Council Regulation (EC) No 1532/2006 of 12 October 2006 on the conditions for certain import quotas of high quality beef
Date: 2006-10-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, World Trade Organisation, beef, import (EU), import policy, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1532/2006

of 12 October 2006

on the conditions for certain import quotas of high quality beef

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

It
is advisable to adopt measures that would ensure
compliance with the conditions for certain tariff quotas
for imports of high quality beef into the Community.

Discussions with the countries exporting high quality
beef within the EC-WTO tariff quotas of 11 000 t,
5 000 t and 4 000 t respectively have revealed the need
to better adapt the import conditions for these quotas.

(1)

(2)

(3)

and verifiable

The Commission should subsequently adopt definitions
which are more
in
easily auditable
accordance with the procedure foreseen in Article 32(1)
of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May
1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1) so as to allow for an ex post verification and
audit of the definition compliance, without changing the
basic import conditions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The conditions for the EC-WTO tariff quotas of 11 000 t,
5 000 t and 4 000 t respectively for imports of high quality
beef of CN codes 0201 30 00, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and
0206 29 91 into the Community shall apply as specified in the
Annex to this regulation.

Article 2

To clarify the situation, it is appropriate to allocate the
relevant tariff quotas for which Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay are the sole suppliers to the respective country.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 Luxembourg, 12 October 2006.

For the Council
The President

S. HUOVINEN

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.

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ANNEX

Description of product

Tariff item numbers Quota and in-quota tariff rate

Other terms and conditions

‘High quality’ meat of bovine animals,
fresh or
supplying country:
Argentina

chilled,

Qualification for the quota is subject to
conditions laid down in the relevant
Community provisions

‘High quality’ meat of bovine animals,
supplying
fresh,
country: Brazil

chilled or

frozen,

Qualification for the quota is subject to
conditions laid down in the relevant
Community provisions

‘High quality’ meat of bovine animals,
fresh,
supplying
chilled or
country: Uruguay

frozen,

Qualification for the quota is subject to
conditions laid down in the relevant
Community provisions

Boneless high quality meat
of bovine animals,
chilled

fresh or

Edible offal of bovine animals:
thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh
or chilled

Boneless high quality meat
of bovine animals,
chilled

fresh or

Boneless high quality meat of
bovine animals, frozen:

ex 0201 30 00

11 000 t

20 %

ex 0206 10 95

ex 0201 30 00

5 000 t

20 %

— Other

ex 0202 30 90

Edible offal of bovine animals:

— Thick skirt and thin skirt,

ex 0206 10 95

fresh or chilled

— Thick skirt and thin skirt,

ex 0206 29 91

frozen

Boneless high quality meat of
bovine
or
chilled

animals,

fresh

ex 0201 30 00

4 000 t

20 %

Boneless high quality meat of
bovine animals, frozen:

— Other

ex 0202 30 90

Edible offal of bovine animals:

— Thick skirt and thin skirt,

ex 0206 10 95

fresh or chilled

— Thick skirt and thin skirt,

ex 0206 29 91

frozen