Article 11.This Regulation establishes detailed rules of application in respect of exports to the United States of America of 5000 tonnes per year of beef and veal of Community origin, fresh, chilled or frozen, qualifying for special treatment.2.The meat referred to in paragraph 1 must comply with the health protection requirements laid down by the importing third country and relate to animals slaughtered not more than two months in advance of clearance through customs for export.

Article 2When the meat is being cleared through customs for export, the certificate of identity defined in Article 3 shall be issued, at the applicant’s request, on presentation of the export licence referred to in Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. and a veterinary certificate showing the date of slaughter of the animals from which the meat applied for under Article 12 of that Regulation derives.

Article 31.The certificate of identity shall be made out, with at least one copy, on a form corresponding to the specimen in Annex I.The certificate shall be printed in English on white paper measuring 210 × 297 mm. Each certificate shall have an individual serial number assigned by the customs office referred to in Article 4.The exporting Member State may require any certificates used on its territory to be printed in one of its official languages as well as in English.2.Copies shall bear the same serial number as the original. Any particulars entered on the original and on the copies shall be typewritten, or, if handwritten, printed in block letters in ink.

Article 41.The certificate of identity and the copies shall be issued by the customs office where the meat is cleared through customs for export.2.The customs office referred to in paragraph 1 shall endorse the original certificate in the appropriate section and transmit the certificate to the party concerned, retaining a copy.

Article 5Member States shall take the necessary measures to check the origin and nature of products for which certificates of identity are issued.

Article 6Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79 is repealed.References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 7This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 Brussels, 7 November 2006.For the CommissionFranco FrattiniVice-PresidentANNEX I 32006R1643_en_img_1

ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with its successive amendmentsThis Regulation was also amended by Article 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80 (OJ L 241, 13.9.1980, p. 5), which was repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1445/95.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79(OJ L 336, 29.12.1979, p. 44)
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2077/80(OJ L 202, 2.8.1980, p. 22)
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3582/81(OJ L 359, 15.12.1981, p. 14)
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3434/87(OJ L 327, 18.11.1987, p. 7)	Article 1 only
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2006(OJ L 225, 17.8.2006, p. 21)

ANNEX III

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EEC) No 2973/79	This Regulation
Article 1	Article 1
Article 3	Article 2
Article 4	Article 3
Article 5	Article 4
Article 6	Article 5
—	Article 6
Article 8	Article 7
Annex	Annex I
—	Annex II
—	Annex III

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1643/2006 of 7 November 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal products which may benefit from a special import treatment in a third country (Codified Version)