Commission Regulation (EC) No 806/2007 of 10 July 2007 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the pigmeat sector
Date: 2007-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import licence, pigmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 806/2007

of 10 July 2007

opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the pigmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of
29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market
in pigmeat (1) and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In the framework of the World Trade Organisation, the
Community has undertaken to open tariff quotas for
certain products in the pigmeat sector. As a result,
those quotas
detailed rules for the administration of
should be laid down.

(EC) No

1458/2003

Commission Regulation
of
18 August 2003 opening and providing for the admi-
nistration of tariff quotas in the pigmeat sector (2) has
been substantially amended several
times and further
changes are needed. Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003
should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new
regulation.

Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 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 (3) and
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 (4) should apply, save as otherwise provided in
this Regulation.

(4)

In order to ensure a regular flow of imports, the quota
period running from 1 July to 30 June the following year
In any
should be subdivided into several subperiods.

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

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

(2) OJ L 208, 19.8.2003, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1191/2006 (OJ L 215, 5.8.2006, p. 3).

(3) 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).

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

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

event, under Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 licences are
valid only up to and including the last day of the tariff
quota period.

The import tariffs should be administered on the basis of
import certificates. To that end, detailed rules for the
submission of applications and the information which
must appear in applications and licences should be laid
down.

In view of the risk of speculation inherent in the system
in question in the pigmeat sector, precise conditions
should be laid down as regards operators' access to the
tariff quota scheme.

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 interests of the operators, the Commission should
determine the quantities that have not been applied for,
which will be added to the next quota subperiod in
accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1301/2006.

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The tariff quotas in Annex I are hereby opened for the
import of pigmeat products under the CN codes indicated
therein.

The tariff quotas shall be open on an annual basis for the period
from 1 July to 30 June the following year.

2.
The quantity of products covered by the quotas referred to
in paragraph 1, the applicable rate of customs duty, the order
numbers and the group numbers shall be as set out in Annex I.

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In accordance with this Regulation, products of CN codes
3.
ex 0203 19 55 and ex 0203 29 55 referred to in groups G2
and G3 of Annex I have the following meanings assigned to
them:

3.

Licence applications and licences themselves shall contain:

a)

in box 8, the name of the country of origin;

(a)

‘boneless loins’, loins and cuts thereof, without tenderloin,
with or without subcutaneous fat or rind;

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

(b) ‘tenderloin’, cuts including the meats of muscles musculus
major psoas and musculus minor psoas, with or without
head, trimmed or not trimmed.

Box 24 of the licence shall contain one of the entries indicated
in Annex II, Part B.

Article 2

Article 5

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

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

Article 3

The quantity set for the annual tariff quota period for each
order number shall be subdivided into four subperiods, 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.

Article 4

import

For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
1.
shall, when
licence
No 1301/2006,
submitting their first application for a given annual 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 Article 1 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2759/75.

applicants

2.
Licence applications may refer to only one of the order
numbers indicated in Annex I to this Regulation. They may
concern several products covered by different CN codes.
If
they do, all
the CN codes and their designations must be
entered in boxes 16 and 15 respectively of the licence appli-
cation and the licence.

Licence applications must be for a minimum of 20 tonnes and
a maximum of 20 % of the quantity available for the quota
concerned in the subperiod in question.

A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged

2.
when an application for a licence is submitted.

By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
3.
No 1301/2006, each applicant may submit several applications
licences for products covered by a single order
for import
number, provided
in different
countries. Separate applications for each country of origin
must be submitted simultaneously to the competent authority
of a Member State. They shall be regarded as a single appli-
cation, for the purposes of the maximum referred to in the
second subparagraph of Article 4(2) of this Regulation.

these products originate

4.
Not later than the third working day following the end of
the period for submission of applications, Member States shall
in kilograms,
notify the Commission of the total quantities,
applied for in respect of each group.

Licences shall be issued as of the seventh working day and
5.
at the latest by the 11th working day following the end of the
notification period provided for in paragraph 4.

6.
The Commission shall set, where appropriate, the quantity
for which no applications for licences were received and which
are automatically added to the quantity set for the next quota
subperiod.

Article 6

By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of
1.
Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States
shall notify the Commission by the end of the first month of
each quota subperiod of the total quantities in kilograms for
which licences have been issued, as referred to in Article
11(1)(b) of that Regulation.

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission,
before the end of the fourth month following each annual
quota period,
the quantities, expressed in kilograms, under
each order number actually released into free circulation
under this Regulation in the period concerned.

2. Without prejudice to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000, the rights deriving from the licences may be
transferred 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.

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 in kilograms to
which unused or partially used import licences relate, first when
the application for the last subperiod is sent, and again before
the end of the fourth month following each annual period.

Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 is hereby repealed.

Article 8

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 7

By way of derogation from Article 23 of Regulation (EC)
1.
No 1291/2000,
import licences shall be valid for 150 days
from the first day of the subperiod for which they are issued.

