Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2179 of 13 December 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 as regards the country allocation of the tariff rate quota for high-quality beef and derogating from that Implementing Regulation for the quota year 2019/2020

‘1 This Regulation lays down rules for the management of an annual Union tariff quota for high-quality beef provided for in Regulation (EC) No 617/2009, hereinafter referred to as “the tariff quota”. The tariff quota period, country of origin, volume and duty are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.’;

‘1 The tariff quota shall be managed on a first-come, first-served basis in accordance with Articles 49 to 52 and Article 53(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 . No import licences shall be required.

2 The tariff quota shall be managed as a parent tariff quota with a volume of 45000 metric tonnes under order number 09.2201 with: (a) four quarterly sub-tariff quotas under order number 09.2202; (b) two quarterly sub-tariff quotas under order number 09.2203 from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020; (c) four quarterly sub-tariff quotas under order number 09.2203 from 1 July 2020. The benefit from the tariff quota can be granted only by applying for order numbers 09.2202 and 09.2203 referring to the sub-tariff quotas.

By way of derogation from Article 2(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012, the unused balances at 31 December 2019 shall be added in the proportion established as follows to the quantities for the quarterly sub-tariff quotas starting on 1 January 2020: (a) to quota 09.2202: 58,89 %; (b) to quota 09.2203: 41,11 %.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2020.