# Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat

EU Regulation No 740/2007 · adopted 28 June 2007

Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat

## Introductory text

Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2007
of 28 June 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 opening Community tariff quotas for 2007 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat, and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 provides for the opening of Community tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007.
(2)
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as approved by Council Decision 2007/138/EC, provides for the granting of an additional annual tariff quota quantity of 500 tonnes (carcase weight) of fresh, chilled, frozen or smoked sheepmeat for Iceland. However, as the Agreement is applicable as from 1 March 2007, the annual quantity for 2007 should be adjusted accordingly.
(3)
The Agreement specifies that the opening of the tariff quota is to be made as from 1 July, on the basis of nine months for 2007. This Regulation should therefore apply as from 1 July 2007.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 should be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for sheepmeat and goatmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1994/2006 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

## 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 July 2007.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission

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‘ANNEX
Sheepmeat and goatmeat (in tonnes of carcase weight equivalent)
Community tariff quotas for 2007
And goatmeat of kid.
And goatmeat other than kid.
“Others” shall refer to all origins including the ACP States and excluding the other countries mentioned in the current table.
“Erga omnes” shall refer to all origins including the countries mentioned in the current table.’
Country group No
CN codes
Ad valorem duty%
Specific dutyEUR/100 kg
Order number under “first-come first-served”
Origin
Annual volumein tonnes of carcase weight equivalent
Live animals(Coefficient = 0,47)
Boneless lamb(Coefficient = 1,67)
Boneless mutton/sheep(Coefficient = 1,81)
Bone-in and carcases(Coefficient = 1,00)
1.
0204
Zero
Zero
—
09.2101
09.2102
09.2011
Argentina
23 000
—
09.2105
09.2106
09.2012
Australia
18 786
—
09.2109
09.2110
09.2013
New Zealand
227 854
—
09.2111
09.2112
09.2014
Uruguay
5 800
—
09.2115
09.2116
09.1922
Chile
5 800
—
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
200
2.
0204,
0210 99 21,
0210 99 29,
0210 99 60
Zero
Zero
—
09.2119
09.2120
09.0790
Iceland
1 725
3.
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80 and 0104 20 90.
For the species “other than domestic sheep” only:
ex 0204, ex 0210 99 21 and ex 0210 99 29.
Zero
Zero
09.2141
09.2145
09.2149
09.1622
ACP States
100
For the species “domestic sheep” only:
ex 0204, ex 0210 99 21 and ex 0210 99 29.
Zero
65 % reduction of specific duties
—
09.2161
09.2165
09.1626
ACP States
500
4.
0104 10 30
0104 10 80
0104 20 90
10 %
Zero
09.2181
—
—
09.2019
Erga omnes
92

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/740 (the official version)
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