Commission Regulation (EC) No 1745/2006 of 24 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, beef animal, heifer, labelling, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1745/2006

of 24 November 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas
for high quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 936/97 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 the first subparagraph of Article
32(1) thereof,

1. point (a) is replaced by the following:

Whereas:

‘(a) 28 000 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes
the
0206 10 95

and meeting

0201 30 00
following definition:

and

Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 (2) provides for
the opening and administration, on a multi-annual basis,
of a number of quotas of high quality beef.

Qualification for these quotas is subject to the conditions
laid down in Regulation (EC) No 936/97. Article 2(a), (c)
and (d) of that Regulation lays down in particular the
definitions of high quality beef
imported respectively
from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. In order to refer
to parameters which are verifiable and auditable, these
definitions should,
following the entry into force of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1532/2006 of 12 October
2006 on the conditions for certain import quotas of high
quality beef (3), be amended and refer respectively to
official categories defined on the day of entry into
force of this Regulation by the competent authorities of
each of these countries.

It is also appropriate to specify that the provisions of
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council (4), which estab-
lishes a system for the identification and registration of
bovine animals and sets out provisions regarding the
labelling of beef and beef products, should be applicable
to the import of high quality beef referred to in Article
2(a), (c) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97.

“Selected beef cuts obtained from steers, young steers or
heifers having been exclusively fed through pasture
grazing since their weaning. The steer carcasses shall be
classified as “JJ”, “J”, “U” or “U2”, young steer and heifer
carcasses shall be classified as “AA”, “A”, or “B” according
to the official beef classification established by the Secre-
tariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food in
Argentina (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y
Alimentos — SAGPyA)”.

The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13
of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (*).

The indication “High Quality Beef” may be added to the
information on the label.

___________
(*) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1.’

2. points (c) and (d) are replaced by the following:

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 should be
accordingly.

amended

‘(c) 6 300 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes
0201 30 00, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91
and meeting the following definition:

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 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 408/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 283, 14.10.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act

of Accession.

“Selected beef cuts obtained from steers (novillo) or
heifers (vaquillona) as defined in the official carcass clas-
sification of bovine meat established by the National
Institute of Meat of Uruguay (Instituto Nacional de
Carnes - INAC). The eligible animals for production of
High Quality Beef have been exclusively fed through
pasture grazing since their weaning. The carcasses shall
be classified as “I”, “N” or “A”, with fat cover “1”, “2” or
“3” in accordance with the above mentioned classifi-
cation”.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13
of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.

The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13
of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.

The indication “High Quality Beef” may be added to the
information on the label.

(d) 5 000 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes
0201 30 00, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91
and meeting the following definitions:

“Selected cuts obtained from steers or heifers having
been exclusively fed with pasture grass
since their
weaning. The carcasses shall be classified as “B” with
“3” according to the official beef
fat cover
carcass classification established by the Ministry of Agri-
culture, Livestock and Supply in Brazil
(Ministério da
Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento)”.

“2” or

The indication “High Quality Beef” may be added to the
information on the label.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply to beef covered by a certificate of authenticity
issued as from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission