (5)

09.4036

Others (5)

Volume

200

49,35 (6)

(*) Quota management method based on Title II(A) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95.
(**) Quota management method based on Title II(B) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95.
(1) Article 3 of this Regulation.
(2) Pro memory annual
(3) This quota is only valid from 1.1.2002 to 30.6.2002.
(4) This is a global amount for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This quota is only valid from 1.1.2002 to 30.6.2002.
(5)
(6) The former amount of 105 tonnes live weight has been converted into carcase weight.

‘Others’ stands here for all origins excluding the countries mentioned in the current table.

increase = 700 tonnes (Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000).