Commission Regulation (EC) No 1220/2005 of 28 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 as regards certain tariff quotas for beef and veal products originating in Bulgaria
Date: 2005-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, beef, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1220/2005

of 28 July 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 as regards certain tariff quotas for beef and veal products
originating in Bulgaria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular the first subparagraph of
Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas,

(1)

(2)

(3)

establishing

Council Decision 2003/286/EC of 8 April 2003 on the
conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of
an association
the Europe Agreement
between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and Bulgaria, of the other part, to
take account of the outcome of negotiations between the
concessionss (2),
Parties on new mutual agricultural
provided for concessions as regards the importation of
beef and veal products under the tariff quota opened by
this Agreement.

Provisions implementing this tariff quota were adopted
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 of 19 June
1998 laying down detailed rules for applying the tariff
quotas
in Council
Decisions 2003/286/EC and 2003/18/EC for Bulgaria
and Romania (3).

for beef and veal provided for

Council and Commission Decision 2005/430/EC of
the Additional
18 April 2005 on the conclusion of
Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
the
Bulgaria, of

to take account of

the other part,

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 102, 24.4.2003, p. 60.
(3) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10).

the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Hungary,

accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia,
the
the Republic of Cyprus,
the
Republic of Lithuania,
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic
of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European
Union (4), provides for additional concessions as regards
beef and veal products.

The measures which are necessary
to open the
concessions concerning beef and veal products should
be
adopted and Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 be
amended accordingly.

Moreover, Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98
provides that licence applications may only be submitted
during the first ten days of each period referred to in
Article 2 of that Regulation. For the period 1 July 2005
to 31 December 2005, it is necessary to derogate from
this provision, in view of the date of entry into force of
this Regulation.

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1279/98, applications for import licences for the period
the present Regulation until
from the entry into force of
31 December 2005 shall be lodged during the first
ten
working days following the date of publication of this Regu-
lation in the Official Journal of the European Union but before
13:00, Brussels time, on the 10th working day.

Licence applications submitted during the first 10 days of
2.
July 2005 in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1279/98 shall be counted as applications under paragraph
1.

(4) OJ L 155, 17.6.2005, p. 1.

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Annexes I and II of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 are replaced by the text in the Annex to this

3.
Regulation.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
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

Rate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

Annual
increase from
1.7.2004
(tonnes)

Romania

09.4753

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Free

4 000

09.4765

0206 10 95

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

Free

100

0

0

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 and thin skirt of bovine animals

09.4768

1602 50

Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals

Free

500

0

Country of
origin

Serial No

CN code

Description

Rate of duty
applicable
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity from
1.7.2005
(tonnes)

Annual
increase from
1.7.2006

Bulgaria

09.4651

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Free

2 500

09.4784

1602 50

Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals

Free

660

0

60

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ANNEX II

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