Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/2005 of 27 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meat
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/2005of 27 December 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for frozen buffalo meatTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Decision 2005/959/EC of 21 December 2005 on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan and between the European Community and New Zealand, and in particular Article 2 thereofSee page 78 of this Official Journal.,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97OJ L 137, 28.5.1997, p. 10. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10). provides for the opening and administration, on a multiannual basis, of a number of quotas of high-quality beef.(2)As a result of the negotiations between the Community and New Zealand under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 for the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia in the course of their accession to the European Union, the Community agreed to incorporate in its schedule for all Member States an increase of 1000 tonnes of the annual import tariff quota of high-quality beef.(3)Regulation (EC) No 936/97 should be amended accordingly.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: