Commission Regulation (EC) No 727/2006 of  12 May 2006  opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing ( 1 July 2006  to  30 June 2007 )
Date: 2006-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, boned meat, frozen product, import (EU), import licence, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 727/2006

of 12 May 2006

opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for
processing (1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 Article 32(1) thereof,

(4)

Whereas:

the

Letters

between

Exchange

The WTO schedule CXL requires the Community to open
an annual import tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes of frozen
beef intended for processing. Moreover, as a result of the
negotiations which led to the Agreement in the form of
European
of
an
Community and Australia pursuant
to Article XXIV:6
and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules 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
accession to the
European Union (2), approved by Council Decision (EC)
No 2006/106/EC (3),
the Community undertook to
incorporate in its schedule for all Member States an
increase of 4 003 tonnes of that import tariff quota.

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

course of

in the

(5)

(1)

(2)

Implementing rules should be laid down for the quota
year 2006/2007, starting on 1 July 2006. However, in
view of the forthcoming entry into force of the Treaty of
Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European
Union, without prejudice to Article 39 of that Treaty,
and in order to enable operators of those countries to
benefit from this quota as of the date of their accession,
the quota period should be divided into two sub-periods
and the quantity available under this quota should be
staggered over these periods,
the
traditional trade patterns between the Community and
the supplier countries within this quota.

taking into account

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 54.
(3) OJ L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 52.

The import of
frozen beef under the tariff quota is
subject to customs import duties and to the conditions
laid down under serial number 13 of Annex 7 to Part
three of Annex I
to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4).

So as to avoid speculation, access to the quota should be
allowed only to active processors carrying out processing
in a processing establishment approved in accordance
with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of
animal origin (5), or, subject to the entry into force of
the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the
European Union on 1 January 2007, to processing estab-
lishments in those countries who have been approved for
export into the Community of processed meat products
in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No
854/2004 of
the
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules
for the organisation of official controls on products of
animal origin intended for human consumption (6).

the European Parliament and of

of

licence

an import

Commission

to presentation of

Imports into the Community under the tariff quota are
subject
in
accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 29(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999. It should be possible
to issue licences following allocations of import rights on
the basis of applications from eligible processors. The
provisions
(EC) No
1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common
the system of
detailed rules
import and export licences and advance fixing certificates
for agricultural products (7) and of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of
application for import and export licences in the beef
sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
and veal
2377/80 (8)
issued
under this Regulation.

should apply to import

the application of

Regulation

licences

for

(4) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 426/2006 (OJ L 79, 16.3.2006, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55 (corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 22). Regulation as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).
(6) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206 (corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 83). Regulation as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).
(7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation a last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1856/2005 (OJ L 297, 15.11.2005, p. 7).

(8) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation a last amended by Regu-

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

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(6)

(7)

(8)

In order to prevent speculation, import licences should
be issued to processors solely for the quantities for which
they have been allocated import rights. Moreover, for the
same reason, security should be lodged together with the
application for import rights. The application for import
licences corresponding to the allocated rights should be a
primary requirement within the meaning of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the
system of securities for agricultural products (1).

The collagen content shall be considered to be the hydroxy-
proline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxyproline
content shall be determined according to ISO method 3496-
1994.

The lean bovine meat content excluding fat shall be determined
in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (2).

the

tariff quota

application of

strict
The
surveillance of imports and effective checks as to their
use and destination. The processing should therefore be
authorised only in the establishment referred to in the
import licence.

requires

A security should be lodged in order to ensure that the
imported meat is used according to the tariff quota speci-
fications. The amount of that security should be fixed
taking into account the difference between the customs
duties applicable within and outside the quota.

