Commission Regulation (EC) No 2008/2006 of 22 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2007 of the tariff quotas for baby beef products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, beef, import licence, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2008/2006

of 22 December 2006
laying down detailed rules for the application in 2007 of the tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ products
originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and
Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 the first subparagraph of Article
32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(1)

(2)

Article 4(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of
18 September 2000 introducing exceptional
trade
measures for countries and territories participating in
or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Asso-
ciation process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98,
and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC)
No 6/2000 (2), provides for an annual preferential tariff
quota of 11 475 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, distributed among
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Montenegro and
Kosovo.

by Council

The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part,
and Commission Decision
approved
2005/40/EC, Euratom (3), and the Stabilisation and Asso-
ciation Agreement between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of
the other part,
and Commission Decision
approved
2004/239/EC, Euratom (4), lay down annual preferential
tariff quotas of ‘baby beef’ of 9 400 tonnes and 1 650
tonnes respectively.

by Council

(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).

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2248/2001 of
19 November 2001 on certain procedures for applying
the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part
and for applying the Interim Agreement between the
European Community and the Republic of Croatia (5)
and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 153/2002
of 21 January 2002 on certain procedures for applying
the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part,
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, of
the other part, and for applying the
Interim Agreement between the European Community
and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (6)
provide that detailed rules for the implementation of
concessions on ‘baby beef’ should be laid down.

and the

‘baby beef’

the quotas of

For control purposes, Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000
makes imports under
for
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, Montenegro and
Kosovo, subject to the presentation of a certificate of
authenticity attesting that the goods originate from the
issuing country and that they correspond exactly to the
definition in Annex II to that Regulation. For the sake of
harmonisation, imports under the quotas of ‘baby beef’
originating in Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia should also be made subject to the presen-
tation of a certificate of authenticity attesting that the
goods originate from the issuing country and that they
correspond exactly to the definition in Annex III to the
Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Croatia or
with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respec-
tively. A model should also be established for the certi-
ficates of authenticity and detailed rules laid down for
their use.

(5)

Kosovo, as defined by United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, is subject to an inter-
national civil administration by the United Nations
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and Montenegro have also
set up a separate customs service. There should therefore
also be a specific certificate of authenticity for goods
originating in the customs territories of Montenegro or
Kosovo.

(2) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(5) OJ L 304, 21.11.2001, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

lation (EC) No 1946/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 1).

(EC) No 2/2003 (OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 26).

(3) OJ L 26, 28.1.2005, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 84, 20.3.2004, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 25, 29.1.2002, p. 16. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3/2003 (OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 30).

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The quotas concerned should be managed through the
use of import licences. To this end, Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down
common detailed rules for the application of the system
of import and export licences and advance fixing certi-
for agricultural products (1) and Commission
ficates
Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules
of application for import and export licences in the beef
and veal
sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
2377/80 (2), should be applicable subject to this Regu-
lation.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31
August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (3) applies to
import licences for import tariff quota periods starting
from 1 January 2007. Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
lays down in particular detailed provisions on appli-
cations for import licences, the status of applicants and
the issue of licences. That Regulation limits the period of
validity of licences to the last day of the import tariff
quota period. The provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006 should apply to import
issued
pursuant to this Regulation, without prejudice to addi-
tional conditions or derogations laid down in this Regu-
this
lation.
Regulation on Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 where
appropriate.

is necessary to align the provisions of

licences

It

In order to ensure proper management of imports of the
licences should be issued
products concerned,
subject to verification,
in particular of entries on certi-
ficates of authenticity.

import

(b) 1 500 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight,

originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

(c) 1 650 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight,
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(d) 9 975 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight,

originating in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.

The quotas referred to in the first subparagraph shall bear the
order Nos 09.4503, 09.4504, 09.4505 and 09.4506 respec-
tively.

For the purposes of attributing those quotas, 100 kilograms live
weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcass weight.

2.
The customs duty applicable under the quotas referred to
in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 % of
the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff.

3.
Importation under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1
shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat falling
to
within the following CN codes, referred to in Annex II
Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, in Annex III to the Stabilisation
and Association Agreements concluded with Croatia and in
Annex III
to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement
concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

— ex 0102 90 51,
ex 0102 90 79,

ex 0102 90 59,

ex 0102 90 71

and

— ex 0201 10 00 and ex 0201 20 20,

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

— ex 0201 20 30,

— ex 0201 20 50.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 2

Article 1

The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the

1.
period from 1 January to 31 December 2007:

(a) 9 400 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight,

originating in Croatia;

(1) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 410/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 7).

(2) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1713/2006 (OJ L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11).

(3) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation. Regulations (EC)
No 1445/95, (EC) No 1291/2000 and Chapters I and III of
Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply to importing
operations under the quotas referred to in Article 1.

Article 3

1.
Section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show
the country or customs territory of origin and the mention ‘yes’
shall be marked by a cross. Licences shall carry with them an
obligation to import from the country or customs territory
indicated.

Section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one
of the entries listed in Annex I.

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The original of the certificate of authenticity drawn up in
2.
accordance with Article 4 plus a copy thereof shall be presented
to the competent authority together with the application for the
first import licence relating to the certificate of authenticity.

The certificate forms shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper
used shall weigh not less than 40 g/m2. The original shall be
white, the first copy pink and the second copy yellow.

