Commission Regulation (EC) No 749/2008 of 30 July 2008 amending several regulations concerning import tariff quotas in the beef and veal sector

31.7.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 202/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 749/2008
of 30 July 2008
amending several regulations concerning import tariff quotas in the beef and veal sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 144(1) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31 August 2006 laying down common rules for the administration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import licences (2) provides certain rules as regards notifications of the Member States to the Commission. Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 applies without prejudice to additional conditions or derogations which might be laid down by the sectoral regulations. It is appropriate to provide, in Commission Regulations specific to certain quotas in the beef and veal sector, for more detailed rules on notifications concerning import licences in that sector. In particular, in order to clarify the obligations related to the closing date for notifications relating to quantities covered by import licences, such obligations should be laid down for each import tariff quota concerned and it is therefore necessary to derogate from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 on that point. The following Regulations should be amended accordingly:
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 297/2003 of 17 February 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of the tariff quota for beef and veal originating in Chile (3),
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 2092/2004 of 8 December 2004 laying down detailed rules of application for an import tariff quota of dried boneless beef originating in Switzerland (4),
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 2172/2005 of 23 December 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of an import tariff quota for live bovine animals of a weight exceeding 160 kg and originating in Switzerland provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (5),
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 529/2007 of 11 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN code 0202 and products covered by CN code 0206 29 91 (1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008) (6),
— 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) (7),
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 558/2007 of 23 May 2007 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (8), and
— Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/2007 of 14 June 2007 opening and providing for the administration of import tariff quotas for bulls, cows and heifers other than for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds (9).
(2) The import tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 2092/2004 is managed on the basis of documents issued by the third country concerned. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify that the provisions of Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply to import licences issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2092/2004, without prejudice to additional conditions laid down in that Regulation.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,