Commission Regulation (EC) No 545/2007 of 16 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing ( 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 )
Date: 2007-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, beef, food processing, frozen product, import, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 545/2007

of 16 May 2007

opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for
processing (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

three of Annex I
to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4).

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

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 Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

licence

an import

to presentation of

Imports into the Community under the tariff quota are
in
subject
accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 29(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999. The provisions of
Commission 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 Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2377/80 (5) and of 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 (6)
ficates
should apply to
import
licences issued under this Regulation, without
prejudice to additional conditions laid down in this Regu-
lation.

(1)

the

Letters

between

Exchange

The WTO schedule CXL requires the Community to open
an annual import tariff quota of 50 700 tonnes of frozen
beef intended for processing. Moreover, as a result of the
negotiations which led to the Agreement in the form of
an
European
of
Community and Australia pursuant
to Article XXIV:6
and 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,
and the Slovak
Poland,
Republic
accession to the
European Union (2),
approved by Council Decision
2006/106/EC (3),
the Community undertook to incor-
porate in its schedule for all Member States an increase
of 4 003 tonnes of that import tariff quota as of 1 July
2006.

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

course of

in the

(2)

Implementing rules should be laid down for the quota
year 2007/2008, starting on 1 July 2007.

(5)

(6)

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 (7) lays down in
particular detailed provisions on applications for import
rights, the status of applicants and the issue of import
(EC) No
provisions
licences. The
1301/2006 should apply,
to
imports
to this Regulation,
licences
without prejudice to additional conditions laid down in
this Regulation.

of Regulation
from 1 July 2007,

issued pursuant

It is appropriate to manage this import tariff quota by
attributing import rights as a first step and issuing import
licences as a second, as provided for in Article 6(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006. In this way, operators
that have obtained import rights should be able to
decide, during the course of
the
moment when they wish to apply for import licences,
in view of their actual trade flows. It should be possible
to issue licences following allocations of import rights on
the basis of applications from eligible processors. In any
the Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 limits the
case,
the
period of validity of
import tariff quota period.

licences to the last day of

the quota period,

(3)

The import of
frozen beef under the tariff quota is
subject to customs import duties and to the conditions
laid down under order number 13 of Annex 7 to Part

(4) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 301/2007 (OJ L 81, 22.3.2007, p. 11).

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

lation (EC) No 1965/2006 (OJ L 408, 30.12.2006, p. 26).

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 54.
(3) OJ L 47, 17.2.2006, p. 52.

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

(7) 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).

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(7)

(8)

(9)

to processing establishments

So as to avoid speculation, access to the quota should be
allowed only to active processors carrying out processing
in a processing establishment approved in accordance
with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of
animal origin (1), or
in
Bulgaria and Romania who had been approved for
export into the Community of processed meat products
in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC)
No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules
for the organisation of official controls on products of
animal origin intended for human consumption (2) prior
those countries to the European
to the accession of
Union on 1 January 2007.

In order to prevent speculation, import licences should
be issued to processors solely for the quantities for which
they have been allocated import rights. Moreover, for the
same reason, security should be lodged together with the
application for import rights. The application for import
licences corresponding to the allocated rights should be a
primary requirement within the meaning of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the
system of securities for agricultural products (3).

the

tariff quota

application of

The
strict
surveillance of imports and effective checks as to their
use and destination. The processing should therefore be
authorised only in the establishment referred to in the
import licence.

requires

(10) A security should be lodged in order to ensure that the
imported meat is used according to the tariff quota speci-
fications. The amount of that security should be fixed
taking into account the difference between the customs
duties applicable within and outside the quota.

(11)

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

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55 (corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 22). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206 (corrected version in OJ L 226,
25.6.2004, p. 83). Regulation as last amended by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1791/2006.

(3) OJ L 205, 3.8.1985, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1913/2006.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An import tariff quota of 54 703 tonnes, bone-in equivalent of
frozen beef falling within CN code 0202 20 30, 0202 30 10,
0202 30 50, 0202 30 90 or 0206 29 91 and intended for
processing in the Community (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
quota’) is hereby opened for the period from 1 July 2007 to
30 June 2008 subject to the conditions laid down in this Regu-
lation.

Article 2

1.
For the purposes of this Regulation, an A-product shall
mean a processed product falling within CN code 1602 10,
1602 50 31, 1602 50 39 or 1602 50 80, not containing meat
the bovine species, with a
other than that of animals of
collagen/protein ratio of no more than 0,45 and containing
by weight at least 20 % of lean meat excluding offal and fat
with meat and jelly accounting for at least 85 % of the total net
weight.

The collagen content shall be considered to be the hydroxy-
proline content multiplied by the factor 8. The hydroxyproline
content shall be determined according to ISO method 3496-
1994.