Certificates of authenticity may be used for the issue of more
than one import licence for quantities not exceeding that shown
on the certificate. Where more than one licence is issued in
respect of a certificate, the competent authority shall endorse
the certificate of authenticity to show the quantity attributed.

The competent authorities may issue import licences only
3.
after they are satisfied that all the information on the certificate
of authenticity corresponds to that received each week from the
Commission for the imports concerned. The licences shall be
issued immediately thereafter.

Article 4

1.
All applications for imports licences under the quotas
referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by a certificate
of authenticity issued by the authorities of
the exporting
country or customs territory listed in Annex II attesting that
the goods originate in that country or customs territory and
that they correspond to the definition given, as the case may be,
in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, Annex III to the
Stabilisation and Association Agreements with Croatia or Annex
to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the
III
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Each certificate shall have its own individual serial number
the issuing country or customs

4.
followed by the name of
territory.

The copies shall bear the same serial number and the same
name as the original.

Certificates shall be valid only if they are duly endorsed by

5.
an issuing authority listed in Annex II.

Certificates shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if
6.
they state the date and place of issue and if they bear the stamp
of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or
persons empowered to sign them.

Article 5

1.

The issuing authorities listed in Annex II shall:

(a) be recognised as such by the exporting country or customs

territory concerned;

(b) undertake to verify entries on the certificates;

Certificates of authenticity shall be made out

2.
in one
original and two copies, to be printed and completed in one
of the official languages of the Community, in accordance with
the relevant model
in Annexes III to VIII. for the exporting
countries or customs territory concerned. They may also be
printed and completed in the official
language or one of the
official languages of the exporting country or customs territory.

(c) undertake to forward to the Commission at least once a
week any information enabling the entries on the certificates
of authenticity to be verified, in particular with regard to the
number of the certificate, the exporter, the consignee, the
country of destination, the product (live animals/meat), the
net weight and the date of signature.

The competent authorities of the Member State in which the
import licence application is submitted may require a trans-
lation of the certificate to be provided.

2.
The list in Annex II shall be revised by the Commission
where the requirement referred to in paragraph 1(a) is no longer
met, where an issuing authority fails to fulfil one or more of the
obligations incumbent on it or where a new issuing authority is
designated.

3.
The original and copies of the certificate of authenticity
may be typed or hand-written. In the latter case, they shall be
completed in black ink and in block capitals.

Article 6

Certificates of authenticity and import licences shall be valid for
three months from their respective dates of issue.

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Article 7

Article 8

The exporting country or custom territory concerned shall
communicate to the Commission specimens of
the stamp
imprints used by their issuing authorities and the names and
the persons empowered to sign certificates of
signatures of
authenticity. The Commission shall communicate that infor-
mation to the competent authorities of the Member States.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Entries referred to in Article 3(1)

— in Bulgarian:

‘Baby beef’ (Регламент (ЕО) № 2008/2006)

— in Spanish:

‘Baby beef’ (Reglamento (CE) no 2008/2006)

— in Czech:

‘Baby beef’ (Nařízení (ES) č. 2008/2006)

— in Danish:

‘Baby beef’ (Forordning (EF) nr. 2008/2006)

— in German:

‘Baby beef’ (Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2008/2006)

— in Estonian:

‘Baby beef’ (Määrus (EÜ) nr 2008/2006)

— in Greek:

‘Baby beef’ (Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 2008/2006)

— in English:

‘Baby beef’ (Regulation (EC) No 2008/2006)

— in French:

‘Baby beef’ (Règlement (CE) no 2008/2006)

— in Italian:

‘Baby beef’ (Regolamento (CE) n. 2008/2006)

— in Latvian:

‘Baby beef’ (Regula (EK) Nr. 2008/2006)

— in Lithuanian:

‘Baby beef’ (Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 2008/2006)

— in Hungarian:

‘Baby beef’ (2008/2006/EK rendelet)

— in Maltese:

‘Baby beef’ (Regolament (KE) Nru 2008/2006)

— in Dutch:

‘Baby beef’ (Verordening (EG) nr 2008/2006)

— in Polish:

‘Baby beef’ (Rozporządzenie (WE) nr 2008/2006)

— in Portuguese:

‘Baby beef’ (Regulamento (CE) n.o 2008/2006)

— in Romanian:

‘Baby beef’ (Regulamentul (CE) nr. 2008/2006)

— in Slovak:

‘Baby beef’ (Nariadenie (ES) č. 2008/2006)

— in Slovenian:

‘Baby beef’ (Uredba (ES) št. 2008/2006)

— in Finnish:

‘Baby beef’ (Asetus (EY) N:o 2008/2006)

— in Swedish:

‘Baby beef’ (Förordning (EG) nr 2008/2006)

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ANNEX II

Issuing authorities:

— Republic of Croatia: Croatian Livestock Center, Zagreb, Croatia.

— Bosnia-Herzegovina:

— The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

— Serbia (1): ‘YU Institute for Meat Hygiene and Technology, Kacanskog 13, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.’

— Montenegro:

— Serbia/Kosovo:

(1) Not including Kosovo as defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

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ANNEX III

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ANNEX IV

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ANNEX V

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ANNEX VI

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ANNEX VII

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ANNEX VIII