
Article 1 
This Regulation opens, as from 1 January 2012, annual Union import tariff quotas for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat.
Article 2 
The customs duties applicable to the products under the tariff quotas referred to in Article 1, the CN codes, the countries of origin, the annual volume, and the order numbers are set out in the Annex.
Article 3 

1. The quantities, expressed in carcase-weight equivalent, for the import of products under the tariff quotas referred to in Article 1, shall be those as laid down in the Annex.
2. For the purpose of calculating the quantities of ‘carcase weight equivalent’ referred to in paragraph 1 the net weight of sheep and goat products shall be multiplied by the following coefficients:
(a) for live animals: 0,47;
(b) for boneless lamb and boneless goatmeat of kid: 1,67;
(c) for boneless mutton, boneless sheep and boneless goatmeat other than of kid and mixtures of any of these: 1,81;
(d) for bone-in products: 1,00.
((e)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .‘Kid’ shall mean goat of up to one year old.
Article 4 
By way of derogation from Title II(A) and (B) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, the tariff quotas set out in this Regulation shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447. No import licences shall be required.
Article 4a 

1. The origin of products subject to a tariff quota other than those resulting from preferential tariff agreements shall be determined in accordance with the provisions in force in the Union.
2. The origin of products subject to a tariff quota which is part of a preferential tariff agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions laid down in that agreement.
Article 5 

1. In order to benefit from the tariff quotas set out in the Annex, a valid proof of origin shall be presented to the Union customs authorities together with a customs declaration for release for free circulation for the products concerned.
2. In the case of a tariff quota which is part of a preferential tariff agreement, the proof of origin referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the proof of origin laid down in that agreement.In the case of tariff quotas other than those resulting from preferential tariff agreements, Article 61 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall apply.Where tariff quotas originating in the same third country and falling under the first and the second subparagraphs are merged, the proof of origin laid down in the relevant agreement shall be presented to the Union customs authorities together with the customs declaration for release for free circulation for the products concerned.
3. In the case of tariff quotas other than those resulting from preferential tariff agreements, the customs declaration for release for free circulation for the products concerned shall be submitted to the Union customs authorities together with a document issued by the competent authority or agency in the third country of origin. This document is setting out the following:
(a) the name of the consigner;
(b) the type of product and its CN code;
(c) the number of packages, their nature and the marks and numbers they bear;
(d) the order number or order numbers of the tariff quota concerned;
(e) the total net weight broken down per coefficient category as provided for in Article 3(2) of this Regulation.
Article 6 
Regulation (EU) No 1245/2010 is repealed.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX


CN codes ‘Ad valorem’ duty% Specific dutyEUR/100 kg Order number under ‘first-come, first-served’ Origin Annual volume in tonnes of carcass weight equivalent
Live animals (Coefficient = 0,47) Boneless lamb (Coefficient = 1,67) Boneless mutton/sheep (Coefficient = 1,81) Bone-in and carcasses (Coefficient = 1,00)  
0204 Zero Zero — 09.2101 09.2102 09.2011 Argentina 23 000
— 09.2105 09.2106 09.2012 Australia 19 186
— 09.2109 09.2110 09.2013 New Zealand 228 389
— 09.2111 09.2112 09.2014 Uruguay 5 800
— 09.2115 09.2116 09.1922 Chile 8 000
— 09.2125 09.2126 09.0693 Greenland 100
— 09.2129 09.2130 09.0690 Faeroes 20
— 09.2131 09.2132 09.0227 Turkey 200
— 09.2171 09.2175 09.2015 Others 200
— 09.2178 09.2179 09.2016 Erga omnes 200
0104 10 300104 10 800104 20 90 10 % Zero 09.2181 — — 09.2019 Erga omnes 92





