Commission Regulation (EC) No 536/2007 of 15 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for poultrymeat allocated to the United States of America
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, import (EU), import licence, originating product, poultrymeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 536/2007

of 15 May 2007

opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for poultrymeat allocated to the
United States of America

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
between the European Community and the United
to Article XXIV:6 and
States of America pursuant
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of
concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic
the Republic of
of Latvia,
the Republic of
Hungary,
Poland,
and the Slovak
their accession to the
Republic,
European Union (2),
approved by Council Decision
2006/333/EC (3), provides
integration of a
specific tariff quota allocated to the United States for
imports of 16 665 tonnes of poultry.

the Republic of Lithuania,
the Republic of Malta,
the Republic of Slovenia

in the course of

the

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June
2000 laying down common detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of import and export licences and
advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (4) and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31
August 2006 laying down common rules for the admi-
nistration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (5) should apply,
save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/2006 of 16
August 2006 opening and providing for the adminis-

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52).

(5) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).

tration of an import tariff quota of poultrymeat allocated
to the United States of America (6) has to be amended
substantially. Regulation (EC) No 1232/2006 should
therefore be repealed and replaced by a new regulation.

In order to maintain a regular flow of imports, the quota
period from 1 July to 30 June of the following year
should be subdivided into a number of sub-periods. In
any event, under Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 licences
are valid only up to and including the last day of the
tariff quota period.

licences. To that end, detailed rules for

The tariff quota should be administered on the basis of
import
the
submission of applications and the information which
must appear in applications and licences should be laid
down.

In the light of the risk of speculation that is inherent in
the system in question in the poultrymeat sector, precise
conditions should be laid down as regards operators'
access to the tariff quota arrangements.

For appropriate administration of the tariff quotas, the
security linked to the import licences should be set at
EUR 20 per 100 kilograms.

In the interest of the operators, the Commission should
establish the quantities that have not been applied for,
which are to be carried over to the following sub-period
in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1301/2006.

of

the United

to the
Access to the tariff quota should be subject
presentation of a certificate of origin issued by the autho-
rities
in accordance with
States
Commission Regulation (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 (7).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(6) OJ L 225, 17.8.2006, p. 5.
(7) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

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(10)

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

Licence applications may be for several products covered
2.
by different CN codes and originating in the United States. In
such cases, all the CN codes and their descriptions must be
entered in boxes 16 and 15, respectively, of the licence appli-
cation and the licence itself.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The tariff quota in Annex I is hereby opened for imports
of the poultrymeat products originating in the United States of
America covered by the CN codes set out in that Annex.

Licence applications must be for a minimum of 10 tonnes and a
maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the sub-period
concerned.

Licences carry an obligation to import from the United

3.
States.

The tariff quota is opened on an annual basis for the period
from 1 July to 30 June.

Licence applications and licences themselves shall contain:

The quantity of products covered by the quota referred to
2.
in paragraph 1, the applicable rate of customs duty and the
order number are set out in Annex I.

(a)

in box 8, an indication of the country of origin;

Article 2

Regulations (EC) Nos 1291/2000 and 1301/2006 shall apply,
save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

Article 3

The quantity established for the annual quota period shall be
spread out over four sub-periods, as follows:

(a) 25 % from 1 July to 30 September;

(b) 25 % from 1 October to 31 December;

(c) 25 % from 1 January to 31 March;

(d) 25 % from 1 April to 30 June.

(b) in box 20, one of the entries listed in Annex II, Part A.

Box 24 of the licences shall contain one of the entries listed in
Annex II, Part B.

Article 5

1.
Licence applications may be submitted only in the first
seven days of the month preceding each of the sub-periods
referred to in Article 3.

A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged

2.
at the time of submission of the licence application.

3.
No later than the fifth day following the final date of the
period for submitting applications, Member States shall notify
the Commission of the total quantities applied for, expressed in
kilograms.

