Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2007 of 8 March 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products
Date: 2007-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, frozen product, import licence, poultrymeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 249/2007

of 8 March 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in
the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC)
No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for
poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
poultrymeat (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29
March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of
certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for
pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and
other residues (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The tariff quota for group 1 provided for in Annex I to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 (3), with the
serial number 09.4410 covering codes CN 0207 14 10,
0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70 (frozen chicken cuts),
is
specifically allocated to Brazil.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and Brazil reached
during negotiations under Article XXIV:6 and Article
XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Council Decision
(GATT)
2006/963/EC (4), provides for an annual
tariff
import
for certain
quota for poultrymeat of 2 332 tonnes
frozen
0207 14 10,
cuts
0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70), at a rate of 0 %.

approved

chicken

1994,

codes

(CN

by

(3)

(4)

(5)

This amount should be added to the quota for group 1.

Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 is hereby replaced by
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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 Brussels, 8 March 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation last

amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006,
p. 1).

(2) OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 9. Regulation last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1938/2006 (OJ L 407, 30.12.2006, p. 150).

(4) OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 10.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Reduction in customs duty set at 100 %

Chicken

Country

Group No

Serial number

CN code

Annual quantities
(tonnes)

Brazil

Thailand

Other

1

2

3

0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70

0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70

0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70

9 432

5 100

3 300

09.4410

09.4411

09.4412

Turkey

Country

Group No

Serial number

CN code

Annual quantities
(tonnes)

Brazil

Other

Erga omnes

4

5

6

09.4420

09.4421

09.4422

0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80

0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80

0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80

1 800

700

2 485’