# Commission Regulation (EC) No 408/2006 of 9 March 2006 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, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Regulation (EC) No 936/97 is amended as follows:
1.. Article 1(1) is amended as follows:
(a) in the first indent of the first subparagraph, ‘60 100 tonnes’ is replaced by ‘60 250 tonnes’;
(b) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘However, the total volume of tariff quotas shall be 59 675 tonnes in the 2005/2006 import year.’
2.. In Article 2, point (b) is amended as follows:
(a) in the first subparagraph, ‘7 000 tonnes’ is replaced by ‘7 150 tonnes’;
(b) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Selected cuts obtained from steer or heifer carcasses which have been classified under one of the following official categories “Y”, “YS”, “YG”, “YGS”, “YP” and “YPS” as defined by AUS-MEAT Australia. Beef colour shall conform to AUS-MEAT meat colour reference standards 1 B to 4, fat colour to AUS-MEAT fat colour reference standards 0 to 4 and fat depth (measured at the P8 site) to AUS-MEAT fat classes 2 to 5.
The cuts shall be labelled according to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
The indication “High-quality Beef” may be added to the information on the label.
However, for the 2005/2006 import year the tariff quota shall be 7 075 tonnes product weight for meat corresponding to the CN codes mentioned in the first subparagraph and complying with the requirements provided for in the second, third ant fourth subparagraphs;’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/408/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-408/article-1
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