
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 810/2008 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

((a)) point (a) is replaced by the following:
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((a)) 66 750 tonnes for high quality fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals covered by CN codes 0201 and 0202 and for products covered by CN codes 0206 10 95 and 0206 29 91. For the import period 2011/2012, the total amount is 66 625 tonnes and for the import periods 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, the total amount is 67 250 tonnes.';
((b)) point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) 2 250 tonnes for frozen boneless buffalo meat covered by CN code 0202 30 90, expressed in weight of boneless meat, originating in Australia. This quota carries order number 09.4001.';
((c)) the following point (c) is added:
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((c)) 200 tonnes for “boneless buffalo meat, fresh, chilled or frozen” covered by CN code 0201 30 00 and CN code 0202 30 90, expressed in weight of boneless meat, originating in Argentina. This quota carries order number 09.4004.';
((2)) Article 2 is amended as follows:

((a)) point (a) is replaced by the following:
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((a)) 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 period 2011/2012 the total amount is 29 375 tonnes and for the import periods 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 it is raised to 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.
The indication “High Quality Beef” may be added to the information on the label.
This quota carries order number 09.4450.';
((b)) in point (e), the definition is replaced by the following:
'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';
((3)) in Article 8, paragraph 1, is replaced by the following:
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1. Imports of the quantities set out in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and in Article 2(a) to (e) and (g) shall be subject to presentation, on release for free circulation, of import licences issued in accordance with Article 4(a) and (b) and paragraph 2 of this Article.';
((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:

((a)) in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) No later than 31 August following the end of each import tariff quota period, for the import tariff quota with the order numbers 09.4001 and 09.4004, the quantities of products, including nil returns, for which import licenses were issued in the previous import tariff quota period;';
((b)) in paragraph 3, the second subparagraph, is replaced by the following:
'The notifications regarding the quantities referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and in Article 2(a) to (e) and (g) of this Regulation shall be made as indicated in Annexes IV, V and VI to this Regulation.';
((6)) in Annex I, the definition is replaced by the following:
'High quality beef originating in …(appropriate definition)or Buffalo meat originating in Australiaor Buffalo meat originating in Argentina.';
((7)) in Annex II, the first indent is replaced by the following:
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— MINISTERIO DE ECONOMÍA Y FINANZAS PÚBLICAS:
For meat originating in Argentina:

((a)) meeting the definition in point (c) of Article 1(1)
((b)) meeting the definition in Article 2(a)';
((8)) in Annexes IV, V and VI the following order number and country of origin are added:
‘09.4004’
‘Argentina’.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 December 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 November 2011.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Dacian CIOLOȘ
Member of the Commission