Article 4

4.
Licences shall be issued as of the seventh working day and
at the latest by the eleventh working day following the end of
the notification period provided for in paragraph 3.

import

For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
1.
No 1301/2006,
shall, when
licence
submitting their first application for a given quota period,
furnish proof that they imported or exported, during each of
the two periods referred to in that Article, at least 50 tonnes of
products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.

applicants

5.
If necessary, the Commission shall establish any quantities
that have not been applied for, and these shall be added auto-
matically to the quantity for the following quota sub-period.

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Article 6

1.
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of
Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States
shall notify the Commission, before the end of the first month
of the quota sub-period, of the total quantities, expressed in
kilograms, covered by licences they have issued, as referred to
in Article 11(1)(b) of that Regulation.

2. Member States shall notify the Commission, before the
end of the fourth month following each annual period, of the
quantities actually released for free circulation under this Regu-
lation in the course of
the period concerned, expressed in
kilograms.

3.
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of
Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States
shall notify the Commission of the quantities covered by unused
or partly used import licences, in the first instance at the time
of the application for the last sub-period and then again before
the end of the fourth month following each annual period.

Article 7

1.
By way of derogation from Article 23 of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000 the import licences shall be valid for 150 days
from the first day of the sub-period for which they have been
issued.

2. Without prejudice to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000, the rights deriving from the licences may be trans-
ferred only to transferees satisfying the eligibility conditions set
out in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and Article
4(1) of this Regulation.

Article 8

Access to the tariff quota shall be subject to the presentation of
a certificate of origin issued by the competent authorities of the
United States in accordance with Articles 55 to 65 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2454/93. The origin of the products covered by
this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions in force in the Community.

Regulation (EC) No 1232/2006 is hereby repealed.

Article 9

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and read in accordance with the
correspondence table at Annex III.

Article 10

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

It shall apply from 1 June 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Total quantity as from 1 July
2006 (tonnes)

16 665

ANNEX I

Order number

CN code

Applicable duty

09.4169

0207 11 10

0207 11 30

0207 11 90

0207 12 10

0207 12 90

0207 13 10

0207 13 20

0207 13 30

0207 13 40

0207 13 50

0207 13 60

0207 13 70

0207 14 10

0207 14 20

0207 14 30

0207 14 40

0207 14 50

0207 14 60

0207 14 70

0207 24 10

0207 24 90

0207 25 10

0207 25 90

0207 26 10

0207 26 20

0207 26 30

0207 26 40

0207 26 50

0207 26 60

0207 26 70

0207 26 80

0207 27 10

0207 27 20

0207 27 30

0207 27 40

0207 27 50

0207 27 60

0207 27 70

0207 27 80

131 EUR/t

149 EUR/t

162 EUR/t

149 EUR/t

162 EUR/t

512 EUR/t

179 EUR/t

134 EUR/t

93 EUR/t

301 EUR/t

231 EUR/t

504 EUR/t

795 EUR/t

179 EUR/t

134 EUR/t

93 EUR/t

0 %

231 EUR/t

0 %

170 EUR/t

186 EUR/t

170 EUR/t

186 EUR/t

425 EUR/t

205 EUR/t

134 EUR/t

93 EUR/t

339 EUR/t

127 EUR/t

230 EUR/t

415 EUR/t

0 %

0 %

134 EUR/t

93 EUR/t

339 EUR/t

127 EUR/t

230 EUR/t

0 %

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A. Entries referred to in article 4(3), second subparagraph, point (b):

ANNEX II

In Bulgarian:

Регламент (ЕО) № 536/2007.

In Spanish:

Reglamento (CE) no 536/2007.

In Czech:

Nařízení (ES) č. 536/2007.

In Danish:

Forordning (EF) nr. 536/2007.

In German:

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 536/2007.

In Estonian:

Määrus (EÜ) nr 536/2007.

In Greek:

Kανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 536/2007.

In English:

Regulation (EC) No 536/2007.

In French:

Règlement (CE) no 536/2007.

In Italian:

Regolamento (CE) n. 536/2007.

In Latvian:

Regula (EK) Nr. 536/2007.

In Lithuanian:

Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 536/2007.

In Hungarian:

536/2007/EK rendelet.

In Maltese:

Ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 536/2007.

In Dutch:

Verordening (EG) nr. 536/2007.

In Polish:

Rozporządzenie (WE) nr 536/2007.

