(1)

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 (2) opened yearly tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN codes 0201 and 0202, for products covered by CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 and for frozen boneless buffalo meat covered by CN code 0202 30 90.

(2)

Article 2(a) of Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 allocates 28 000 tonnes of boneless beef covered by CN codes 0201 30 00 and 0206 10 95 to selected beef cuts meeting a precise definition.

(3)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Argentina pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (3) approved by Council Decision 2011/769/EU (4), provides for an addition of 1 500 tonnes in the country allocated (Argentina) EU tariff quota ‘boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled’. For the four first years of implementation the increase is to be 2 000 tonnes annually. That Agreement also provides for the creation of a country allocation (Argentina) of 200 tonnes under the EU tariff quota ‘Boneless buffalo meat, frozen’, the allocation of Argentina also covering ‘fresh and chilled’.

(4)

For the sake of clarity it is appropriate to specify the country where the buffalo meat is originating in.

(5)

Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 allocates 1 300 tonnes of meat covered by CN codes 0201 20 90, 0201 30, 0202 20 90, 0202 30, 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91 to high quality beef cuts meeting a precise definition.

(6)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and New Zealand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (5) approved by Council Decision 2011/767/EU (6), provides for a change in the definition of the EU tariff quota of 1 300 tonnes ‘high quality beef’.

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 should be amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

(1)

in Article 1, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

(2)

Article 2 is amended as follows:

(3)

in Article 8, paragraph 1, is replaced by the following:

(4)

in Article 10, the second paragraph, is replaced by the following:

‘For quantities referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and in Article 2(a) to (e) and (g) of this Regulation, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008, Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 382/2008 shall apply, save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation.’;

(5)

Article 11 is amended as follows:

(6)

in Annex I, the definition is replaced by the following:

‘ High quality beef originating in …

(appropriate definition)

or Buffalo meat originating in Australia

or Buffalo meat originating in Argentina. ’;

(7)

in Annex II, the first indent is replaced by the following:

(8)

in Annexes IV, V and VI the following order number and country of origin are added:

‘09.4004’

‘Argentina’.