Commission Regulation (EC) No 1229/2001 of 19 June 2001 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1229/2001
of 19 June 2001
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), as last amended by Regulation 2559/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2000/418/EC of 29 June 2000 regulating the use of material presenting risks as regards transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Decision 94/474/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2001/233/EC(4), states in Annex I(1)(a)(i) that the vertebral column of bovine animals aged over 12 months is designated specified risk material and must therefore be removed as provided for in Annex I(2).
(2) Additional note 1 of Chapter 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 stipulating, on the one hand, in paragraph 1.A that carcases, half-carcases and quarters of meat of bovine animals contain all the bones and, on the other hand, in paragraph 1.B, how the number of whole or cut ribs of products referred to in paragraph 1.A shall be counted, must be adapted from the date of entry into force of Decision 2001/233/EC since carcases, half-carcases and quarters may be presented with or without the vertebral column.
(3) This measure does not involve any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect in trade with non-member countries under the terms of Article 35 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(5).
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,