Commission Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007 of 28 November 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous and transitional import tariff quota for sausages and certain meat products originating in Switzerland
Date: 2007-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, import, meat product, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1399/2007

of 28 November 2007

opening and providing for the administration of an autonomous and transitional import tariff quota
for sausages and certain meat products originating in Switzerland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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)

(4)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1355/2007 (2) provides for
transitional
an autonomous
the opening of
Community quota for the import of 1 900 tonnes of
sausages and certain meat products originating from
Switzerland.

and

the adaptation of

In order to ensure that quota benefit is available until the
entry into force of
the Agreement
between the European Community and the Swiss
in agricultural products (3)
Confederation on trade
and Commission Decision
approved
2002/309/EC, Euratom (4)
(hereafter referred to as the
it is appropriate to open the tariff quotas
Agreement),
on an autonomous and transitional basis from 1 January
2008 until 31 December 2009.

by Council

To be eligible for the benefit of
those tariff quotas,
products should originate in Switzerland in conformity
with the rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement.

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.

(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 304, 22.11.2007, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132. Agreement as last amended by
Decision No 1/2007 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture (OJ
L 173, 3.7.2007, p. 31).
(4) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.

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 (5) and
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 (6) should apply,
save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

the quantities of
In order to ensure regular imports,
products covered by the import tariff quota should be
spread out over four subperiods within the period from
1 January to 31 December. 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.

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

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
An import
products as set out
hereby opened.

tariff quota for sausages and certain meat
in Regulation (EC) No 1355/2007 is

The import tariff quota shall be opened annually for the period
from 1 January to 31 December. The measure shall apply on an
autonomous and transitional basis, from 1 January 2008 and
shall end on 31 December 2009.

The order number of the quota shall be 09.4180.

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

(5) 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).

(6) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

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Article 2

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

Article 3

The annual quantity in the import tariff quota period shall be
divided as follows into four subperiods:

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

(b) 25 % in the period from 1 April to 30 June;

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

(d) 25 % in the period from 1 October to 31 December.

Article 4

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 annual quota
period, furnish proof that they imported or exported, during
each of the two periods referred to in that Article, at least 25
tonnes of products covered by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2759/75.

applicants

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

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

Box 24 of the import licence shall contain one of the

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

Article 5

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

4.
Import licences shall be issued not earlier that the seventh
and not later than the 11th 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.

Article 6

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
month of each subperiod,
the total quantities in kilograms
covered by import
licences issued as referred to in Article
11(1)(b) of that Regulation.

Import licences shall give rise to an obligation to import

3.
from the specified country.

The Member States shall notify the Commission, before
2.
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.

Import

4.
contain the following:

licence applications and import

licences

shall

(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.

3.
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of
Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 the Member
shall notify the Commission, on the first occasion
States
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.

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Article 7

Article 8

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.

The rules of origin applicable to the products referred to in
Annex I shall be those provided for
the
Agreement.

in Article 4 of

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 9

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 December 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

Products referred to in Article 1(2):

ANNEX I

Order No

CN codes

Product description

Applicable duty
(EUR/t)

Total quantity in
tonnes product
(net weight)

09.4180

ex 0210 19 50

Hams, in brine, boneless, enclosed in
a bladder or in an artificial gut

0

1 900

ex 0210 19 81

Piece of boneless chop, smoked

ex 1601 00

Sausages and similar products, of
food
meat, meat offal or blood;
preparations
these
based
products, of animals of headings
0101 to 0104, excluding wild boars

on

ex 0210 19 81
ex 1602 49 19

Pork neck, dried in air, seasoned or
not, whole, in pieces or thinly sliced

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ANNEX II

A. Entries referred to in Article 4(4)(b):

in Bulgarian:

Peглмент (EO) № 1399/2007

in Spanish:

in Czech:

in Danish:

in German:

in Estonian:

in Greek:

in English:

in French:

in Italian:

in Latvian:

Reglamento (CE) no 1399/2007

Nařízení (ES) č. 1399/2007

Forordning (EF) nr. 1399/2007

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1399/2007

Määrus (EÜ) nr 1399/2007

Κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1399/2007

Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007

Règlement (CE) no 1399/2007

Regolamento (CE) n. 1399/2007

Regula (EK) Nr. 1399/2007

in Lithuanian:

Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 1399/2007

in Hungarian:

1399/2007/EK rendelet

in Maltese:

Regolament (KE) Nru 1399/2007

in Dutch:

in Polish:

Verordening (EG) nr. 1399/2007

Rozporządzenie (WE) nr 1399/2007

in Portuguese:

Regulamento (CE) n.o 1399/2007

in Romanian:

Regulamentul (CE) nr 1399/2007

in Slovak:

in Slovenian:

in Finnish:

in Swedish:

Nariadenie (ES) č. 1399/2007

Uredba (ES) št. 1399/2007

Asetus (EY) N:o 1399/2007

Förordning (EG) nr 1399/2007

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B. Entries referred to in Article 4(5):

in Bulgarian:

Мита по ОМТ, намалени съгласно Регламент (ЕО) № 1399/2007

in Spanish:

in Czech:

in Danish:

in German:

Reducción de los derechos del AAC en virtud del Reglamento (CE) no 1399/2007

SCS cla snížená podle nařízení (ES) č. 1399/2007

FTT-toldsats nedsat i henhold til forordning (EF) nr. 1399/2007

Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes nach dem GZT gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1399/2007

in Estonian:

Ühise tollitariifistiku tollimakse vähendatakse vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 1399/2007

in Greek:

in English:

in French:

in Italian:

in Latvian:

in Lithuanian:

in Hungarian:

Μειωμένος δασμός του Κοινού Δασμολογίου, όπως προβλέπει ο κανονισμός (ΕΚ) αριθ.
1399/2007

CCT duties reduced as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1399/2007

Droits du TDC réduits conformément au règlement (CE) no 1399/2007

Dazi TDC ridotti secondo quanto previsto dal Regolamento (CE) n. 1399/2007

KMT nodoklis samazināts, kā noteikts Regulā (EK) Nr. 1399/2007

BMT muitai sumažinti, kaip numatyta Reglamente (EB) Nr. 1399/2007

a közös vámtarifában meghatározott vámtételek csökkentése az 1399/2007/EK rende-
letnek megfelelően

in Maltese:

Dazji TDK imnaqqsa kif previst fir-Regolament (KE) Nru. 1399/2007

in Dutch:

in Polish:

invoer met verlaagd GDT-douanerecht overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 1399/2007

Cła pobierane na podstawie WTC obniżone jak przewidziano w rozporządzeniu (WE)
nr 1399/2007

in Portuguese:

Direitos PAC reduzidos em conformidade com o Regulamento (CE) n.o 1399/2007

in Romanian:

Drepturile TVC se reduc conform prevederilor Regulamentului (CE) nr. 1399/2007

in Slovak:

in Slovenian:

in Finnish:

in Swedish:

clo SCS znížené podľa ustanovení nariadenia (ES) č. 1399/2007

carine SCT, znižane, kakor določa Uredba (ES) št. 1399/2007

Yhteisen tullitariffin mukaiset tullit alennettu asetuksen (EY) N:o 1399/2007 mukaisesti

Tullar enligt gemensamma tulltaxan skall nedsättas i enlighet med förordning (EG)
nr 1399/2007