Commission Regulation (EC) No 1240/2005 of 29 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 as regards certain tariff quotas for beef and veal products originating in Romania
Date: 2005-07-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Romania, beef, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1240/2005

of 29 July 2005

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

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,

Council Decision 2003/18/EC of 19 December 2002
concerning the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the
trade aspects of the Europe Agreement 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 nego-
tiations between the Parties on new mutual agricultural
concessions (2) provided for concessions as regards the
importation of beef and veal products under the tariff
quota opened by this Agreement.

(1)

(2)

to the Europe Agreement 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 accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic
the Republic of
of Latvia,
the Republic of
Hungary,
and the Slovak
Poland,
Republic
for
concessions as regards beef and veal products.

the Republic of Lithuania,
the Republic of Malta,
the Republic of Slovenia

to the European Union (4), provides

(4)

(5)

The measures which are necessary
to open the
concessions concerning beef and veal products should
adopted and Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 be
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. In view of the date of entry
into force of the Additional Protocol, it is necessary to
derogate from this provision for the period from the
entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December
2005.

(6)

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

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
in Council
quotas
Decisions 2003/286/EC and 2003/18/EC for Bulgaria
and Romania (3).

for beef and veal provided for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(3)

Council and Commission Decision 2005/431/EC of 25
April 2005 on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol

(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 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 12. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1220/2005 (OJ L 199, 29.7.2005, p. 47).

Article 1

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

(4) OJ L 155, 17.6.2005, p. 26.

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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.

Article 2

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

Annexes I and II of Regulation (EC) No 1279/98 are

3.
replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

It shall apply from 1 August 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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
1.7.2005
(tonnes) (1)

Annual
increase from
1.7.2006
(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

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

Bulgaria

09.4651

0201
0202

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen

Free

Free

500

2 500

0

0

0

0

09.4784

1602 50

Prepared or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals

Free

660

60

(1) For Romania, annual quantity from 1.8.2005 (tonnes).

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