Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2005 of 18 July 2005 adopting autonomous and transitional measures to open a Community tariff quota for the import of live bovine animals originating in Switzerland
Date: 2005-07-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Switzerland, cattle, import, live animal, originating product, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1182/2005

of 18 July 2005

adopting autonomous and transitional measures to open a Community tariff quota for the import of
live bovine animals originating in Switzerland

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Latvia,

Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,

Following the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Poland,
Cyprus,
Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union,
the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation
agreed at the bilateral Summit on 19 May 2004 on
the principle that the trade flows in accordance with
the preferences granted previously under the bilateral
arrangements between the new Member States and Swit-
zerland should be maintained after the enlargement of
the European Union. Parties therefore agreed to proceed
tariff concessions within the
with the adaptation of
framework of
the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in
agricultural
the
Agreement), which entered into force on 1 June 2002.
The adaptation of these concessions, which are listed in
Annexes 1 and 2 of the Agreement, includes notably the
opening of a Community tariff quota for the import of
live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg.

products (1)

(hereinafter

called

live bovine animals. However,

Parties have put in place autonomous measures, open-
ended in the Swiss Confederation and until 30 June
2005 in the European Community, as regards imports
the procedures for
of
adopting bilaterally a decision to amend the Annexes 1
and 2 of the Agreement are not yet completed in the
Swiss Confederation.
to ensure that quota
In order
benefit is available until the entry into force of the said
decision by the end of 2005, it is appropriate to open,
on an autonomous and transitional basis, another tariff-
quota concession until 31 December 2005 under the

(1) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.

same conditions as those foreseen by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1922/2004 of 25 October 2004 adopting
autonomous
to open a
and transitional measures
Community tariff quota for the import of live bovine
animals originating in Switzerland (2).

(3)

(4)

(5)

in particular,

Detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation
the provisions required for quota
and,
management should be adopted in accordance with the
provisions laid down in Article 32 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common
organisation of the market in beef and veal (3).

To be eligible for the benefit of
these tariff quotas,
products should originate in Switzerland in conformity
with the rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement.

Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant
an exception to the six-week period referred to in
paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national
parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the
Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab-
lishing the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
A duty-free Community tariff quota is hereby opened on
an autonomous and transitional basis for the period from the
date of the entry into force of this regulation until 31 December
2005 for the import of 2 300 heads of any live bovine animal
originating in Switzerland weighting more than 160 kg, falling
within CN code 0102 90 41, 0102 90 49, 0102 90 51,
0102 90 59,
or
0102 90 79.

0102 90 61,

0102 90 69,

0102 90 71

2.
The rules of origin applicable to the products referred to
in paragraph 1 shall be those provided for in Article 4 of the
Agreement.

(2) OJ L 331, 5.11.2004, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by
L 328,

(EC) No 1899/2004 (OJ

Commission Regulation
30.10.2004, p. 67).

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Article 2

The detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the
provisions laid down in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2005.

For the Council
The President

M. BECKETT