Commission Regulation (EC) No 529/2003 of 24 March 2003 amending Regulations (EC) No 1279/98, (EC) No 1128/1999, (EC) No 1247/1999 and (EC) No 140/2003 as regards certain tariff quotas for beef and veal products from Romania
Date: 2003-03-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern European countries, beef, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 529/2003

of 24 March 2003

amending Regulations (EC) No 1279/98, (EC) No 1128/1999, (EC) No 1247/1999 and (EC) No 140/
2003 as regards certain tariff quotas for beef and veal products from Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

determining the percentage of quantities which may be
allowed in respect of import licence applications lodged
in January 2003 under tariff quotas for beef and veal
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 for the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania (8), should
therefore be amended with effect from 1 April 2003.

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,

(3)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Protocol approved by Council Decision 2003/18/EC
of 19 December 2002 concerning the conclusion of a
Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agree-
ment establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the
outcome of negotiations between the Parties on new
mutual agricultural concessions (3) provides
for new
concessions as regards the importation of certain beef
and veal products under the tariff quotas opened by that
Agreement. They apply from 1 April 2003.

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 2434/
(EC) No 2433/2000,
2000, (EC) No 2435/2000, (EC) No 2851/2000 and (EC)
No 1408/2002 for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the
Slovak Republic, Romania, the Republic of Poland and
the Republic of Hungary (4), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1634/2002 (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 80 kilograms originating in
certain third countries (6), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1634/2002, Commission Regulation (EC) No
1247/1999 of 16 June 1999 laying down detailed rules
for the application of a tariff quota for live bovine
animals weighing from 80 to 300 kilograms and origi-
nating in certain third countries (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1634/2002, and Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 140/2003 of 27 January 2003

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 247, 14.9.2002, p. 7.
(6) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 50.
(7) OJ L 150, 17.6.1999, p. 18.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘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 Council Regulations (EC) No
2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC)
No 2851/2000 and (EC) No 1408/2002 and Council Deci-
sion 2003/18/EC for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
the Republic of Poland,
the Republic of Hungary and
Romania.’

2. The first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Import licences must be presented for imports into the
Community of the products listed in Annex I hereto under
the quotas provided for in Council Regulations (EC) No
(EC) No 2434/
(EC) No 2433/2000 (**),
2290/2000 (*),
2000 (***), (EC) No 2851/2000 (****) and (EC) No 1408/
2002 (*****) and Council Decision 2003/18/EC (******).

(*) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(***) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.
(****) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 7.
(*****) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(******) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.’

(8) OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 6.

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3. Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a) the first paragraph is amended as follows:

(i) the second subparagraph of point (c) is deleted;
(ii) the following second subparagraph is inserted;

‘Group of products within the meaning of point (c)
shall mean:
— either products falling within CN codes 0201 or
0202 originating in one of the countries listed in
Annex I,

— or products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95,
0206 29 91,
0210 20 90,
0210 20 10,
0210 99 51, 0210 99 59 or 0210 99 90 origi-
nating in Hungary,

— or products falling within CN codes 0206 10 95,
0206 29 91, 0210 20 or 0210 99 51 originating
in Romania,

— or products falling within CN code 1602 50

originating in Poland,

— or products falling within CN code 1602 50

originating in Romania’;
(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Notwithstanding Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, box 16 of licence applications and licences
shall show one of the following groups of CN codes:
— 0201, 0202,

— 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 0210 20 10, 0210 20 90,

0210 99 51, 0210 99 59, 0210 99 90,

— 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 0210 20, 0210 99 51,

— 1602 50.’

Article 2

Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1128/1999 is replaced by
the following:

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,

Slovakia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,

— 90 % for animals originating in Poland, Hungary and

Romania.’

Article 3

Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1247/1999 is replaced by
the following:

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,

Slovakia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,

— 90 % for animals originating in Poland, Hungary and

Romania.’

Article 4

The following point (e) is added to Article 1(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 140/2003:

‘(e) 50 tonnes for beef and veal products falling within CN
and

0206 10 95,

codes
0206 29 91,
0210 99 51 originating in Romania.’

0210 20

Article 5

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

4. Annex I is replaced by the text in the Annex hereto.

It shall apply from 1 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Concessions applicable to imports into the Community of certain products originating in certain countries

(MFN = most favoured nation duty)

Country of
origin

Serial No

CN code

Description

Hungary

09.4707

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

09.4774

0206 10 95

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

Rate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)

Annual quan-
tity from
1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003
(tonnes)

Annual quan-
tity from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase from
1.7.2004
(tonnes)

Free

Free

13 655

15 020

1 365

1 000

1 100

100

0206 29 91

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

frozen,

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 of meat or offal

0201
0202

1602 50

0201
0202

0201
0202

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

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

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

Poland

09.4824

Czech
Republic

09.4623

Slovakia

09.4624

Romania

09.4753

09.4765

0206 10 95

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

0206 29 91

Edible thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine
animals, frozen

0210 20

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

0210 99 51

Thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine
animals

09.4768

1602 50

Prepared or preserved meat or offal of
bovine animals

Bulgaria

09.4651

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or
frozen

(1) Coefficient for conversion into fresh meat = 2,14.’

Free

19 200

20 800

1 600

20

20

Free

Free

Free

20

3 500

3 500

3 500

3 500

3 500

4 000

50

100

250

250

500

250

0

0

0

0

0

0