Article 9

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, 10 July 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Serial
number

Group
number

CN Codes

Description of goods

Applicable duty
(EUR/tonne)

Quantity (tonnes)
(product weight)

09.4038

G2

ex 0203 19 55

ex 0203 29 55

Boned loins
chilled or frozen

and hams,

fresh,

250

35 265

09.4039

G3

ex 0203 19 55

ex 0203 29 55

Tenderloin,
frozen

fresh,

chilled

or

300

5 000

09.4071

G4

1601 00 91

Sausages, dry or
uncooked

for spreading,

747

3 002

1601 00 99

Other

Other
prepared
meat, meat offal or blood

or

preserved

Carcases and half-carcases, fresh,
chilled or frozen

fresh,

and with

chilled or

frozen,
in,
tenderloin, presented

bone

Cuts,
boned
excluding
alone

09.4072

G5

1602 41 10

1602 42 10

1602 49 11

1602 49 13

1602 49 15

1602 49 19

1602 49 30

1602 49 50

0203 11 10

0203 21 10

09.4073

G6

09.4074

G7

0203 12 11

0203 12 19

0203 19 11

0203 19 13

0203 19 15

ex 0203 19 55

0203 19 59

0203 22 11

0203 22 19

0203 29 11

0203 29 13

0203 29 15

ex 0203 29 55

0203 29 59

6 161

15 067

5 535

502

784

646

784

646

646

428

375

271

268

389

300

300

434

233

434

434

389

300

300

434

233

434

434

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ANNEX II

PART A

Entries referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 4(3)(b)

In Bulgarian:

Регламент (ЕО) № 806/2007.

In Spanish:

In Czech:

In Danish:

Reglamento (CE) no 806/2007.

Nařízení (ES) č. 806/2007.

Forordning (EF) nr. 806/2007.

In German:

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 806/2007.

In Estonian:

Määrus (EÜ) nr 806/2007.

In Greek:

In English:

In French:

In Italian:

Kανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 806/2007.

Regulation (EC) No 806/2007.

Règlement (CE) no 806/2007.

Regolamento (CE) n. 806/2007.

In Latvian:

Regula (EK) Nr. 806/2007.

In Lithuanian:

Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 806/2007.

In Hungarian:

806/2007/EK rendelet.

In Maltese:

Ir-Regolament (KE) Nru 806/2007.

In Dutch:

In Polish:

Verordening (EG) nr. 806/2007.

Rozporządzenie (WE) nr 806/2007.

In Portuguese:

Regulamento (CE) n.o 806/2007.

In Romanian:

Regulamentul (CE) nr. 806/2007.

In Slovak:

In Slovene:

In Finnish:

Nariadenie (ES) č. 806/2007.

Uredba (ES) št. 806/2007.

Asetus (EY) N:o 806/2007.

In Swedish:

Förordning (EG) nr 806/2007.

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Entries referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(3)

PART B

In Bulgarian:

In Spanish:

In Czech:

In Danish:

намаляване на
№ 806/2007.

общата митническа

тарифа

съгласно предвиденото

в Регламент

(ЕО)

reducción del arancel aduanero común prevista en el Reglamento (CE) no 806/2007.

snížení společné celní sazby tak, jak je stanoveno v nařízení (ES) č. 806/2007.

toldnedsættelse som fastsat i forordning (EF) nr. 806/2007.

In German:

Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes nach dem GZT gemäß Verordnung (EG) Nr. 806/2007.

In Estonian:

ühise tollitariifistiku maksumäära alandamine vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 806/2007.

In Greek:

Μείωση του δασμού του κοινού δασμολογίου, όπως προβλέπεται στον κανονισμό (ΕΚ)
αριθ. 806/2007.

In English:

reduction of the common customs tariff pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 806/2007.

In French:

In Italian:

In Latvian:

In Lithuanian:

In Hungarian:

réduction du tarif douanier commun comme prévu au règlement (CE) no 806/2007.

riduzione del dazio della tariffa doganale comune a norma del regolamento (CE) n. 806/2007.

Regulā (EK) Nr. 806/2007 paredzētais vienotā muitas tarifa samazinājums.

bendrojo muito tarifo muito sumažinimai, nustatyti Reglamente (EB) Nr. 806/2007.

a közös vámtarifában szereplő vámtétel csökkentése a 806/2007/EK rendelet szerint.

In Maltese:

tnaqqis tat-tariffa doganali komuni kif jipprovdi r-Regolament (KE) Nru 806/2007.

In Dutch:

In Polish:

Verlaging van het gemeenschappelijke douanetarief overeenkomstig Verordening (EG)
nr. 806/2007.

Cła WTC obniżone jak przewidziano w rozporządzeniu (WE) nr 806/2007.

In Portuguese:

redução da Pauta Aduaneira Comum como previsto no Regulamento (CE) n.o 806/2007.

In Romanian:

reducerea tarifului vamal comun astfel cum este prevăzut de Regulamentul (CE) nr. 806/2007.

In Slovak:

In Slovene:

In Finnish:

Zníženie spoločnej colnej sadzby, ako sa ustanovuje v nariadení (ES) č. 806/2007.

znižanje skupne carinske tarife v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 806/2007.

Asetuksessa (EY) N:o 806/2007 säädetty yhteisen tullitariffin alennus.

In Swedish:

nedsättning av den gemensamma tulltaxan i enlighet med förordning (EG) nr 806/2007.

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ANNEX III

Correspondence table

Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003

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 5(1), first subparagraph

Article 5(1), second subparagraph

Article 5(2), first subparagraph

Article 5(2), second subparagraph

Article 5(3)

Article 5(4)

Article 5(5), first subparagraph

Article 5(5), second subparagraph

Article 5(6)

Article 5(7)

Article 5(8)

Article 5(9)

Article 5(10)

Article 5(11), first subparagraph

Article 5(11), second subparagraph

Article 6, first subparagraph

Article 6, second subparagraph

Article 7, first subparagraph

Article 7, second subparagraph

Article 8

Article 9

Annex I

Annex IIa

Annex IIb

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI

Article 1

Article 1

Article 3

Article 4(1)

Article 4(2)

Article 4(3)

Article 4(3)

Article 4(3)

Article 5(1)

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Article 5(3)

Article 5(3)

Article 5(2)

Article 5(4)

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Article 5(6)

Article 5(5)

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Article 6(2)

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Article 7(1)

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Article 2

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Article 9

Annex I

Annex II, Part A

Annex II, Part B

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