Commission Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009 of 14 December 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application in 2010 of the import tariff quotas for baby beef products originating in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009
• Articles: 20

Article 1

1.   The following tariff quotas are hereby opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010:

(a)

9 400 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in Croatia;

(b)

1 500 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

(c)

1 650 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(d)

9 175 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in the customs territories of Serbia and Kosovo;

(e)

800 tonnes of ‘baby beef’, expressed in carcass weight, originating in Montenegro.

The quotas referred to in the first subparagraph shall bear the order Nos 09.4503, 09.4504, 09.4505, 09.4198 and 09.4199 respectively.

For the purposes of attributing those quotas, 100 kilograms live weight shall be equivalent to 50 kilograms carcass weight.

2.   The customs duty applicable under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 % of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff.

3.   Importation under the quotas referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reserved for certain live animals and certain meat falling within the following CN codes, referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreements concluded with Croatia, in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Montenegro and in Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina:

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ex 0102 90 51 , ex 0102 90 59 , ex 0102 90 71 and ex 0102 90 79 ,

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ex 0201 10 00 and ex 0201 20 20 ,

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ex 0201 20 30 ,

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ex 0201 20 50 .

Article 2

Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and Regulations (EC) No 376/2008 and 382/2008 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

Article 3

1.   Section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country or customs territory of origin and the mention ‘yes’ shall be marked by a cross. Licences shall be subject to the obligation to import from the country or customs territory indicated.

Section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the entries listed in Annex I.

2.   The original of the certificate of authenticity drawn up in accordance with Article 4 plus a copy thereof shall be presented to the competent authority together with the application for the first import licence relating to the certificate of authenticity.

Certificates of authenticity may be used for the issue of more than one import licence for quantities not exceeding that shown on the certificate. Where more than one licence is issued in respect of a certificate, the competent authority shall:

(a)

endorse the certificate of authenticity to show the quantity attributed;

(b)

ensure that the import licences delivered in respect of that certificate are issued on the same day.

3.   The competent authorities may issue import licences only after they are satisfied that all the information on the certificate of authenticity corresponds to that received each week from the Commission for the imports concerned. The licences shall be issued immediately thereafter.

Article 4

1.   All applications for imports licences under the quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the authorities of the exporting country or customs territory listed in Annex II attesting that the goods originate in that country or customs territory and that they correspond to the definition given, as the case may be, in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000, Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreements with Croatia, Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Montenegro or Annex II to the Interim Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2.   Certificates of authenticity shall be made out in one original and two copies, to be printed and completed in one of the official languages of the Community, in accordance with the relevant model in Annexes III to VIII for the exporting countries or customs territory concerned. They may also be printed and completed in the official language or one of the official languages of the exporting country or customs territory.

The competent authorities of the Member State in which the import licence application is submitted may require a translation of the certificate to be provided.

3.   The original and copies of the certificate of authenticity may be typed or hand-written. In the latter case, they shall be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

The certificate forms shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall weigh not less than 40 g/m 2 . The original shall be white, the first copy pink and the second copy yellow.

4.   Each certificate shall have its own individual serial number followed by the name of the issuing country or customs territory.

The copies shall bear the same serial number and the same name as the original.

5.   Certificates shall be valid only if they are duly endorsed by an issuing authority listed in Annex II.

6.   Certificates shall be deemed to have been duly endorsed if they state the date and place of issue and if they bear the stamp of the issuing authority and the signature of the person or persons empowered to sign them.

Article 5

1.   The issuing authorities listed in Annex II shall:

(a)

be recognised as such by the exporting country or customs territory concerned;

(b)

undertake to verify entries on the certificates;

(c)

undertake to forward to the Commission at least once a week any information enabling the entries on the certificates of authenticity to be verified, in particular with regard to the number of the certificate, the exporter, the consignee, the country of destination, the product (live animals/meat), the net weight and the date of signature.

2.   The list in Annex II shall be revised by the Commission where the requirement referred to in paragraph 1(a) is no longer met, where an issuing authority fails to fulfil one or more of the obligations incumbent on it or where a new issuing authority is designated.

Article 6

Certificates of authenticity and import licences shall be valid for three months from their respective dates of issue.

Article 7

The exporting country or custom territory concerned shall communicate to the Commission specimens of the stamp imprints used by their issuing authorities and the names and signatures of the persons empowered to sign certificates of authenticity. The Commission shall communicate that information to the competent authorities of the Member States.

Article 8

1.   By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, Member States shall notify to the Commission:

(a)

no later than 28 February 2011, the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licences were issued in the previous import tariff quota period;

(b)

no later than 30 April 2011, the quantities of products, including nil returns, covered by unused or partly used import licences and corresponding to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import licences and the quantities for which they were issued.

2.   No later than 30 April 2011, Member States shall notify to the Commission the quantities of products, which were actually released for free circulation during the preceding import tariff quota period.

3.   The notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be made as indicated in Annexes IX, X and XI to this Regulation and the product categories indicated in Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 382/2008 shall be used.

Article 9

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Entries referred to in Article 3(1)

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in Bulgarian

:

‘Baby beef’ (Регламент (ЕC) № 1219/2009)

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in Spanish

:

‘Baby beef’ [Reglamento (UE) n o 1219/2009]

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in Czech

:

‘Baby beef’ (Nařízení (EU) č. 1219/2009)

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in Danish

:

‘Baby beef’ (Forordning (EU) nr. 1219/2009)

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in German

:

‘Baby beef’ (Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1219/2009)

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in Estonian

:

‘Baby beef’ (Määrus (EL) nr 1219/2009)

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in Greek

:

‘Baby beef’ [Κανονισμός (ΕE) αριθ. 1219/2009]

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in English

:

‘Baby beef’ (Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009)

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in French

:

‘Baby beef’ [Règlement (UE) n o 1219/2009]

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in Italian

:

‘Baby beef’ [Regolamento (UE) n. 1219/2009]

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in Latvian

:

‘Baby beef’ (Regula (ES) Nr. 1219/2009)

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in Lithuanian

:

‘Baby beef’ (Reglamentas (ES) Nr. 1219/2009)

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in Hungarian

:

‘Baby beef’ (1219/2009/EU rendelet)

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in Maltese

:

‘Baby beef’ (Regolament (UE) Nru 1219/2009)

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in Dutch

:

‘Baby beef’ (Verordening (EU) nr. 1219/2009)

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in Polish

:

‘Baby beef’ (Rozporządzenie (UE) nr 1219/2009)

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in Portuguese

:

‘Baby beef’ [Regulamento (UE) n. o 1219/2009]

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in Romanian

:

‘Baby beef’ [Regulamentul (UE) nr. 1219/2009]

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in Slovak

:

‘Baby beef’ [Nariadenie (EÚ) č. 1219/2009]

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in Slovenian

:

‘Baby beef’ (Uredba (EU) št. 1219/2009)

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in Finnish

:

‘Baby beef’ (Asetus (EU) N:o 1219/2009)

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in Swedish

:

‘Baby beef’ (Förordning (EU) nr 1219/2009)

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

Issuing authorities:

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Republic of Croatia: Croatian Agricultural Agency, Poljana Križevačka 185, 48260 Križevci, Croatia.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina:

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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Univerzitet Sv. Kiril I Metodij, Institut za hrana, Fakultet za veterinarna medicina, ‘Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7’, 1000 Skopje

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Montenegro: Veterinary Directorate, Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog br.9, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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Customs territory of Serbia  ( 1 ) : ‘

YU Institute for Meat Hygiene and Technology, Kacanskog 13, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.’

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Customs territory of Kosovo:

( 1 )   Not including Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/1999.

ANNEX III

ANNEX III

Text of image

1. Consignor (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

CROATIA

2. Consignee (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of bovine animals and meat of bovine animals

[application of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009]

NOTES

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies.

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

3. Marks, numbers, numbers and nature of packages or head of cattle; description of goods

4. Combined Nomenclature code

5. Gross weight (kg)

6. Net weight (kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned …, acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box 9) certify that the goods described above were subjected to health inspection at …, in accordance with the attached veterinary certificate of …, originate in and come from the Republic of Croatia and correspond exactly to the definition contained in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement set out in Decision 2005/40/EC, Euratom (OJ L 26, 28.1.2005, p. 1).

9. Authorised issuing body

Place: …

Date: …

(Stamp of issuing body)

(signature)

ANNEX IV

ANNEX IV

Text of image

1. Consignor (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

2. Consignee (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of bovine animals and meat of bovine animals

[application of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009]

NOTES

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies.

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

3. Marks, numbers, numbers and nature of packages or head of cattle; description of goods

4. Combined Nomenclature code

5. Gross weight (kg)

6. Net weight (kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned …, acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box 9) certify that the goods described above were subjected to health inspection at …, in accordance with the attached veterinary certificate of …, originate in and come from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and correspond exactly to the definition contained in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1).

9. Authorised issuing body

Place: …

Date: …

(Stamp of issuing body)

(signature)

ANNEX V

ANNEX V

Text of image

1. Consignor (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

2. Consignee (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of bovine animals and meat of bovine animals

[application of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009]

NOTES

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies.

