04/09/08 - Beef and Veal - No. 55/08
1. This notice is to advise you of the publication of the new regulation covering imports of high quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and frozen buffalo meat.
2. Your licence application must state:
- in box 20, 'Regulation (EC) No 810/2008.'
Note: The address in box 4 of the Certificate of Origin must match the address in box 4 of the licence application.
3. As a measure to protect animal and public health, all products of animal origin may be subject to the conditions of a Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) import licence. Advice on whether a Defra licence is required can be obtained from Defra - International Trade Division (Animal Products) - telephone 0207 904 6496/6501.
4. You can find details of these arrangements in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 810/2008 published in Official Journal L219. Copies can be obtained from Stationery Office bookshops and accredited agents, or ordered from the Stationery Office website (
www.tso.co.uk). You can also access recent Official Journals electronically by visiting the Commission’s Europa website on (
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm).
Please note that the Rural Payments Agency cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the Europa web site. Whilst every care has been taken in producing this guidance, the regulation as published is definitive.
5. If you have any queries concerning this notice, please contact the Beef Imports section of the Rural Payments Agency Newcastle on the following:
| Allyn Hogg | (0191) 226 5153 |
| Chris Jackson | (0191) 226 5295 |
| Conor McArdle | (0191) 226 5282 |
| Michael Foster | (0191) 226 5066 |
| Leanne Nicholls | (0191) 226 5282 |
| Paul Doherty | (0191) 226 5236 |
| Chris Russell | (0191) 226 5236 |
| Jess Williams | (0191) 226 5066 |
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| Fax | (0191) 226 5182/5212 |
| E-Mail | beefimports@rpa.gsi.gov.uk |
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Page published: 12 December 2011