Commission Regulation (EC) No 649/2003 of 10 April 2003 amending Regulations (EEC) No 139/81, (EC) No 936/97 and (EC) No 996/97 as regards imports of beef and veal products
Date: 2003-04-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, certificate of origin, common customs tariff, frozen product, import licence, tariff quota

11.4.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 95/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 649/2003

of 10 April 2003

amending Regulations (EEC) No 139/81, (EC) No 936/97 and (EC) No 996/97 as regards imports 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 Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2345/2001 (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 139/81 of
16 January 1981 defining the conditions for the admission of
certain kinds of frozen beef and veal to subheading 0202 30
50 of the Combined Nomenclature (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 264/1999 (4), and in particular Article 5(2)
thereof,

Having regard to 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 1781/2002 (6), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/97 of 3
June 1997 on the opening and administration of an import
tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling
within CN code 0206 29 91 (7), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1266/98 (8), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Regulations (EEC) No 139/81, (EC) No 936/97
and (EC) No 996/97 certificates of authenticity must be
issued before certain goods may be imported or
admitted in specific subheadings of
the Combined
Nomenclature. The lists of issuing authorities for these
certificates are annexed to those Regulations.

(2)

(3)

Argentina has changed the name of the issuing authority
for certificates of authenticity.

Regulations (EEC) No 139/81, (EC) No 936/97 and (EC)
No 996/97 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 139/81 is replaced by the text
in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

In Annex II
the issuing
to Regulation (EC) No 936/97,
authority name ‘Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y
Alimentación (SAGPyA)’ is replaced by ‘Secretaría de Agricul-
tura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentos (SAGPyA)’.

Article 3

In Annex II
the issuing
to Regulation (EC) No 996/97,
authority name ‘Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y
Alimentación (SAGPyA)’ is replaced by ‘Secretaría de Agricul-
tura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentos (SAGPyA)’.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 10 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 315, 1.12.2001, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 15, 17.1.1981, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 32, 5.2.1999, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 270, 8.10.2002, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 144, 4.6.1997, p. 6.
(8) OJ L 175, 19.6.1998, p. 9.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

List of agencies in exporting countries empowered to issue certificates of authenticity

Non-member country

Agency

Name

Address

Argentina

Australia

Botswana

Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y
Alimentos (SAGPyA), Coordinación de
Mercados Ganaderos

Paseo Colón 922, 1er Piso
Oficina 146
(C 1063 ACW) Buenos Aires
Argentina

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry — Australia

PO Box 858
Canberra, ACT 2601

Ministry of Agriculture,
Department
Production

of Animal Health

and

Principal Veterinary Office (Abattoir)
Private Bag 12
Lobatse

New Zealand

New Zealand Meat Board

Swaziland

Ministry of Agriculture

Uruguay

Instituto Nacional de Carnes (INAC)

PO Box 121
Wellington

PO Box 162
Mbabane

Rincón 459
Montevideo

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Namibia

South African Livestock and Meat Industries
Control Board

Hamilton and Vermeulen Streets
Pretoria

Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Veterinary Services

Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural
Development
Directorate of Veterinary Services

PO Box 8012
Causeway
Harare
Zimbabwe

Private Bag 12002
Auspanplatz
Windhoek 9000
Namibia’