Commission Regulation (EC) No 979/2007 of 21 August 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in Canada
Date: 2007-08-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, import, originating product, pigmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 979/2007

of 21 August 2007

opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for pigmeat originating in
Canada

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)

The Agreement between the European Community and
the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT
Article XXIV:6 Negotiations (2), approved by Council
Decision 2007/444/EC (3), provides for the incorporation
of a country allocated (Canada) import tariff rate quota of
4 624 tonnes of pigmeat.

The date of entry into force of
is
1 August 2007; the date of opening of the tariff rate
quota for the first quota year and the respective quantity
should be specified.

the Agreement

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
of
31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the
tariff quotas for agricultural
administration of
licences (5)
products managed by a system of
import
should apply, save as otherwise provided in this Regu-
lation.

1301/2006

(EC) No

import

(4)

the quantities of
In order to ensure regular imports,
products covered by the import tariff quota should be

(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 169, 29.6.2007, p. 55.
(3) OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 53.
(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).

spread out over four subperiods within the period from
1 July to 30 June. For the quota year 2007/2008, the
tariff quota shall be spread over three subperiods. In any
case, Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 limits the period of
validity of licences to the last day of the import tariff
quota period.

The administration of the tariff quota should be based on
import licences. To that end, detailed rules should be laid
down for the submission of import licence applications
and the information which must appear in these appli-
cations and import licences.

In the interest of the operators it should be provided that
the Commission determines the quantities not applied for
that will be added to the next subperiod.

The release into free circulation of the products imported
under the quota opened by this Regulation should be
subject
to the presentation of a certificate of origin
issued by the Canadian authorities in accordance with
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 (6).

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

An import

1.
in the
Agreement between the European Community and Canada,
approved by Decision 2007/444/EC, is hereby opened.

tariff quota for pigmeat as set out

The import tariff quota shall be opened annually for the period
from 1 July to 30 June.

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

(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 16.3.2007, p. 17).

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

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The order number of the quota shall be 09.4204.

The total annual quantity of products benefiting from the
2.
quota referred to in paragraph 1 and the rate of customs duty
are set out in Annex I hereto.

3.
For the quota year 2007/2008 the import tariff quota
shall be opened for the period from 1 October 2007 to
30 June 2008.

The total annual quantity as set out in Annex I shall be available
for this period.

licence

Import

applications

contain the order
2.
number, and may relate to several products covered by
different CN codes and originating in Canada. In such cases,
all
the CN codes shall be indicated in box 16 and their
descriptions in box 15.

shall

An import licence application shall cover at least 20 tonnes of
product weight and may not cover more than 20 % of the
available quantity for each import tariff quota subperiod.

Import licences shall give rise to an obligation to import

3.
from the specified country.

Import

4.
contain the following:

licence applications and import

licences

shall

Article 2

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

(a)

in box 8,
marked by a cross;

the country of origin and the mention ‘yes’

(b) in box 20, one of the references set out in Part A of

Annex II.

Article 3

The annual quantity in the import tariff quota period shall

1.
be divided as follows into four subperiods:

Box 24 of the import licence shall contain one of the

5.
entries set out in Part B of Annex II.

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

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

Article 5

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

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

For the quota year 2007/2008 the import tariff quota

2.
shall be divided as follows into three subperiods:

(a) 50 % in the period from 1 October to 31 December 2007;

(b) 25 % in the period from 1 January to 31 March 2008;

(c) 25 % in the period from 1 April to 30 June 2008.

Import licence applications shall be lodged during the first

1.
seven days of the month preceding each subperiod.

2.
A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms of product
weight shall be lodged together with the import licence appli-
cation.

The Member States shall notify the Commission, by the
the period for
in

3.
third working day following the end of
submission of
total
kilograms, applied for.

applications, of

quantities,

the

Article 4

For the purposes of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1.
1301/2006, when submitting the first application for a given
tariff quota subperiod, applicants shall demonstrate that during
each of
the periods referred to in that Article they have
imported or exported at least 50 tonnes of products listed in
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75.

4.
Import licences shall be issued not earlier that the seventh
and not later than the eleventh working day following the end
of the period for notification provided for in paragraph 3.

5.
The Commission shall determine, if necessary, the quan-
tities not applied for which shall be automatically added to the
quantity fixed for the next subperiod.

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Article 6

Article 7

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

2.
The Member States shall notify the Commission, before
the end of the fourth month following each annual period, of
the quantities in kilograms actually put into free circulation
under this Regulation in the period concerned.

3.
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of
Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 the Member
States shall notify the Commission, on the first occasion
together with the notification of the quantities applied for the
last sub-period, and on the second occasion before the end of
the fourth month following each annual period of the unused
quantities in kilograms as referred to in Article 11(1)(c) of that
Regulation.

