EUR-Lex Access to European Union law

Back to EUR-Lex homepage

This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website

Document 32006R1929

Council Regulation (EC) No 1929/2006 of 23 October 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Uruguay pursuant to Article XXIV.6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 8–8 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 02 Volume 022 P. 322 - 322
Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 02 Volume 022 P. 322 - 322
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 02 Volume 017 P. 157 - 157

Legal status of the document In force

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1929/oj

30.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 406/8


COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1929/2006

of 23 October 2006

concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Uruguay pursuant to Article XXIV.6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Council regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.

(2)

By its Decision 2006/997/EC (2) concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Uruguay, the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the before mentioned Agreement with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex 7 of Section III of Part three (WTO quotas to be opened by the Competent Community authorities) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)

Under CN Code 0201 30 00 the definition of the tariff rate quota of 4 000 tonnes ‘Boneless High-quality meat fresh, chilled or frozen: Special or good-quality beef cuts obtained from exclusively pasture-grazed animals presenting a slaughter liveweight not exceeding 460 kilograms, referred to as “special boxed beef”. These cuts may bear the letters “sc” (special cuts)’ shall be replaced by:

‘Boneless High-quality meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen’.

(2)

The following words shall be inserted under ‘'other terms and conditions’: ‘Supplying country Uruguay’.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 23 October 2006.

For the Council

The President

J.-E. ENESTAM


(1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1758/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 1).

(2)  See page 10 of this Official Journal.


Top