(9)

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

feet,

tails, hearts, udders,

Offal includes the following: heads and cuts thereof (including
livers, kidneys, sweetbreads
ears),
thick
(thymus glands and pancreas), brains,
skirts, spleens, tongues, caul, spinal cords, edible skin, repro-
ductive organs (i.e. uteri, ovaries and testes), thyroid glands,
pituitary glands.

throats,

lungs,

The product shall be subjected to a heat treatment sufficient to
ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the
product which may not show any traces of a pinkish liquid on
the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing
through its thickest part.

For the purposes of this Regulation, a B-product shall

2.
mean a processed product containing beef, other than:

(a)

the products specified in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1254/1999, or

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(b) the products referred to under paragraph 1.

Article 1

An import tariff quota of 54 703 tonnes, bone-in equivalent of
frozen beef falling within CN code 0202 20 30, 0202 30 10,
0202 30 50, 0202 30 90 or 0206 29 91 and intended for
processing in the Community (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
quota’) is hereby opened for the period from 1 July 2006 to
30 June 2007 subject to the conditions laid down in this Regu-
lation.

a processed product

falling within CN code
However,
0210 20 90 which has been dried or smoked so that
the
colour and consistency of the fresh meat has totally disappeared
and with a water/protein ratio not exceeding 3.2 shall be
considered to be a B-product.

Article 3

The overall quantity referred to in Article 1 shall be

1.
divided into two quantities and staggered as follows:

Article 2

(a) 43 000 tonnes of frozen beef intended for the manufacture

of A-products, of which:

1.
For the purposes of this Regulation, an A-product shall
mean a processed product falling within CN code 1602 10,
1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 or 1602 50 80, not containing meat
other than that of animals of
the bovine species, with a
collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,45 and containing
by weight at least 20 % of lean meat excluding offal and fat
with meat and jelly accounting for at least 85 % of the total net
weight.

(i) 30 000 tonnes for the period from 1 July 2006 to

31 December 2006;

(ii) 13 000 tonnes for the period from 1 January 2007 to

30 June 2007;

(1) OJ L 205, 3.8.1985, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 673/2004 (OJ L 105, 14.4.2004, p. 17).

(2) OJ L 210, 1.8.1986, p. 39.

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(b) 11 703 tonnes of frozen beef intended for the manufacture

of B-products, of which:

The evidence of compliance with the conditions laid down
3.
in the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1 shall be
submitted together with the application for import rights.

(i) 8 200 tonnes for the period from 1 July 2006 to

31 December 2006;

(ii) 3 503 tonnes for the period from 1 January 2007

to 30 June 2007.

competent national

The
is
acceptable documentary evidence of compliance with those
conditions.

shall decide what

authority

2.

The quota shall bear the following order numbers:

— 09.4057 for the quantities referred to in paragraph 1(a),

However, operators that provided that evidence together with
their application for import rights in relation to the quantities
available for the first sub-period of this quota as referred to in
Article 3(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i), are exempted from the obligation to
provide such evidence in case of applications for import rights
in relation to the quantities available for the second sub-period
of this quota as referred to in Article 3(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii).

— 09.4058 for the quantities referred to in paragraph 1(b).

Article 5

The customs import duties to apply on frozen beef under

3.
the quota are set out in Annex I.

Article 4

The application for import rights under the quota may
1.
only be lodged by, or on behalf of processing establishments
approved under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and
which have been active in production of processed products
containing beef at least once since 1 July 2005.

Subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union on 1 January
2007, processing establishments in those countries approved
under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 to export
to the Community and which have been active in production of
processed products containing beef at least once since 1 July
2005 may apply for import rights in relation to the quantities
available for the second sub-period of this quota as referred to
in Article 3(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii).

For each quantity referred to in Article 3(1) only one appli-
cation for import rights which shall not exceed 10 % of each
quantity available may be accepted in respect of each approved
processing establishment.

Applications for import rights may be presented only in the
Member State in which the processor is registered for VAT
purposes.

Each application for import rights for production of A-
expressed in bone-in

shall be

1.
products or B-products
equivalence.

For the purpose of this paragraph 100 kilograms of bone-in
beef equals 77 kilograms of boneless beef.

2.
Applications for import rights for production of either
A-products or B-products shall reach the competent authority:

(a) no later than the second Friday following the date of publi-
this Regulation in the Official
cation of
the
European Union by 13.00 Brussels time at the latest, for
applications related to the first sub-period as referred to
in Article 3(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i);

Journal of

(b) no later than 13:00, Brussels time, on 12 January 2007 for
applications related to the second sub-period as referred to
in Article 3(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii).

3. Member States shall forward to the Commission no later
than the second Friday following the end of the respective
periods
referred to in
paragraph 2 a list of applicants and quantities applied for
under each of the two categories together with the approval
numbers of the processing establishments concerned.

the submission of applications

for

A security of EUR 6 per 100 kg shall be lodged together

2.
with the application for import rights.

All communications, including nil returns, shall be sent by fax
or e-mail using the forms set out in Annexes II and III.

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The Commission shall decide as soon as possible to what
a

4.
extent
percentage of the quantity applied for.

accepted, where necessary

applications

are

as

(b) in box 16, one of the eligible CN codes referred to in

Article 1;

Article 6

(c)

in box 20, at least one of the entries listed in Annex V.

Any import of frozen beef for which import rights have
to

to Article 5(4) shall be subject

1.
been allocated pursuant
presentation of an import licence.

2.
As to the security referred to in Article 4(2) the appli-
cation for import licences corresponding to the allocated import
rights shall be a primary requirement within the meaning of
Article 20(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.

Where in application of Article 5(4) the Commission fixes a
reduction coefficient the security lodged shall be released in
respect of
the import rights applied for which exceed the
allocated import rights.

Import

3.
rights allocated to processors entitle them to
import licences for quantities equivalent to the rights allocated.

Licence applications may be lodged solely:

(a)

in the Member State in which the application for import
rights has been lodged;

(b) by processors or on behalf of processors to whom import

rights have been allocated.

A security shall be lodged with the competent authority at
4.
the time of import ensuring that the processor having been
allocated import rights processes the entire quantity of meat
imported into the required finished products in his estab-
lishment
specified in the licence application, within three
months of the day of import.

The amounts of the security are fixed in Annex IV.

Article 7

Regulations (EC) No 1291/2000 and (EC) No 1445/95 shall
apply, except otherwise provided in this Regulation.

Article 8

The licence application and the licence shall contain the

1.
following information:

(a)

in box 8, the country of origin;

Import licences shall be valid for 120 days from the actual
2.
date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000. However, no licence shall be valid after
30 June 2007.

3.
In application of Article 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000, the full Common Customs Tariff duty applicable
on the date of release for free circulation shall be collected in
respect of all quantities imported in excess of those shown on
the import licence.

Article 9

Member States shall set up a system of physical and docu-
mentary checks to ensure that, within three months of the
date of import, all meat is processed in the processing estab-
lishment and into the category of product specified on the
import licence concerned.

The system shall include physical checks of quantity and quality
at the start of the processing, during the processing and after
the processing operation is completed. To this end, processors
shall at any time be able to demonstrate the identity and use of
the imported meat through appropriate production records.

Technical verification of
competent authority may,
allowance for drip losses and trimmings.

the production method by the
to the extent necessary, make

In order to verify the quality of
the finished product and
establish its conformity with the processor’s formula for the
composition of the product, Member States shall take represen-
tative samples and analyse those products. The costs of such
operations shall be borne by the processor concerned.

Article 10

1.
The security referred to in Article 6(4) shall be released in
proportion to the quantity for which, within seven months of
the day of import, proof has been furnished to the satisfaction
of the competent authority that all or part of the imported meat
has been processed into the relevant products within three
months following the day of import in the designated estab-
lishment.

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However, if processing took place after the three-month time
limit referred to in the first subparagraph, the security shall be
released minus a 15 % reduction plus 2 % of the remaining
amount
for each day by which the time limit has been
exceeded.

