Commission Regulation (EC) No 1179/2006 of  1 August 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector
Date: 2006-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: poultrymeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1179/2006

of 1 August 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas
in the poultrymeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
poultrymeat (1), and in particular Article 3(2) and Article 6(1)
thereof,

for lodging the licence applications for the first quarter
of the year 2007.

Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 should be
accordingly.

amended

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

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 (2) provides for
the opening and administration of tariff quotas in the
poultrymeat sector.

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 increase of the annual import tariff quota
of poultrymeat, erga omnes, of 49 tonnes for certain fresh,
chilled or frozen chicken carcass, of 4 070 tonnes for
fresh, chilled or frozen chicken cuts, of 1 605 tonnes
for cuts of fowls and of 201 tonnes for fresh, chilled
or frozen turkey meat.

The increase of the quota for cuts of fowls makes no
more necessary the measure provided for in the second
paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/96.

In view of
the possible accession of Bulgaria and
Romania to the European Union as from 1 January
it is advisable to provide for a different period
2007,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 2, the second paragraph is deleted.

2. In paragraph 1 of Article 5, the following subparagraph is

added:

‘For the period of 1 January to 31 March 2007 licence
applications shall be lodged during the first fifteen days of
January 2007.’

3. The Annexes are replaced by the text in the Annex to this

Regulation.

Article 2

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

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, 1 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 136. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1043/2001 (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24).

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

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Group No

Order Number

CN code

Applicable duty
(EUR/tonnes)

Annual quantities
(tonnes product weight)

6 249

8 070

2 305

1 201

P 1

09.4067

P 2

09.4068

0207 11 10
0207 11 30
0207 11 90
0207 12 10
0207 12 90

0207 13 10
0207 13 20
0207 13 30
0207 13 40
0207 13 50
0207 13 60
0207 13 70
0207 14 20
0207 14 30
0207 14 40
0207 14 60

P 3

P 4

09.4069

0207 14 10

09.4070

0207 24 10
0207 24 90
0207 25 10
0207 25 90
0207 26 10
0207 26 20
0207 26 30
0207 26 40
0207 26 50
0207 26 60
0207 26 70
0207 26 80
0207 27 30
0207 27 40
0207 27 50
0207 27 60
0207 27 70

131
149
162
149
162

512
179
134
93
301
231
504
179
134
93
231

795

170
186
170
186
425
205
134
93
339
127
230
415
134
93
339
127
230

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ANNEX II

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1251/96

Commission of the European Communities — DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Unit D.2 — Implementation of market measures

Poultrymeat sector

Application for import licences at reduced rate of duty

Date:

Period:

GATT

Member State:
Sender:
Responsible contact person:
Tel.
Fax

Addressee: AGRI.D.2
Fax (32-2) 292 17 41
e-mail: AGRI-IMP-POULTRY@ec.europa.eu

Order number

Quantity applied for
(kg product weight)

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ANNEX III

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1251/96

Commission of the European Communities — DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Unit D.2 — Implementation of market measures

Poultrymeat sector

Application for import licences at reduced rate of duty

Date:

Period:

GATT

Member State:

Order number

CN Code

Applicant
(Name and Address)

Quantity
(kg product weight)

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ANNEX IV

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1251/96

Commission of the European Communities — DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Unit D.2 — Implementation of market measures

Poultrymeat sector

NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ACTUAL IMPORTS

Member State:
Application of Article 5(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/96
Quantity of products (in kg product weight) actually imported:

Addressee: AGRI.D.2
Fax (32-2) 292 17 41
e-mail: AGRI-IMP-POULTRY@ec.europa.eu

Order No

Quantity actually entered into free circulation

Country of origin’