Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2006 of 16 August 2006 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 laying down detailed rules for the application of granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal products which may benefit from a special import treatment in a third country
Date: 2006-08-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, beef, export (EU), export aid

17.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 225/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1234/2006

of 16 August 2006

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 laying down detailed rules for the application of granting of
import
assistance for the export of beef and veal products which may benefit from a special

treatment in a third country

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 Article 33(12) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 12(8) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for
import and export licences in the beef and veal sector (2),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 360/2004 (3), no
longer provides
the possibility of carrying over
for
in respect of
unused quantities where the amounts
which licences have been applied for are less than the
overall quantity available for export.

from a special

Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2973/79 of 21 December 1979 laying down detailed
rules for the application of granting of assistance for
the export of beef and veal products which may
treatment
benefit
in a third
import
country (4) provides
for an annual quota of 5 000
tonnes of fresh, chilled or frozen beef for export to the
United States of America. It also provides for that quota
to be divided into four quantities of 1 250 tonnes, each
to be available per quarter, and for the possibility of a
quarterly carry-over of unused quantities available per
quarter.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

As a result of the amendment introduced by Regulation
(EC) No 360/2004, the quarterly carry-over provided for
in the second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2973/79 has become obsolete and should be
deleted.

in view of

the rate of use of

the above
Moreover,
mentioned quota and the abolition of the possibility of
a quarterly carry-over, there is no longer any point in
maintaining the obligation to divide that quota into four
identical quarterly quantities. Consequently, the quarterly
should also be
breakdown into available quantities
abolished.

Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79, the second
subparagraph is deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following 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, 16 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(3) OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EEC) No 3434/87 (OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7).