Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 of 27 December 2006 opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat ( OJ L 413, 30.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: goat, goatmeat, live animal, sheep, sheepmeat, tariff quota

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Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 of 27 December 2006 opening Community tariff
quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat

(Official Journal of the European Union L 413 of 30 December 2006)

Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 should read as follows:

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) NO 1994/2006

of 27 December 2006

opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of
19 December 2001 on the common organisation of the market
in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Article 16 (1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Community tariff quotas for sheepmeat and goatmeat
should be opened for 2007. The duties and quantities
referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 should be
fixed in accordance with the respective international
agreements in force during the year 2007.

laid down in the Agreement

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 of 18 February
2003 implementing for the Community the tariff provi-
sions
establishing an
association between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile,
of the other part (2) has provided for an additional bilateral
tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes with a 10 % annual increase of
the original quantity to be opened for product code 0204
from 1 February 2003. Therefore, a further 200 tonnes
shall be added to the GATT/WTO quota for Chile and both
quotas should continue to be managed in the same way
during 2007.

(3) Certain tariff quotas for sheep and goat meat products have
the Cotonou

been granted to the ACP States under
Agreement (3).

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).
(2) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 305/2005 (OJ L 52, 25.2.2005, p. 6).

(3) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(4) Certain quotas are defined for a period running from 1 July
of a given year to 30 June of the following year. Since
imports under this Regulation should be managed on a
calendar-year basis, the corresponding quantities to be fixed
for the calendar year 2007 with regard to the quotas
concerned are the sum of half of the quantity for the period
from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 and half of the quantity
for the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

(5) A carcase-weight equivalent needs to be fixed in order to
ensure a proper functioning of
the Community tariff
quotas. Furthermore, since certain tariff quotas provide for
the option of importing either the live animals or their
meat, a conversion factor is required.

(6) Quotas of the sheepmeat and goatmeat products should, by
way of derogation from Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1439/95 of 26 June 1995 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/
89 as regards the import and export of products in the
sector (4), be managed in
sheepmeat
conformity with Article 16(2)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 2529/2001. This should be done in accordance with
Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down
provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs
Code (5).

and goatmeat

(7)

Tariff quotas under this Regulation should be regarded
initially as non-critical within the meaning of Article 308c
of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 when managed under the
first-come, first-served system. Therefore, customs author-
ities should be authorised to waive the requirement for
security in respect of goods initially imported under those

(4) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 272/2001 (OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 3).

(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 402/2006 (OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 35).

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quotas in accordance with Articles 308c(1) and 248(4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. Due to the particularities of
the transfer from one management system to the other,
Article 308c(2) and (3) of that Regulation should not apply.

animals falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80 and
0104 20 90, as well as the customs duty applicable shall be
those as laid down in the Annex.

(8)

It should be clarified which kind of proof certifying the
origin of products has to be provided by operators in order
to benefit from the tariff quotas under the first-come, first
served system.

(9) When sheepmeat products are presented by operators to
the customs authorities for import, it is difficult for those
authorities
they originate from
domestic sheep or other sheep, which determines the
application of different duty rates. It is therefore appropriate
to provide that the proof of origin contains a clarification to
that end.

to establish whether

(10)

In accordance with Chapter II of Council Directive 2002/
99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal
health rules governing the production, processing, distribu-
tion and introduction of products of animal origin for
human consumption (1) and with Council Directive 97/78/
EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles
governing the organisation of veterinary checks on
products entering the Community from third countries (2),
(2), imports may be authorised only for products meeting
the requirements of the food chain procedures, rules and
checks in force in the Community.

(11) The measures provided for

in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Management Commit-
tee for Sheep and Goats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This Regulation opens Community tariff quotas for sheep, goats,
sheepmeat and goatmeat for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2007.

Article 2

The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of
sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90, 0210 99 21, 0210 99
29 and 0204 originating in the countries indicated in the Annex
shall be suspended or
reduced in accordance with this
Regulation.

Article 3

1. The quantities, expressed in carcase-weight equivalent, for
the import of meat falling within CN code 0204 and of live

(1) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1), corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).

For the purpose of calculating the quantities of ‘carcase
2.
weight equivalent’ referred to in paragraph 1, the net weight of
sheep and goat products shall be multiplied by the following
coefficients:

(a)

for live animals: 0,47;

(b)

for boneless lamb and boneless goatmeat of kid: 1,67;

(c)

for boneless mutton, boneless sheep and boneless goatmeat
other than of kid and mixtures of any of these: 1,81;

(d)

for bone-in products: 1,00.