The lean bovine meat content excluding fat shall be determined
in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Annex to
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2429/86 (4).

feet,

tails, hearts, udders,

Offal includes the following: heads and cuts thereof (including
livers, kidneys, sweetbreads
ears),
(thymus glands), pancreas, brains,
lungs, throats, thick skirts,
spleens, tongues, caul, spinal cords, edible skin, reproductive
organs (i.e. uteri, ovaries and testes), thyroid glands, pituitary
glands.

The product shall be subjected to a heat treatment sufficient to
ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the
product which may not show any traces of a pinkish liquid on
the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing
through its thickest part.

(4) OJ L 210, 1.8.1986, p. 39.

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For the purposes of this Regulation, a B-product shall

2.
mean a processed product containing beef, other than:

(a)

the products specified in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 1254/1999; or

(b) the products referred to under paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article 5

instead of engagement

By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
1.
in trade with third
No 1301/2006,
countries as referred to in that Article,
the applicants for
import rights shall prove that they are approved as processing
establishments under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
and shall demonstrate that they have been active in production
of processed products containing beef during each of the two
reference periods referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
No 1301/2006.

a processed product

falling within CN code
However,
0210 20 90 which has been dried or smoked so that
the
colour and consistency of the fresh meat has totally disappeared
and with a water/protein ratio not exceeding 3:2 shall be
considered to be a B-product.

Processing establishments in Bulgaria and Romania that were
approved under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 to
export to the Community before 31 December 2006 and which
in production of processed products
have been active
the two reference periods
containing beef during each of
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006
may apply for import rights under the quota.

Article 3

The overall quantity referred to in Article 1 shall be

1.
divided into two quantities:

(a) 43 000 tonnes of frozen beef intended for the manufacture

of A-products;

(b) 11 703 tonnes of frozen beef intended for the manufacture

of B-products.

2.

The quota shall bear the following order numbers:

An application for import rights may not exceed 10 % of each
quantity referred to in Article 3(1).

2.
The evidence of compliance with the conditions laid down
in paragraph 1 shall be submitted together with the application
for import rights.

By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 5 of
competent national
Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006,
authority
documentary
is
evidence of compliance with those conditions.

the
acceptable

decide what

shall

(a) 09.4057 for the quantities referred to in paragraph 1(a);

(b) 09.4058 for the quantities referred to in paragraph 1(b).

Article 6

1.
Each application for
A-products or B-products
equivalence.

import
shall be

rights for production of
expressed in bone-in

The customs import duties to apply on frozen beef under

3.
the quota are set out in Annex I.

For the purpose of this paragraph 100 kilograms of bone-in
beef equals 77 kilograms of boneless beef.

Article 4

The quota shall be managed by attributing import rights

1.
as a first step and issuing import licences as a second.

2.
Applications for import rights for production of either
A-products or B-products shall be lodged no later than 13.00,
Brussels time, on 8 June 2007.

2.
Regulations (EC) No 1445/95, (EC) No 1291/2000 and
(EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for
in this Regulation.

A security of EUR 6 per 100 kg shall be lodged together

3.
with the application for import rights.

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No later than 13.00, Brussels time, on the second Friday
4.
following the end of the period for the submission of appli-
cations referred to in paragraph 2, Member States shall notify
the Commission of the total quantities applied for under each of
the two categories of products.

Article 7

1.
Import rights shall be awarded as from the 7th and no
later than the 16th working day following the end of the period
for the notifications referred to in Article 6(4).

2.
If application of the allocation coefficient referred to in
Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 results in fewer
import rights to be allocated than had been applied for, the
security lodged in accordance with Article 6(3) of this Regu-
lation shall be released proportionally without delay.

Article 8

1.
The release into free circulation of the quantities awarded
under the quota is subject to the presentation of an import
licence.

Import licence applications shall cover the total quantity
2.
allocated. This obligation shall constitute a primary requirement
within the meaning of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2220/85.

Article 9

1.
Licence applications may be lodged solely in the Member
State where the applicant has applied and obtained import
rights under the quota.

Each issuing of import licence shall result in a corresponding
reduction of the import rights obtained and the security lodged
in accordance with Article 6(3) shall be released proportionally
without delay.

Import

2.
operator who has obtained the import rights.

licences shall be issued in the name of

the

The licence application and the licence shall contain the

3.
following information:

(b) in box 16, one of the eligible CN codes referred to in

Article 1;

(c)

in box 20, the order number of the quota, at least one of
the entries listed in Annex II and the name and address of
the processing establishment.

4.
Import licences shall be valid for 120 days from the actual
date of issue within the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000.

Article 10

Member States shall set up a system of physical and docu-
mentary checks to ensure that, within three months of the
date of import, all meat is processed in the processing estab-
lishment and into the category of product specified on the
import licence concerned.

