Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - EU - 2019

Council of the EU Minutes, 8 November 2019

BEEF / TRADE - Agreement on the allocation of the TRQ for non-hormone beef imports from the US 

The following is an extract from the minutes of the Economic and Financial Affair Council meeting on the 5 December 2019

The Council adopted a decision on the conclusion of the agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the US of a share in the tariff rate quota (TRQ) for high quality beef referred to in the revised Memorandum of understanding regarding the importation of beef from animals not treated with certain growth-promoting hormones and increased duties applied by the US to certain products of the EU.

The European Parliament will be informed in accordance with Article 218(10) TFEU.

Note: The Decision has been published in the Official Journal. See:

• COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/2073 of 5 December 2019 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (OJ L316, 6.12.2019, page 1)
  • Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (OJ L316, 6.12.2019, page 3)