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

2.
By way of derogation from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000, the rights deriving from import licences may be
transferred only to transferees satisfying the eligibility conditions
laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and in
Article 4 of this Regulation.

Article 8

The release into free circulation of the products under quota
referred to in Article 1 is subject to the presentation of a
certificate of origin issued by the competent authorities of
Canada in accordance with Articles 55 to 65 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93.

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, 21 August 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Products referred to in Article 1(2):

ANNEX I

Order No

CN codes

Product description

Applicable duty

Total quantity
in tonnes
product weight

swine,

fresh, chilled or
Cuts of
frozen, boned and with bone in,
excluding
presented
tenderloin
alone

09.4204

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

389 EUR/t

4 624

300 EUR/t

300 EUR/t

434 EUR/t

233 EUR/t

434 EUR/t

434 EUR/t

389 EUR/t

300 EUR/t

300 EUR/t

434 EUR/t

233 EUR/t

434 EUR/t

434 EUR/t

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ANNEX II

PART A

Entries referred to in Article 4(4b):

— in Bulgarian:

Регламент (ЕО) № 979/2007

— in Spanish:

— in Czech:

— in Danish:

— in German:

— in Estonian:

— in Greek:

— in English:

— in French:

— in Italian:

— in Latvian:

— in Lithuanian:

— in Hungarian:

— in Maltese:

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

Reglamento (CE) no 979/2007

Nařízení (ES) č. 979/2007

Forordning (EF) nr. 979/2007

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 979/2007

Määrus (EÜ) nr 979/2007

Kανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 979/2007

Regulation (EC) No 979/2007

Règlement (CE) no 979/2007

Regolamento (CE) n. 979/2007

Regula (EK) Nr. 979/2007

Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 979/2007

A 979/2007/EK rendelet

Regolament (KE) Nru 979/2007

Verordening (EG) nr. 979/2007

Rozporządzenie (WE) nr 979/2007

— in Portuguese:

Regulamento (CE) n.o 979/2007

— in Romanian:

Regulamentul (CE) nr. 979/2007

— in Slovak:

Nariadenie (ES) č. 979/2007

— in Slovenian:

Uredba (ES) št. 979/2007

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Asetus (EY) N:o 979/2007

Förordning (EG) nr 979/2007

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PART B

Entries referred to in Article 4(5):

— in Bulgarian:

Мита по ОМТ, намалени съгласно Регламент (ЕО) № 979/2007

— in Spanish:

— in Czech:

— in Danish:

— in German:

— in Estonian:

— in Greek:

— in English:

— in French:

— in Italian:

Reducción de los derechos del AAC en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 979/2007

SCS cla snížená podle nařízení (ES) č. 979/2007

FTT-toldsats nedsat i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 979/2007

Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes nach dem GZT gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 979/2007

Ühise tollitariifistiku tollimakse vähendatakse vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 979/2007

Μειωμένος δασμός του κοινού δασμολογίου, όπως προβλέπει ο κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 979/2007

CCT duties reduced as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 979/2007

Droits du TDC réduits conformément au règlement (CE) no 979/2007

Dazi TDC ridotti secondo quanto previsto dal regolamento (CE) n. 979/2007

— in Latvian:

KMT nodoklis samazināts, kā noteikts Regulā (EK) Nr. 979/2007

— in Lithuanian:

BMT muitai sumažinti, kaip numatyta Reglamente (EB) Nr. 979/2007

— in Hungarian:

— in Maltese:

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

— in Portuguese:

— in Romanian:

A közös vámtarifában meghatározott vámtételek csökkentése a 979/2007/EK rendeletnek
megfelelően

Dazji TDK imnaqqsa kif previst fir-Regolament (KE) Nru 979/2007

Invoer met verlaagd GDT-douanerecht overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 979/2007

Cła pobierane na podstawie WTC obniżone jak przewidziano w rozporządzeniu (WE)
nr 979/2007

Direitos PAC reduzidos em conformidade com o Regulamento (CE) n.o 979/2007

Drepturile TVC se reduc conform prevederilor Regulamentului (CE) nr. 979/2007

— in Slovak:

clo SCS znížené podľa ustanovení nariadenia (ES) č. 979/2007

— in Slovenian:

carine SCT, znižane, kakor določa Uredba (ES) št. 979/2007

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Yhteisen tullitariffin mukaiset tullit alennettu asetuksen (EY) N:o 979/2007 mukaisesti

Tullar enligt Gemensamma tulltaxan skall nedsättas
nr 979/2007.

i enlighet med förordning (EG)