Commission Regulation (EC) No 313/2008 of 3 April 2008 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 as regards import requirements for bovine meat from Brazil
Date: 2008-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, beef, import licence, originating product, surveillance concerning imports, tariff quota

4.4.2008

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 313/2008

of 3 April 2008

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 as regards import requirements for bovine meat from
Brazil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of
26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and
export licences in the beef and veal sector (2) provides
that import licences are valid 90 days from their date of
issue.

Commission Decision 2008/61/EC of 17 January 2008
amending Annex II to Council Decision 79/542/EEC as
regards the imports of bovine fresh meat from Brazil (3)
has modified the import requirements for bovine meat
from Brazil. That Decision provides that
is only
possible to allow imports to continue on a secure basis
by strengthening the control and surveillance of holdings
from which animals
to the
eligible
Community are sourced and by establishing a provisional
list of such approved holdings drawn up by Brazil for
which certain guarantees are provided.

export

for

it

As a result of the application of Decision 2008/61/EC,
operators that had obtained, prior to the entry into force
of that Decision, import licences for the importation of
bovine meat within the import tariff quotas referred to in
Article 2(d) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97
of 27 May 1997 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and
frozen beef and frozen buffalo meat (4), Commission
Regulation (EC) No 529/2007 of 11 May 2007
opening and providing for the administration of a tariff
quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN
covered by CN code
code 0202 and products
0206 29 91 (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008) (5) and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 545/2007 of 16 May
2007 opening and providing for the administration of an
import
intended for
processing (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008) (6), are faced
with certain practical difficulties to source the products
within the normal period of the validity of the import
licences. In view of these particular circumstances, the
validity of the licences should, on a temporary basis,
be extended until the end of the import tariff quota
period.

frozen beef

tariff quota

for

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
1445/95, for the import tariff quota period from 1 July 2007
to 30 June 2008,
the licences issued in accordance with
Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 936/97, Regulation (EC)
No 529/2007 and Regulation (EC) No 545/2007 shall be
valid until 30 June 2008.

(3)

In recent years Brazil has been the main supplier of beef
on the Community market, accounting for around two-
thirds of the total Community imports in the beef sector.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 98/2008 (OJ L 29, 2.2.2008,
p. 5). Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 will be replaced by Regulation
(EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July
2008.

(2) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 586/2007 (OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 5).

(3) OJ L 15, 18.1.2008, p. 33.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(4) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 317/2007 (OJ L 84, 24.3.2007, p. 4).

(5) OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 129, 17.5.2007, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 98/2008 (OJ L 29, 2.2.2008, p. 5).

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission