Commission Regulation (EC) No 98/2008 of 1 February 2008 amending several regulations as regards the combined nomenclature codes for certain beef and veal products
Date: 2008-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, beef

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 98/2008

of 1 February 2008

amending several regulations as regards the combined nomenclature codes for certain beef and veal
products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5
February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common
Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products (1),
and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

(4)

(5)

The amendments provided for in this Regulation should
apply from 1 January 2008, the date of entry into force
of Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2007 of 20
September 2007 amending Annex I to Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (2)
provides for amendments to the combined nomenclature
for certain beef and veal products.

to Council Regulation
Regulations amending Annex I
(EEC) No 2658/87 (3)
in previous years have also
introduced changes to the combined nomenclature for
certain beef and veal products, and not all of
these
amendments are reflected in the following Regulations
governing the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal: Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999
of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the
market in beef and veal (4); Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1731/2006 of 23 November 2006 on special
detailed rules for the application of export refunds in
the case of certain preserved beef and veal products (5)
and 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) (6).

(3)

Regulations (EC) No 1254/1999,
(EC) No 1731/2006
and (EC) No 545/2007 should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1) OJ L 34, 9.2.1979, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3290/94 (OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 is amended as
follows:

1. Point (a) of the table is amended as follows:

(a) the CN code ‘0210 90 41’ for ‘Thick skirt and thin skirt,
salted, in brine, dried or smoked’ is replaced by the CN
code ‘0210 99 51’;

(b) the CN code ‘0210 90 90’ for ‘Edible flours and meals of
replaced by the CN code
is

meat or meat offal’
‘0210 99 90’.

2. Point (b) of the table is amended as follows:

(a)

the CN codes ‘0206 10 91’ and ‘0206 10 99’ for ‘Edible
offal of bovine animals excluding thick skirt and thin
skirt, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture
of pharmaceutical products’ are replaced by the CN
code ‘0206 10 98’;

(2) OJ L 286, 31.10.2007, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1352/2007 (OJ

last amended by
L 303,

Commission Regulation
21.11.2007, p. 3).

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

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

(5) OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 129, 17.5.2007, p. 14.

(b) the

‘0206 22 90’

CN codes
for

‘0206 21 00’,
‘Edible offal of bovine

and
‘0206 29 99’
animals
excluding thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen, other than
the manufacture of pharmaceutical products’ are
for
replaced by the CN codes ‘0206 21 00’,
‘0206 22 00’
and ‘0206 29 99’;

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(c)

for ‘Edible meat offal of
the CN code ‘0210 90 49’
bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other
than thick skirt and thin skirt’ is replaced by the CN code
‘0210 99 59’;

(d) the CN codes ‘1602 50 31 to 1602 50 80’ for ‘Other
prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of bovine
animals, other than uncooked meat or meat offal and
mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or
offal’ are replaced by the CN codes ‘1602 50 31’ and
‘1602 50 95’.

Article 2

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1731/2006 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 1

Scope

Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 800/1999,
the
payment of an export refund on preserved products falling
within CN codes 1602 50 31 9125, 1602 50 31 9325,

the
1602 50 95 9125 and 1602 5095 9325 (hereinafter
preserved products) shall be subject to compliance with the
conditions laid down by this Regulation.’

Article 3

In Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 545/2007, the first sub-
paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘For the purposes of
this Regulation, an A-product shall
mean a processed product falling within CN code 1602 10,
1602 50 31 or 1602 50 95, not containing meat other than
that of animals of the bovine species, with a 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.’

Article 4

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 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission