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Official Journal of the European Union
21.12.2011
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1354/2011
of 20 December 2011
opening annual Union tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
be maintained and opened annually while taking into
account the provisions of the agreements with New
Zealand and Chile referred to above. Regulation (EU)
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
No 1245/2010 becomes also obsolete at the end of
Union,
the year 2011 and should therefore be repealed. This
Regulation should also be applicable for more than one
year and respond to an objective of simplification by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
avoiding the adoption of a regulation every year.
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri
cultural products ( 1 ), and in particular Articles 144(1) and 148
(4) Imports
under
this
Regulation
should
be
managed
on
a
in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
calendar-year basis.
Whereas:
(5) A
carcase-weight
equivalent
needs
to
be
fixed
in
order
to
ensure a proper functioning of the Union tariff quotas.
(1) Union
tariff
quotas
for
sheep,
goats,
sheepmeat
and
goatmeat should be opened as from 2012. The duties
and quantities should be fixed in accordance with the
(6) Tariff
quotas
of
the
sheepmeat
and
goatmeat
products
respective international agreements in force in 2012.
should, by way of derogation from Commission Regu
As a result of the negotiations which led to the
lation (EC) No 1439/95 of 26 June 1995 laying down
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
between the European Union and New Zealand
(EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of
pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the
products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector ( 5 ), be
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
managed in conformity with Article 144(2)(a) of Regu
relating to the modification of concessions in the
lation (EC) No 1234/2007. This should be done in
schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in
accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of
the course of their accession to the European Union ( 2 ),
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
the Union undertook to increase the annual volume of
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
New Zealand by 400 tonnes and to incorporate in its
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
schedule an erga omnes annual import tariff quota of
the Community Customs Code ( 6 ).
meat of sheep and goats of 200 tonnes carcase weight.
(2) Council
Regulation
(EC)
No
312/2003
of
18
February (7) Tariff
quotas
under
this
Regulation
should
be
regarded
2003 implementing for the Community the tariff
initially as non-critical within the meaning of
provisions laid down in the Agreement establishing an
Article 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 when
association between the European Community and its
managed under the first-come, first-served system.
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Therefore, customs authorities should be authorised to
Chile, of the other part (
waive the requirement for security in respect of goods

3 ) has provided for an additional
bilateral tariff quota of 2 000 tonnes and an additional
initially imported under those tariff quotas in accordance
10 % annual increase of the original quantity to be
with Articles 308c(1) and 248(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
opened for product code 0204 from 1 February 2003.
2454/93.
Therefore, 200 tonnes shall be added to the GATT/WTO
tariff quota for Chile annually and both quotas should
continue to be managed together in the same way.
(8) It
should
be
clarified
which
kind
of
proof
certifying
the
origin of products has to be provided by operators in
order to benefit from the tariff quotas under the first-
(3) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
1245/2010
of
come, first-served system.
21 December 2010 opening Union tariff quotas for
2011 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat ( 4 )
opened for the year 2011 Union tariff quotas in
accordance with the respective international agreements
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
in force during the year 2011. Those tariff quotas should
accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,
( 1 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 317, 30.11.2011, p. 2.
( 3 ) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1.
( 5 ) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7.
( 4 ) OJ L 338, 22.12.2010, p. 37.
( 6 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