‘Kid’ shall mean goat of up to one year old.

Article 4

By way of derogation from Title II(A) and (B) of Regulation (EC)
No 1439/95, the tariff quotas set out in the Annex to this
Regulation shall be managed on a first-come, first-served basis in
accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 from 1 January to 31 December 2007.
Article 308c(2) and (3) of that Regulation shall not apply. No
import licences shall be required.

Article 5

1.
In order to benefit from the tariff quotas set out in the
Annex, a valid proof of origin issued by the competent
authorities of
the third country concerned together with a
customs declaration for release for free circulation for the goods
concerned shall be presented to the Community customs
authorities. The origin of products subject to tariff quotas other
than those resulting from preferential tariff agreements shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions in force in the
Community.

2. The proof of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as
follows:

(a)

(b)

in the case of a tariff quota which is part of a preferential
tariff agreement, it shall be the proof of origin laid down in
that agreement;

it shall be a proof
in the case of other tariff quotas,
established in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 and,
in addition to the elements
provided for in that Article, the following data:

— the CN code (at least the first four digits),

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— the order number or order numbers of the tariff quota

concerned,

— the total net weight per coefficient category as
provided for in Article 3(2) of this Regulation.

(c)

in the case of a country whose quota falls under points (a)
and (b) and are merged, it shall be the proof referred to in
point (a).

Where the proof of origin referred to in point (b) is presented as
supporting document for only one declaration for release for free
circulation, it may contain several order numbers. In all other
cases, it shall only contain one order number.

In order to benefit from the tariff quota set out in the Annex
3.
for Country Group 4 in respect of products falling under CN

codes ex 0204, ex 0210 99 21 and ex 0210 99 29 the proof of
origin shall contain in the box concerning the description of the
products one of the following:

(a)

‘sheep product/s from the species domestic sheep’;

(b)

‘product/s from the species other than domestic sheep’.

Those indications shall correspond to the indications in the
veterinary certificate accompanying those products.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

into force on the day of

its

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, 27 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT

(in tonnes (t) of carcase weight equivalent)

COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR 2007

Country
group No

CN codes

Ad valorem
duty %

Specific duty
EUR/100 Kg

Order number under ‘first-come, first-served’

Live animals
(Coefficient =
0,47)

Boneless lamb (1)
Coefficient =
1,67)

Boneless mutton/
sheep (2)
(Coefficient =
1,81)

Bone-in and car-
cases
(Coefficient =
1,00)

Origin

Annual volume in
tonnes of carcase
weight equivalent

1

0204

Zero

Zero

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

09,2101

09,2102

09,2011

Argentina

09,2105

09,2106

09,2012

Australia

23 000

18 786

09,2109

09,2110

09,2013

New Zealand

227 854

09,2111

09,2112

09,2014

Uruguay

09,2115

09,2116

09,1922

Chile

09,2119

09,2120

09,0790

Iceland

09,2121

09,2122

09,0781

Norway

09,2125

09,2126

09,0693

Greenland

09,2129

09,2130

09,0690

Faeroes

09,2131

09,2132

09,0227

Turkey

09,2171

09,2175

09,2015

Others (3)

5 800

5 800

1 350

300

100

20

200

200

0104 10 30,
0104 10 80
and
0104 20 90.
For the species
‘other than
domestic sheep’
only: ex 0204,
ex 0210 99 21
and
ex 0210 99 29

For the species
‘domestic
sheep’ only:
ex 0204,
ex 0210 99 21
and
ex 0210 99 29

0104 10 30
0104 10 80
0104 20 90

2

3

Zero

Zero

09,2141

09,2145

09,2149

09,1622

ACP States

100

Zero

65 % reduction
of specific
duties

—

09,2161

09,2165

09,1626

ACP States

500

10 %

Zero

09,2181

—

—

09,2019

Erga omnes (4)

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(1) And goatmeat of kid.
(2) And goatmeat other than of kid.
(3)
(4)

‘Others’ shall refer to all origins including the ACP states and excluding the other countries mentioned in the current table.
‘Erga omnes’ shall refer to all origins including the countries mentioned in the current table.