CELEX: 32007R0249
Language: en
Date: 2007-03-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2007 of 8 March 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products

9.3.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 69/16
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 249/2007
   of 8 March 2007
   amending Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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 Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The tariff quota for group 1 provided for in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 (3), with the serial number 09.4410 covering codes CN 0207 14 10, 0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70 (frozen chicken cuts), is specifically allocated to Brazil.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil reached during negotiations under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, approved by Council Decision 2006/963/EC (4), provides for an annual import tariff quota for poultrymeat of 2 332 tonnes for certain frozen chicken cuts (CN codes 0207 14 10, 0207 14 50 and 0207 14 70), at a rate of 0 %.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               This amount should be added to the quota for group 1.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               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:
   Article 1
   Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 8 March 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3).
   
      (3)  OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 9. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1938/2006 (OJ L 407, 30.12.2006, p. 150).
   
      (4)  OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 10.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            Reduction in customs duty set at 100 %
            Chicken
            
                        Country
                     
                     
                        Group No
                     
                     
                        Serial number
                     
                     
                        CN code
                     
                     
                        Annual quantities
                        (tonnes)
                     
                  
                        Brazil
                     
                     
                        1
                     
                     
                        09.4410
                     
                     
                        0207 14 10
                        0207 14 50
                        0207 14 70
                     
                     
                        9 432
                     
                  
                        Thailand
                     
                     
                        2
                     
                     
                        09.4411
                     
                     
                        0207 14 10
                        0207 14 50
                        0207 14 70
                     
                     
                        5 100
                     
                  
                        Other
                     
                     
                        3
                     
                     
                        09.4412
                     
                     
                        0207 14 10
                        0207 14 50
                        0207 14 70
                     
                     
                        3 300
                     
                  
               
            Turkey
            
                        Country
                     
                     
                        Group No
                     
                     
                        Serial number
                     
                     
                        CN code
                     
                     
                        Annual quantities
                        (tonnes)
                     
                  
                        Brazil
                     
                     
                        4
                     
                     
                        09.4420
                     
                     
                        0207 27 10
                        0207 27 20
                        0207 27 80
                     
                     
                        1 800
                     
                  
                        Other
                     
                     
                        5
                     
                     
                        09.4421
                     
                     
                        0207 27 10
                        0207 27 20
                        0207 27 80
                     
                     
                        700
                     
                  
                        Erga omnes
                     
                     
                        6
                     
                     
                        09.4422
                     
                     
                        0207 27 10
                        0207 27 20
                        0207 27 80
                     
                     
                        2 485’