The system shall include physical checks of quantity and quality
at the start of the processing, during the processing and after
the processing operation is completed. To this end, processors
shall at any time be able to demonstrate the identity and use of
the imported meat through appropriate production records.

Technical verification of
competent authority may,
allowance for drip losses and trimmings.

the production method by the
to the extent necessary, make

In order to verify the quality of
the finished product and
establish its conformity with the processor’s formula for the
composition of the product, Member States shall take represen-
tative samples and analyse those products. The costs of such
operations shall be borne by the processor concerned.

Article 11

A security shall be lodged with the competent authority at
1.
the time of import ensuring that the processor having been
allocated import rights processes the entire quantity of meat
imported into the required finished products in his estab-
lishment
specified in the licence application, within three
months of the day of import.

(a)

in box 8, the country of origin;

The amounts of the security are fixed in Annex III.

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The security referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released in
2.
proportion to the quantity for which, within seven months of
the day of import, proof has been furnished to the satisfaction
of the competent authority that all or part of the imported meat
has been processed into the relevant products within three
months following the day of import in the designated estab-
lishment.

However, if processing took place after the three-month time
limit referred to in the first subparagraph, the security shall be
released minus a 15 % reduction plus 2 % of the remaining
amount
for each day by which the time limit has been
exceeded.

If proof of processing is established within the seven-month
time limit referred to in the first subparagraph and produced
within 18 months following those seven months, the amount
forfeited, less 15 % of the security amount, shall be repaid.

The amount not released of the security referred to in

3.
paragraph 1 shall be forfeited.

Article 12

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 16 May 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Import duties

Product
(CN code)

0202 20 30

0202 30 10

0202 30 50

0202 30 90

0206 29 91

For manufacture of A products

For manufacture of B products

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 %

20 % + 994,5 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 1 554,3 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 1 554,3 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 2 138,4 EUR/1 000 kg/net

20 % + 2 138,4 EUR/1 000 kg/net

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 9(3)(c)

— in Bulgarian:

Лицензия, валидна в … (държава-членка издател)_/месо, предназначено за преработка в …
[продукти А]
(ненужното се зачертава) в … (точно наименование и номер на
одобрението на предприятието, където ще се извърши преработката) / Регламент (ЕО) № 545/2007

[продукти Б]

— in Spanish:

Certificado válido en … (Estado miembro expedidor)/carne destinada a la transformación …
[productos A] [productos B] (táchese lo que no proceda) en … (designación exacta y número
de registro del establecimiento en el que vaya a procederse a la transformación)/Reglamento (CE)
no 545/2007

— in Czech:

Licence platná v … (vydávající členský stát) / Maso určené ke zpracování … [výrobky A] [výrobky
B] (nehodící se škrtněte) v (přesné určení a číslo schválení zpracovatelského zařízení, v němž se má
zpracování uskutečnit)/ nařízení (ES) č. 545/2007

— in Danish:

Licens gyldig i … (udstedende medlemsstat) / Kød bestemt til forarbejdning til
(B-produkter)
hvor forarbejdningen sker) / forordning (EF) nr. 545/2007

(A-produkter)
i … (nøjagtig betegnelse for den virksomhed,

ikke gældende overstreges)

(det

— in German:

In … (ausstellender Mitgliedstaat) gültige Lizenz / Fleisch für die Verarbeitung zu [A-Erzeugnissen]
[B-Erzeugnissen] (Unzutreffendes bitte streichen) in … (genaue Bezeichnung des Betriebs, in dem
die Verarbeitung erfolgen soll) / Verordnung (EG) Nr. 545/2007

— in Estonian:

Litsents on kehtiv … (välja andev liikmesriik) / Liha töötlemiseks … [A toode] [B toode] (kustuta
mittevajalik) … (ettevötte asukoht
(EÜ)
ja loanumber, kus
nr. 545/2007

toimub töötlemine / määrus

— in Greek:

Η άδεια ισχύει … (κράτος μέλος έκδοσης) / Κρέας που προορίζεται για μεταποίηση … [προϊόντα Α]
[προϊόντα Β] (διαγράφεται η περιττή ένδειξη) … (ακριβής περιγραφή και αριθμός έγκρισης της εγκα-
τάστασης όπου πρόκειται να πραγματοποιηθεί η μεταποίηση) / Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 545/2007

— in English:

Licence valid in … (issuing Member State)
intended for processing … [A-products]
[B-products] (delete as appropriate) at … (exact designation and approval No of the establishment
where the processing is to take place) / Regulation (EC) No. 545/2007

/ Meat

— in French:

— in Italian:

Certificat valable … (État membre émetteur) / viande destinée à la transformation de … [produits
A] [produits B] (rayer la mention inutile) dans … (désignation exacte et numéro d’agrément de
l’établissement dans lequel la transformation doit avoir lieu) / règlement (CE) no 545/2007

Titolo valido in … (Stato membro di rilascio) / Carni destinate alla trasformazione … [prodotti A]
[prodotti B] (depennare la voce inutile) presso … (esatta designazione e numero di riconoscimento
dello stabilimento nel quale è prevista la trasformazione) / Regolamento (CE) n. 545/2007

— in Latvian:

Atļauja derīga … (dalībvalsts, kas izsniedz ievešanas atļauju)
/ pārstrādei paredzēta gaļa …
[A produktu] [B produktu] ražošanai (nevajadzīgo nosvītrot) … (precīzs tā uzņēmuma apzīmējums
un apstiprinājuma numurs, kurā notiks pārstrāde) / Regula (EK) Nr. 545/2007

— in Lithuanian:

Licencija galioja … (išdavusioji valstybė narė) / Mėsa skirta perdirbimui … [produktai A] [produktai
B] (ištrinti nereikalingą) … (tikslus įmonės, kurioje bus perdirbama, pavadinimas ir registracijos Nr.)
/ Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 545/2007

— in Hungarian:

Az engedély … (kibocsátó tagállam) területén érvényes. / Feldolgozásra szánt hús … [A-termék]
[B-termék] (a nem kívánt törlendő) … (pontos rendeltetési hely és a feldolgozást végző létesítmény
engedélyezési száma) 545/2007/EK rendelet

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— in Maltese:

Liċenzja valida fi … (Stat Membru tal-ħruġ) / Laħam maħsub għall- ipproċessar … [Prodotti-A]
[Prodotti-B] (ħassar skond kif ikun xieraq) fi … (deżinjazzjoni eżatta u Nru. ta' l-istabbiliment fejn
se jsir l-ipproċessar) / Ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 545/2007

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

Certificaat geldig in … (lidstaat van afgifte) / Vlees bestemd voor verwerking tot [A-producten]
[B-producten] (doorhalen wat niet van toepassing is) in … (nauwkeurige aanduiding en toelatings-
nummer van het bedrijf waar de verwerking zal plaatsvinden) / Verordening (EG) nr. 545/2007

Pozwolenie ważne w … (wystawiające Państwo Członkowskie) / Mięso przeznaczone do przet-
worzenia … [produkty A] [produkty B] (niepotrzebne skreślić) w … (dokładne miejsce przez-
naczenia i nr zatwierdzenia zakładu, w któreym ma mieć miejsce przetwarzanie) / rozporządzenie
(WE) nr 545/2007

— in Portuguese:

Certificado válido em … (Estado-Membro emissor) / carne destinada à transformação … [produtos
A] [produtos B] (riscar o que não interessa) em … (designação exacta e número de aprovação do
estabelecimento em que a transformação será efectuada) / Regulamento (CE) n.o 545/2007

— in Romanian:

Licență valabilă în … (statul membru emitent) / Carne destinată procesării … [produse-A] [produse-
B] (se șterge unde este cazul) la … (desemnarea exactă și nr. de aprobare al stabilimentului unde va
avea loc procesarea) / Regulamentul (CE) nr. 545/2007

— in Slovak:

Licencia platná v … (vydávajúci členský štát) / Mäso určené na spracovanie … [výrobky A]
[výrobky B] (nehodiace sa prečiarknite) v … (presné určenie a číslo schválenia zariadenia, v
ktorom spracovanie prebehne) / nariadenie (ES) č. 545/2007

— in Slovenian:

Dovoljenje velja v … (država članica, ki ga je izdala) / Meso namenjeno predelavi … [proizvodi A]
[proizvodi B] (črtaj neustrezno) v … (točno namembno območje in št. odobritve obrata, kjer bo
predelava potekala) / Uredba (ES) št. 545/2007

— in Finnish:

Todistus on voimassa … (myöntäjäjäsenvaltio) / Liha on tarkoitettu [A-luokan tuotteet] [B-luokan
tuotteet] (tarpeeton poistettava) jalostukseen …:ssa (tarkka ilmoitus laitoksesta, jossa jalostus suori-
tetaan, hyväksyntänumero mukaan lukien) / Asetus (EY) N:o 545/2007

— in Swedish:

Licensen är giltig i … (utfärdande medlemsstat) / Kött avsett för bearbetning … [A-produkter]
[B-produkter] (stryk det som inte gäller) vid … (exakt angivelse av och godkännandenummer
för anläggningen där bearbetningen skall ske) / Förordning (EG) nr 545/2007

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ANNEX III

Amounts of security (1)

Product
(CN code)

For manufacture of A products

For manufacture of B products

(in EUR/1 000 kg net)

0202 20 30

0202 30 10

0202 30 50

0202 30 90

0206 29 91

1 414

2 211

2 211

3 041

3 041

420

657

657

903

903

(1) The exchange rate to be applied shall be the exchange rate on the day preceding the lodging of the security.