In Portuguese:

Regulamento (CE) n.o 536/2007.

In Romanian:

Regulamentul (CE) nr. 536/2007.

In Slovak:

Nariadenie (ES) č. 536/2007.

In Slovenian:

Uredba (ES) št. 536/2007.

In Finnish:

Asetus (EY) N:o 536/2007.

In Swedish:

Förordning (EG) nr 536/2007.

B. Entries referred to in the third subparagraph of article 4(3):

In Bulgarian:

намаляване на Oбщата митническа тарифа съгласно предвиденото в Регламент (ЕО) № 536/2007.

In Spanish:

reducción del arancel aduanero común prevista en el Reglamento (CE) no 536/2007.

In Czech:

snížení společné celní sazby tak, jak je stanoveno v nařízení (ES) č. 536/2007.

In Danish:

toldnedsættelse som fastsat i forordning (EF) nr. 536/2007.

In German:

Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes nach dem GZT gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 536/2007.

In Estonian:

ühise tollitariifistiku maksumäära alandamine vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 536/2007.

In Greek:

Μείωση του δασμού του κοινού δασμολογίου, όπως προβλέπεται στον κανονισμό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 536/2007.

In English:

reduction of the common customs tariff pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 536/2007.

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In French:

réduction du tarif douanier commun comme prévu au règlement (CE) no 536/2007.

In Italian:

riduzione del dazio della tariffa doganale comune a norma del regolamento (CE) n. 536/2007.

In Latvian:

Regulā (EK) Nr. 536/2007 paredzētais vienotā muitas tarifa samazinājums.

In Lithuanian:

bendrojo muito tarifo muito sumažinimai, nustatyti Reglamente (EB) Nr. 536/2007.

In Hungarian:

a közös vámtarifában szereplő vámtétel csökkentése a 536/2007/EK rendelet szerint.

In Maltese:

tnaqqis tat-tariffa doganali komuni kif jipprovdi r-Regolament (KE) Nru 536/2007.

In Dutch:

Verlaging van het gemeenschappelijke douanetarief overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 536/2007.

In Polish:

Cła WTC obniżone jak przewidziano w rozporządzeniu (WE) nr 536/2007.

In Portuguese:

redução da Pauta Aduaneira Comum como previsto no Regulamento (CE) n.o 536/2007.

In Romanian:

reducerea Tarifului Vamal Comun astfel cum este prevăzut în Regulamentul

(CE) nr. 536/2007.

In Slovak:

Zníženie spoločnej colnej sadzby, ako sa ustanovuje v nariadení (ES) č. 536/2007.

In Slovenian:

znižanje skupne carinske tarife v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 536/2007.

In Finnish:

Asetuksessa (EY) N:o 536/2007 säädetty yhteisen tullitariffin alennus.

In Swedish:

nedsättning av den gemensamma tulltaxan i enlighet med förordning (EG) nr 536/2007.

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ANNEX III

Correspondence table

Regulation (EC) No 1232/2006

This Regulation

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4(1)(a)

Article 4(1)(b)

Article 4(1)(c)

Article 4(1)(d)

Article 4(1)(e)

Article 4(1)(f)

Article 4(2)

Article 5(1), first subparagraph

Article 5(1), second subparagraph

Article 5(2)

Article 5(3)

Article 5(4), first subparagraph

Article 5(4), second subparagraph

Article 5(5)

Article 5(6)

Article 5(7)

Article 5(8), first subparagraph

Article 5(9)

Article 5(10)

Article 6(1), first subparagraph

Article 6(1), second subparagraph

Article 6(2)

Article 7

Article 8, first subparagraph

Article 8, second subparagraph

Article 9

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI

Article 1

Article 3

—

Article 4(1)

Article 4(2), first subparagraph

Article 4(2), second subparagraph

Article 4(3)

Article 4(3)

Article 4(3)

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Article 5(1)

—

—

Article 5(2)

Article 5(3)

—

—

—

—

Article 5(4)

—

Article 6(2)

Article 7(1)

—

—

Article 8

Article 2

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Article 10

Annex I

Annex II, Part A

Annex II, Part B

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