Commission Regulation (EC) No 206/2007 of 27 February 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States)
Date: 2007-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, agro-industry, beef, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction

28.2.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 206/2007

of 27 February 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 laying down detailed rules for the application in the beef
and veal sector of Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 on the arrangements applicable to
agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating
in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10
December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural
products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (1), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

For statistical purposes, the licences issued under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2247/2003 should specify per CN code or
group of CN codes the quantities concerned.

Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 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,

Whereas,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 (2) opens,
on a multi-annual basis for periods from 1 January to
31 December, a quota for the import of certain products
in the beef and veal sector originating from the ACP
States. The products eligible for
this
quota are listed in Annex I to that Regulation.

import under

Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common
rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for
agricultural products managed by a system of import
licences (3) provides that applicants for import licences
shall not lodge more than one import licence application
for the same quota order number in respect of an import
tariff quota period or subperiod. Moreover, Article 5(1)
of 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 (4) provides that, without prejudice to more
specific provisions, licence applications should be made
for products of a single CN subheading or one of the
groups of CN subheadings listed in Annex I of
that
Regulation. In view of the range of products that can
be imported under Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003,
applicants should be entitled to sub-divide their single
application for the same quota order number by CN
code or group of CN codes.

(1) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.
(2) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 37. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1965/2006 (OJ L 408, 30.12.2006, p. 26), as
corrected by OJ L 47, 16.2.2007, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1965/2006.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2247/2003 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 4(2), the following subparagraph is added:

‘Notwithstanding Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, applications may cover, for the same quota order
number, one or several of the products covered by the CN
codes or groups of CN codes listed in Annex I to this
Regulation.
In case applications cover several CN codes,
the respective quantity applied for per CN code or group
of CN codes shall be specified. In all cases, all the CN codes
shall be indicated in section 16 and their description in
section 15 of licence applications and licences.’

2. In Article 5(2), the following subparagraph is added:

‘Each licence issued shall specify per CN code or group of
CN codes the quantity concerned.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission