30.12.2005 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 347/74 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2186/2005
of 27 December 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2005/959/EC of 21 December 2005 on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan and between the European Community and New Zealand, and in particular Article 2 thereof (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 (2) provides for the opening and administration, on a multiannual basis, of a number of quotas of high-quality beef. |
(2) |
As a result of the negotiations between the Community and New Zealand under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia in the course of their accession to the European Union, the Community agreed to incorporate in its schedule for all Member States an increase of 1 000 tonnes of the annual import tariff quota of high-quality beef. |
(3) |
Regulation (EC) No 936/97 should be amended accordingly. |
(4) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 936/97 is amended as follows:
1. |
Article 1(1) is amended as follows:
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2. |
In Article 2, the point (e) is amended as follows:
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Article 2
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 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 December 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
(1) See page 78 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10).