Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 593/2013 of 21 June 2013 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat (recast)

The tariff quota for fresh, chilled and frozen beef provided for in point (a) of Article 1(1) shall be allocated as follows:

1. 29 500 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes 0201 30 00 and 0206 10 95 and meeting the following definition:

   ‘Selected beef cuts obtained from steers, young steers or heifers having been exclusively fed through pasture grazing since their weaning. The steer carcasses shall be classified as “JJ”, “J”, ‘U’ or “U2”, young steer and heifer carcasses shall be classified as “AA”, “A”, or “B” according to the official beef classification established by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food in Argentina (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, PESCA y Alimentos — SAGPyA)’.

   However, for the import periods 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 the total amount is 30 000 tonnes.

   The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽¹⁾.

   The indication ‘High Quality Beef’ may be added to the information on the label.

   This quota carries order number 09.4450.

2. 7 150 tonnes product weight for meat covered by CN codes 0201 20 90, 0201 30 00, 0202 20 90, 0202 30, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and meeting the following definition:

   ‘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 must 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 in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.

   The indication ‘High Quality Beef’ may be added to the information on the label.

   This quota carries order number 09.4451.

3. 6 376 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes 0201 30 00 and 0206 10 95 and meeting the following definition:

   ‘Selected beef cuts obtained from steers (novillo) or heifers (vaquillona) as defined in the official carcass classification of bovine meat established by the National Institute of Meat of Uruguay (Instituto Nacional de Carnes — INAC). The eligible animals for production of High Quality Beef have been exclusively fed through pasture grazing since their weaning. The carcasses shall be classified as “I”, “N” or “A”, with fat cover “1”, “2” or “3” in accordance with the above mentioned classification’.

   The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.

   The indication ‘High Quality Beef ’ may be added to the information on the label.

   This quota carries order number 09.4452.

4. 10 000 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes 0201 30 00, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and meeting the following definition:

   ‘Selected cuts obtained from steers or heifers having been exclusively fed with pasture grass since their weaning. The carcasses shall be classified as “B” with fat cover “2” or “3” according to the official beef carcass classification established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply in Brazil (Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento)’.

   The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.

   The indication ‘High Quality Beef’ may be added to the information on the label.

   This quota carries order number 09.4453.

5. 1 300 tonnes product weight for meat covered by CN codes 0201 20 90, 0201 30 00, 0202 20 90, 0202 30, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and meeting the following definition:

   ‘Selected beef cuts derived from exclusively pasture grazed steers or heifers, the carcases of which have a dressed weight of not more than 370 kilograms. The carcases shall be classified as “A”, “L”, “P”, “T” or “F”, be trimmed to a fat depth of “P” or lower and have a muscling classification of 1 or 2 according to the carcase classification system administered by the New Zealand Meat Board’.

   This quota carries order number 09.4454.

6. 11 500 tonnes product weight for meat falling within CN codes 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91, and meeting the following definition:

   ‘Carcasses or any cuts obtained from bovine animals not over 30 months of age which have been fed for 100 days or more on nutritionally balanced, high-energy-content rations containing not less than 70 % grain and comprising at least 20 pounds total feed per day. Beef graded “choice” or “prime” according to USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) standards automatically meets the above definition. Meat graded “Canada A”, “Canada AA”, “Canada AAA”, “Canada Choice” and “Canada Prime”, “A1”, “A2”, “A3” and “A4”, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency — Government of Canada, corresponds to this definition’.

   This quota carries order number 09.4002.

7. 1 000 tonnes of boneless meat falling within CN codes 0201 30 00 and 0202 30 90 and meeting the following definition:

   ‘fillet (lomito), striploin and/or Cube roll (lomo), rump (rabadilla), topside (carnaza negra) obtained from selected crossbred animals with less than 50 % of breeds of the zebú type and having been exclusively fed with pasture grass or hay. The slaughtered animals must be steers or heifers falling under category “V” of the VACUNO carcasse-grading system producing carcasses not exceeding 260 kg’.

   The cuts shall be labelled in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000.

   The indication ‘High Quality Beef’ may be added to the information on the label.

   This quota carries order number 09.4455.

In order to obtain import licences as referred to in Article 3 the following conditions shall be complied with:

1. section 8 of licence applications and licences must show the country of origin and the mention ‘yes’ shall be marked by a cross. Licences shall be subject to the obligation to import from the country in question;

2. section 20 of licence applications and licences must contain one of the entries listed in Annex I.