Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2008 of 23 October 2008 laying down certain detailed rules for granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal which may benefit from a special import treatment in Canada (Codified version)
Date: 2008-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, beef, export, export licence

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1041/2008

of 23 October 2008

laying down certain detailed rules for granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal which
may benefit from a special import treatment in Canada

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 172(2), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2051/96 of 25 October
1996 laying down certain detailed rules for granting of
assistance for the export of beef and veal which may
benefit from a special import treatment in Canada and
amending Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 (2) has been
substantially amended (3). In the interests of clarity and
rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

Pursuant to the Agreement for the conclusion of nego­
tiations between the European Community and Canada
under Article XXIV:6 referred to in Annex IV to Council
Decision 95/591/EC of 22 December 1995 concerning
the conclusion of the results of negotiations with certain
third countries under GATT Article XXIV:6 and other
related matters (4)
(United States and Canada), export
frozen beef and veal
subsidies on fresh, chilled or
limited to 5 000 tonnes
destined for Canada
annually.

are

The management of that Agreement should be based on
applications for specific Community export licences in
accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
382/2008 of 21 April 2008 on rules of application for
import and export licences in the beef and veal sector
(Recast) (5). Moreover, certificates of identity should be
produced to the Canadian Customs authorities.
is
necessary to define the nature of those identity certi­
ficates and the procedures for using them.

It

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 18.
(3) See Annex II.
(4) OJ L 334, 30.12.1995, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 115, 29.4.2008, p. 10.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
This Regulation establishes certain detailed rules of appli­
cation in respect of exports to Canada of 5 000 tonnes per
fresh,
calendar year of beef and veal of Community origin,
chilled or frozen, qualifying for special treatment.

The meat referred to in paragraph 1 must comply with
2.
the health protection requirements laid down by Canada and
relate to animals slaughtered not more than two months in
advance of clearance through customs for export.

Article 2

When the meat is being cleared through customs for export, the
certificate of identity defined in Article 3 shall be issued, at the
applicant’s request, on presentation of the export licence issued
in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008
and a veterinary certificate showing the date of slaughter of the
animals from which the meat for export derives.

Article 3

The certificate of identity shall be made out, with at least
1.
one copy, on a form corresponding to the specimen in Annex I.

The certificate shall be printed in English on white paper
measuring 210 × 297 mm. Each certificate shall have an indi­
vidual serial number assigned by the customs office referred to
in Article 4.

The exporting Member State may require any certificates used
on its territory to be printed in one of its official languages as
well as in English.

2.
Copies shall bear the same serial number as the original.
Any particulars entered on the original and on the copies shall
be typewritten, or, if handwritten, printed in block letters in ink.

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Article 4

Article 6

1.
The certificate of identity and the copies shall be issued by
the customs office where the meat is cleared through customs
for export.

Regulation (EC) No 2051/96 is repealed.

2.
The customs office referred to in paragraph 1 shall
endorse the original certificate in the appropriate section and
transmit the certificate to the party concerned, retaining a copy.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 5

Member States shall take the necessary measures to check the
origin and nature of products for which certificates of identity
are issued.

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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, 23 October 2008.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX I

Certificate of identity referred to in Article 3

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ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with its amendment

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2051/96
(OJ L 274, 26.10.1996, p. 18).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2333/96
(OJ L 317, 6.12.1996, p. 13).

Article 1 only

ANNEX III

Correlation table

Regulation (EC) No 2051/96

This Regulation

Articles 1 to 5

Articles 1 to 5

Article 6

—

Article 7

Annex

—

—

—

Article 6

Article 7

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III