If proof of processing is established within the seven-month
time limit referred to in the first subparagraph and produced
within 18 months following those seven months the amount
forfeited, less 15 % of the security amount, shall be repaid.

The amount not released of the security referred to in
2.
Article 6(4) shall be forfeited and retained as a customs duty.

Article 11

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 12 May 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

IMPORT DUTIES

Product
(CN code)

0202 20 30

0202 30 10

0202 30 50

0202 30 90

0206 29 91

For manufacture of A products

For manufacture of B products

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 % + 994,5 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 1 554,3 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 1 554,3 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 2 138,4 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 2 138,4 EUR/1 000 kg/net

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EC Fax: (32 2) 292 17 34

E-mail: AGRI-IMP-BOVINE@cec.eu.int

ANNEX II

Application of Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 727/2006

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EC Fax: (32 2) 292 17 34

E-mail: AGRI-IMP-BOVINE@cec.eu.int

ANNEX III

Application of Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation No (EC) 727/2006

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ANNEX IV

AMOUNTS OF SECURITY (1)

For manufacture of A products

For manufacture of B products

(in EUR/1 000 kg net)

1 414

2 211

2 211

3 041

3 041

420

657

657

903

903

Product
(CN code)

0202 20 30

0202 30 10

0202 30 50

0202 30 90

0206 29 91

(1) The exchange rate to be applied shall be the exchange rate on the day preceding the lodging of the security.

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ANNEX V

Entries referred to in Article 8(1)(c)

— in Spanish:

Certificado válido en … (Estado miembro expedidor)/carne destinada a la transformación … (productos
A) (productos B) (táchese lo que no proceda) en … (designación exacta y número de registro del
establecimiento en el que vaya a procederse a la transformación)/Reglamento (CE) no 727/2006

— in Czech:

Licence platná v … (vydávající členský stát)/Maso určené ke zpracování … (výrobky A) (výrobky B)
(nehodící se škrtněte) v (přesné určení a číslo schválení zpracovatelského zařízení, v němž se má
zpracování uskutečnit)/nařízení (ES) č. 727/2006

— in Danish:

Licens gyldig i … (udstedende medlemsstat)/Kød bestemt
(B-produkter)
(det ikke gældende overstreges)
forarbejdningen sker)/forordning (EF) nr. 727/2006

(A-produkter)
i … (nøjagtig betegnelse for den virksomhed, hvor

forarbejdning til

til

— in German:

In … (ausstellender Mitgliedstaat) gültige Lizenz/Fleisch für die Verarbeitung zu (A-Erzeugnissen)
(B-Erzeugnissen) (Unzutreffendes bitte streichen) in … (genaue Bezeichnung des Betriebs, in dem die
Verarbeitung erfolgen soll)/Verordnung (EG) Nr. 727/2006

— in Estonian:

Litsents on kehtiv … (välja andev liikmesriik)/Liha töötlemiseks … (A toode)
(kustuta
mittevajalik) … (ettevõtte asukoht ja loanumber, kus toimub töötlemine/määrus (EÜ) nr 727/2006

(B toode)

— in Greek:

Η άδεια ισχύει … (κράτος μέλος έκδοσης)/Κρέας που προορίζεται για μεταποίηση … (προϊόντα Α) (προϊόντα
Β) (διαγράφεται η περιττή ένδειξη) … (ακριβής περιγραφή και αριθμός έγκρισης της εγκατάστασης όπου
πρόκειται να πραγματοποιηθεί η μεταποίηση)/Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 727/2006

— in English:

Licence valid in … (issuing Member State)/Meat intended for processing … (A-products) (B-products)
(delete as appropriate) at … (exact designation and approval No of the establishment where the
processing is to take place)/Regulation (EC) No 727/2006

— in French:

Certificat valable … (État membre émetteur)/viande destinée à la transformation de … (produits A)
(produits B) (rayer la mention inutile) dans … (désignation exacte et numéro d’agrément de l’établis-
sement dans lequel la transformation doit avoir lieu)/règlement (CE) no 727/2006