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EN
21.12.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
338/37
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
customs declaration for release for free circulation for the goods
concerned shall be presented to the Union customs authorities.
Article 1
This Regulation opens, as from 1 January 2012, annual Union
The origin of products subject to tariff quotas other than those
import tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat.
resulting from preferential tariff agreements shall be determined
in accordance with the provisions in force in the Union.
Article 2
2. The proof of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as
The customs duties applicable to the products under the tariff
follows:
quotas referred to in Article 1, the CN codes, the countries of
origin, the annual volume, and the order numbers are set out in
(a) in the case of a tariff quota which is part of a preferential
the Annex.
tariff agreement, it shall be the proof of origin laid down in
that agreement;
Article 3
1. The
quantities,
expressed
in
carcase-weight
equivalent,
for (b) in the case of other tariff quotas, it shall be a proof estab
the import of products under the tariff quotas referred to in
lished in accordance with Article 47 of Regulation (EEC) No
Article 1, shall be those as laid down in the Annex.
2454/93 and, in addition to the elements provided for in
that Article, the following data:
2. For the purpose of calculating the quantities of ‘carcase
weight equivalent’ referred to in paragraph 1 the net weight of
— the CN code (at least the first four digits),
sheep and goat products shall be multiplied by the following
coefficients:
— the order number or order numbers of the tariff quota
concerned,
(a) for live animals: 0,47;
— the total net weight per coefficient category as provided
(b) for boneless lamb and boneless goatmeat of kid: 1,67;
for in Article 3(2) of this Regulation;
(c) for boneless mutton, boneless sheep and boneless goatmeat
(c) in the case of a country whose tariff quota falls under points
other than of kid and mixtures of any of these: 1,81;
(a) and (b) and are merged, it shall be the proof referred to
in point (a).
(d) for bone-in products: 1,00.
‘Kid’ shall mean goat of up to one year old.
Where the proof of origin referred to in point (b) is presented
as supporting document for only one declaration for release for
Article 4
free circulation, it may contain several order numbers. In all
other cases, it shall only contain one order number.
By way of derogation from Title II(A) and (B) of Regulation (EC)
No 1439/95, the tariff quotas set out in the Annex to this
Article 6
Regulation shall be managed on a first-come, first-served basis
in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c(1) of Regu
Regulation (EU) No 1245/2010 is repealed.
lation (EEC) No 2454/93. No import licences shall be required.
Article 7
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi
1. In order to benefit from the tariff quotas set out in the
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Annex, a valid proof of origin issued by the competent
authorities of the third country concerned together with a
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2011.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLO
Member of the Commission

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L 338/38
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
21.12.2011
ANNEX
SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT (in tonnes (t) of carcase weight equivalent) ANNUAL UNION TARIFF
QUOTAS FROM 2012
Order number under ‘first-come first-served’
Annual volume
CN codes
‘Ad valorem’ duty
Specific duty
Boneless
Bone-in and
in tonnes of
%
EUR/100 kg
Live animals
Boneless lamb ( 1 )
Origin
mutton/sheep ( 2 )
carcases
carcase weight
(coefficient =
(coefficient =
(coefficient =
(coefficient =
equivalent
0,47)
1,67)
1,81)
1,00)
— 09.2101 09.2102 09.2011 Argentina 23
000
— 09.2105 09.2106 09.2012 Australia 19
186
— 09.2109 09.2110 09.2013 New
Zealand 228
254
— 09.2111 09.2112 09.2014 Uruguay 5
800
— 09.2115 09.2116 09.1922 Chile
( 3 ) 6
800
0204 Zero Zero
— 09.2121 09.2122 09.0781 Norway 300
— 09.2125 09.2126 09.0693 Greenland 100
— 09.2129 09.2130 09.0690 Faeroes 20
— 09.2131 09.2132 09.0227 Turkey 200
— 09.2171 09.2175 09.2015 Others
( 4 ) 200
— 09.2178 09.2179 09.2016 Erga
omnes ( 5 ) 200
0204,
0210 99 21,
0210 99 29,
Zero Zero
— 09.2119 09.2120 09.0790 Iceland 1
850
0210 99 60
0104 10 30
0104 10 80
10 % Zero 09.2181
—
— 09.2019 Erga
omnes ( 5 ) 92
0104 20 90
( 1 ) And goatmeat of kid.
( 2 ) And goatmeat other than kid.
( 3 ) Tariff quota for Chile increases by 200 t per annum.
( 4 ) ‘Others’ shall refer to all WTO members excluding Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, Chile, Greenland and Iceland.
( 5 ) ‘Erga omnes’ shall refer to all origins including the countries mentioned in the current table.

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