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

3. Marks, numbers, numbers and nature of packages or head of cattle; description of goods

4. Combined Nomenclature code

5. Gross weight (kg)

6. Net weight (kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned …, acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box 9) certify that the goods described above were subjected to health inspection at …, in accordance with the attached veterinary certificate of …, originate in and come from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and correspond exactly to the definition contained in Annex III to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement set out in Decision 2004/239/EC, Euratom (OJ L 84, 20.3.2004, p. 1).

9. Authorised issuing body

Place: …

Date: …

(Stamp of issuing body)

(signature)

ANNEX VI

ANNEX VI

Text of image

1. Consignor (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

SERBIA ( 1 )

2. Consignee (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of bovine animals and meat of bovine animals

[application of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009]

NOTES

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies.

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

3. Marks, numbers, numbers and nature of packages or head of cattle; description of goods

4. Combined Nomenclature code

5. Gross weight (kg)

6. Net weight (kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned …, acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box 9) certify that the goods described above were subjected to health inspection at …, in accordance with the attached veterinary certificate of …, originate in and come from Serbia and correspond exactly to the definition contained in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1).

9. Authorised issuing body

Place: …

Date: …

(Stamp of issuing body)

(signature)

( 1 ) Not including Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/1999.

ANNEX VII

ANNEX VII

Text of image

1. Consignor (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

MONTENEGRO

2. Consignee (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of bovine animals and meat of bovine animals

[application of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009]

NOTES

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies.

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

3. Marks, numbers, numbers and nature of packages or head of cattle; description of goods

4. Combined Nomenclature code

5. Gross weight (kg)

6. Net weight (kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned …, acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box 9) certify that the goods described above were subjected to health inspection at …, in accordance with the attached veterinary certificate of …, originate in and come from Montenegro and correspond exactly to the definition contained in Annex II to the Interim Agreement set out in Council Decision 2007/855/EC (OJ L 345, 28.12.2007, p. 1).

9. Authorised issuing body

Place: …

Date: …

(Stamp of issuing body)

(signature)

ANNEX VIII

ANNEX VIII

Text of image

1. Consignor (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE No 0000

ORIGINAL

KOSOVO ( 1 )

2. Consignee (full name and address)

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

for exports to the EC of bovine animals and meat of bovine animals

[application of Regulation (EU) No 1219/2009]

NOTES

A. This certificate shall be prepared in one original and two copies.

B. The original and its two copies shall be typewritten or completed by hand. In the latter case, they must be completed in black ink and in block capitals.

3. Marks, numbers, numbers and nature of packages or head of cattle; description of goods

4. Combined Nomenclature code

5. Gross weight (kg)

6. Net weight (kg)

7. Net weight (kg) (in words)

8. I, the undersigned …, acting on behalf of the authorised issuing body (box 9) certify that the goods described above were subjected to health inspection at …, in accordance with the attached veterinary certificate of …, originate in and come from the customs territory of Kosovo and correspond exactly to the definition contained in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1).

9. Authorised issuing body

Place: …

Date: …

(Stamp of issuing body)

(signature)

( 1 ) Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/1999.

ANNEX IX

ANNEX IX

Notification of import licences (issued) — Regulation (EC) No 1219/2009

Member State: …

Application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1219/2009

Quantities of products for which import licences were issued

From: … to: …

Order No

Product category or categories  ( 1 )

Quantity

(kilograms product weight or heads)

09.4503

09.4504

09.4505

09.4198

09.4199

( 1 )   Product category or categories as indicated in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 382/2008.

ANNEX X

ANNEX X

Notification of import licences (unused quantities) — Regulation (EC) No 1219/2009

Member State: …

Application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1219/2009

Quantities of products for which import licences were unused

From: … to: …

Order No

Product category or categories  ( 1 )

Unused quantity

(kilograms product weight or heads)

09.4503

09.4504

09.4505

09.4198

09.4199

( 1 )   Product category or categories as indicated in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 382/2008.

ANNEX XI

ANNEX XI

Notification of the quantities of products put into free circulation — Regulation (EC) No 1219/2009

Member State: …

Application of Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1219/2009

Quantities of products put into free circulation:

From: … to: … (import tariff quota period).

Order No

Product category or categories  ( 1 )

Quantities of products put into free circulation

(kilograms product weight or heads)

09.4503

09.4504

09.4505

09.4198

09.4199

( 1 )   Product category or categories as indicated in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 382/2008.