— in Italian:

Titolo valido in … (Stato membro di rilascio)/Carni destinate alla trasformazione … (prodotti A)
(prodotti B) (depennare la voce inutile) presso … (esatta designazione e numero di riconoscimento
dello stabilimento nel quale è prevista la trasformazione)/Regolamento (CE) n. 727/2006

— in Latvian:

Atļauja derīga … (dalībvalsts, kas izsniedz ievešanas atļauju)/pārstrādei paredzēta gaļa … (A produktu)
(B produktu) ražošanai (nevajadzīgo nosvītrot) … (precīzs tā uzņēmuma apzīmējums un apstiprinājuma
numurs, kurā notiks pārstrāde)/Regula (EK) Nr. 727/2006

— in Lithuanian: Licencija galioja … (išdavusioji valstybė narė)/Mėsa skirta perdirbimui … (produktai A) (produktai B)
(ištrinti nereikalingą) … (tikslus įmonės, kurioje bus perdirbama, pavadinimas ir registracijos Nr.)/
Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 727/2006

— in Hungarian: Az engedély … (kibocsátó tagállam)

területén érvényes./Feldolgozásra szánt hús … (A-termék)
(B-termék) (a nem kívánt törlendő) … (pontos rendeltetési hely és a feldolgozást végző létesítmény
engedélyezési száma)/727/2006/EK rendelet

— in Dutch:

Certificaat geldig in … (lidstaat van afgifte)/Vlees bestemd voor verwerking tot
(A-producten)
(B-producten) (doorhalen wat niet van toepassing is) in … (nauwkeurige aanduiding en toelatings-
nummer van het bedrijf waar de verwerking zal plaatsvinden)/Verordening (EG) nr. 727/2006

— in Polish:

Pozwolenie ważne w … (wystawiające państwo członkowskie)/Mięso przeznaczone do przetworzenia
(niepotrzebne skreślić) w … (dokładne miejsce przeznaczenia i nr
… (produkty A)
zatwierdzenia zakładu, w którym ma mieć miejsce przetwarzanie)/rozporządzenie (WE) nr 727/2006

(produkty B)

— in Portuguese: Certificado válido em … (Estado-Membro emissor)/carne destinada à transformação … (produtos A)
(produtos B) (riscar o que não interessa) em … (designação exacta e número de aprovação do esta-
belecimento em que a transformação será efectuada)/Regulamento (CE) n.o 727/2006

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— in Slovak:

Licencia platná v … (vydávajúci členský štát)/Mäso určené na spracovanie … (výrobky A) (výrobky B)
(nehodiace sa prečiarknite) v … (presné určenie a číslo schválenia zariadenia, v ktorom spracovanie
prebehne)/nariadenie (ES) č. 727/2006

— in Slovenian: Dovoljenje velja v … (država članica, ki ga je izdala)/Meso namenjeno predelavi … (proizvodi A)
(črtaj neustrezno) v … (točno namembno območje in št. odobritve obrata, kjer bo

(proizvodi B)
predelava potekala)/Uredba (ES) št. 727/2006

— in Finnish:

Todistus on voimassa … (myöntäjäjäsenvaltio)/Liha on tarkoitettu (A-luokan tuotteet)
tuotteet) (tarpeeton poistettava) jalostukseen … :ssa (tarkka ilmoitus laitoksesta,
tetaan, hyväksyntänumero mukaan lukien)/Asetus (EY) N:o 727/2006

(B-luokan
jossa jalostus suori-

— in Swedish:

Licensen är giltig i … (utfärdande medlemsstat)/Kött avsett
för bearbetning … (A-produkter)
(B-produkter) (stryk det som inte gäller) vid … (exakt angivelse av och godkännandenummer för an-
läggningen där bearbetningen skall ske)/Förordning (EG) nr 727/2006