Commission Regulation (EC) No 767/2006 of  19 May 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds
Date: 2006-05-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bull, cow, heifer, import, tariff quota

L 134/14

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.5.2006

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 767/2006

of 19 May 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff
quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and
mountain breeds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 is amended as follows:

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,

1.

in the fourth column ‘Quota volume (head of cattle)’ of the
table in Article 1(1):

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 (2) provides
for the opening and administration, on a multi-annual
basis, of an import tariff quota for certain live bovine
animals.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the United States
of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
1994 (3), approved by Council Decision 2006/333/EC (4),
provides for an adjustment, as from 1 July 2006, of the
import tariff quota as set out in Regulation (EC) No
1081/1999.

this

quota

Moreover, in view of the quantities available for import
under
its
management, it is appropriate to abolish the second allo-
cation round referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC)
No 1081/1999.

and in order

to simplify

Regulation (EC) No 1081/1999 should be amended
accordingly.

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

(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 131, 27.5.1999, p. 15. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1096/2001 (OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 33).

(3) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13.

(a)

‘5 000’
is
09.0001;

(b) ‘5 000’

is
09.0003;

replaced by ‘710’

for

the serial number

replaced by ‘711’

for

the serial number

2.

in Article 2, the paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.
The two quota volumes referred to in Article 1(1) shall
be divided into two parts of 500 head and 210 head respec-
tively for the serial number 09.0001, and into two parts of
500 head and 211 head respectively for the serial number
09.0003.

(a) The first part of each quota volume shall be allocated
among importers in the Community who can furnish
proof of having imported animals under the quota for
serial Nos 09.0001 and/or 09.0003 during the 36
months preceding the year of import in question.

However, the Member States may accept as the reference
quantity import rights for the preceding year of import
which were not allocated because of an administrative
error by the competent national body but to which the
importer would have been entitled.

(b) The second part of each quota volume shall be allocated
among importers who can furnish proof of having
imported from third countries at least 75 live bovine
animals falling within CN code 0102 during the 12
months preceding the year of import in question.’;

3. Article 9 is deleted.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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

Article 2

It shall apply from 1 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 May 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission