Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2007 of 20 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third countries
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, Thailand, import, import licence, originating product, poultrymeat, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1549/2007

of 20 December 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 opening and providing for the administration of certain
Community tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat originating in Brazil, Thailand and other third
countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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,

Having regard to Council Decision 2007/360/EC of 29 May
2007 on the conclusion of Agreements
in the form of
Agreed Minutes between the European Community and the
and between the European
Federal Republic of Brazil,
Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article
XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
(GATT 1994) relating to the modification of concessions with
respect to poultry meat (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 (3) allows for
processors to apply for import licences under certain
conditions.

Salted poultrymeat falling within CN code 0210 99 39 is
not covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75. Conse-
quently, operators traditionally importing that product
should be allowed to benefit from the special quota for
salted poultrymeat.

One of the conditions referred to in Regulation (EC) No
616/2007 is that the processing must have been carried
out using poultrymeat of CN codes 0207 or 0210 and
result
in poultrymeat preparations of CN code 1602
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75.

As Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 does not cover homo-
genised preparations of CN code 1602 10, and some
operators specialised in this type of processing have
in participating in the quotas
expressed an interest
opened by Regulation (EC) No 616/2007,
such
processed products should be included, but not homo-
genised products containing meats other
than poul-
trymeat.

(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 138, 30.5.2007, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3.

Experience has shown that the quantities available for
groups 6 and 8 are not utilised. One of the reasons for
this under-utilisation is
the minimum
quantity for which an operator can apply, set at 100
tonnes in the Regulation,
is too large, as the markets
in question are often ‘niche’ markets.

the fact

that

(6)

(7)

(8)

The minimum quantity for which each operator can
apply should therefore be reduced for these specific
groups.

Import licences are issued to operators by the Member
States more than two months before the start of the sub-
period or period in question, and therefore more than
two months before the start of their period of validity.
There is a particularly long gap between the issue of the
licences and the period when operators are able to use
them to import.

To avoid a situation where some licences are used to
import before the start of their period of validity, the
start date of the validity period should be printed on
the import licences.

(9)

Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 should be amended
accordingly.

(10)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 616/2007 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

1. Article 4(1) is replaced by the following:

‘For the purposes of applying Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006, import licence applicants shall, when presenting
their first application as regards 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 or of
salted poultrymeat falling within CN code 0210 99 39.’

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2. In Article 4(2) the first subparagraph is replaced by the

3. In Article 4(5), the second subparagraph is replaced by the

following:

following:

‘By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006 and paragraph 1 of this Article, import licence
applicants may, when presenting their first application as
regards a given quota period, also furnish proof that they
processed, during each of the two periods referred to in
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, at least 1 000
tonnes of poultrymeat of CN codes 0207 or 0210 to
produce preparations of poultrymeat of CN code 1602
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 or homogenised
preparations of CN code 1602 10 00 containing no meat
other than poultrymeat.’

‘For Groups Nos 3, 6 and 8 the minimum quantity for
licence applications shall be reduced to 10 tonnes.’

4. Part B of Annex II is replaced by the Annex to this Regu-

lation.

Article 2

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, 20 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘B. Entries referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(7):

in Bulgarian:

Намаляване на ОМТ, както предвижда Регламент (ЕО) № 616/2007

В действие от …

in Spanish:

reducción del AAC tal como prevé el Reglamento (CE) no 616/2007

Válida desde el …

in Czech:

Snížení celní sazby podle nařízení (ES) č. 616/2007

Platné ode dne …

in Danish:

Nedsættelse af FFT-toldsatser, jf. forordning (EF) nr. 616/2007

Gyldig fra den …

in German:

Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes des GZT gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 616/2007

Gültig ab dem …

in Estonian:

ühise tollitariifistiku maksumäära vähendamine vastavalt määrusele (EÜ) nr 616/2007

Kehtib alates …

in Greek:

μείωση του δασμού του ΚΔ όπως προβλέπεται στον κανονισμό (ΕΚ) αριθ. 616/2007

Ισχύει από …

in English:

reduction of CCT duty pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 616/2007

valid from …

in French:

réduction du TDC comme prévu au règlement (CE) no 616/2007

Valable à partir du …

in Italian:

riduzione del dazio TDC come prevede il regolamento (CE) n. 616/2007

Valido a decorrere dal …

in Latvian:

Kopējā muitas tarifa (KMT) samazinājums, kā paredzēts Regulā (EK) Nr. 616/2007

Piemērojams no …

in Lithuanian:

BMT muito sumažinimai, nustatyti Reglamente (EB) Nr. 616/2007

Galioja nuo …

in Hungarian:

A 616/2007/EK rendeletben előírt KTV csökkentés

Érvényesség kezdete …

in Maltese:

Tnaqqis tat-Tariffa Doganali Komuni kif jipprovdi r-Regolament (CE) Nru 616/2007

Valida mid-data …

in Dutch:

Verlaging van het GDT overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 616/2007

Geldig vanaf …

in Polish:

Cła WTC obniżone jak przewidziano w rozporządzeniu (WE) nr 616/2007

Ważne od dnia […] r.

in Portuguese:

Redução do direito da pauta aduaneira comum prevista no Regulamento (CE) n.o 616/2007

Válida a partir de …

in Romanian:

reducerea TVC în conformitate cu Regulamentul (CE) nr. 616/2007

Valabil de la …

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in Slovak:

Zníženie cla SCS podľa nariadenia (ES) č. 616/2007

Platné od ...

in Slovenian:

Skupna carinska tarifa, znižana v skladu z Uredbo (ES) št. 616/2007

Velja od …

in Finnish:

Asetuksessa (EY) N:o 616/2007 säädetty yhteisen tullitariffin alennus

Voimassa alkaen …

in Swedish:

Minskning av gemensamma tulltaxan i enlighet med förordning (EG) nr 616/2007

Giltig fr.o.m. …’