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of18August2003
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofatariff quotainthepigmeatsector
(OJ L 208, 19.8.2003, p. 3)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 215, 27.8.2003, p. 107 (1458/2003)
►C2Corrigendum, OJ L 14, 21.1.2004, p. 54 (1458/2003)
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1458/2003
of18August2003
opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in
thepigmeatsector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October
1975 onthe commonorgan isationof the market inpigmeat (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 (2), and in particular
Article 8(2), Article 11(1) and the second subparagraph of Article 22thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996
on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXLdrawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotia-tions (
3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1486/95 of 28 Jun e 1995
opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in
the pigmeat sector (4) has been substantially amended several
times (5). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regu-
lationshould be codified.
(2)Inthe framework of the Uruguay Roun d of the multilateral tradenegotiations, the Community negotiated various agreements, inparticular that on agriculture. The agreement allows, amongothers, certainproducts inthe pigmeat sector comin g from thirdcountries access to the Community market. It is now possible to
establish specific rules of applicationfor the pigmeat sector.
(3)The agreement calls for the suppression of variable import leviesby converting into customs duties all the measures which restrict
the import of agricultural products.
(4)The administration of the arrangements should be based onimport licences. To that end, detailed rules for the submissionof applications and the information which must appear in appli-cations and licences, by way of derogation from Article 8 ofCommissionRegulation(EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 Jun e 2000laying down common detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences and advance fixing certifi-
cates for agricultural products (
6), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 325/2003 (7), should be laid down. Provision should
also be made for the licences to be issued after a period forconsideration and, where necessary, a single percentage should
be applied to determine the quantity awarded in respect of each
application. In the interests of traders, provision should be madefor the withdrawal of applications after the fixing of the coeffi-cient to be applied.
(5)For reasons of clarity, it should be laid down that all importsunder a tariff quota must be subject to the presentation of animport licence. The threshold quantity beyond which tradersmay withdraw their licen ce applicationafter the applicationof
the single percentage of acceptance should be laid down.
(6)In order to facilitate trade between the European Community and
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(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 58.
(5) See Annex V.
(6) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 21.
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without an obligation to import from the country of origin,
which must nevertheless be mentioned for statistical reasons insection8 of the import licen ce.
(7)In order to ensure that imports are regular, it is necessary todefine products covered by the import regime and to ensurethat those quantities referred to in Annex I are spread over theperiod from 1 July to 30 June.
(8)In order to ensure proper administration of the arrangements, the
security for import licences under the system should be set at
EUR 20 per 100 kg. In view of the arrangements' inherent riskof speculation as regards pigmeat, clear conditions should belaid downas regards access by operators.
(9)It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to the fact that
licences may only be used for products which comply with all
veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.
(10)To ensure proper management of the import regimes, theCommission needs precise information from the Member Statesonthe quan tities actually imported. For the sake of clarity it is
necessary to use a single model for communicating the quantities
between Member States and the Commission.
(11)The measures provided for inthis Regulationare inaccordan cewith the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The import tariff quotas provided for in Annex I shall be opened
annually for the groups of products referred to therein and for the
conditions laying them down.
Article 2
In accordance with the present Regulation, products of CN codes
ex 0203 19 55 and ex 0203 29 55 referred to in groups G2 and G3 ofAnnex I have the following meanings assigned to them:
— ‘boneless loins’, loins and cuts thereof, without tenderloin, with or
without subcutaneous fat or rind,
— ‘tenderloin’, cuts including the meats of muscles muscumus major
psoasandmusculus minor psoas , with or without head, trimmed
or not trimmed.
Article 3
The tariff quotas provided for in Annex I shall be divided into quar-
terly figures of 25 % applicable from 1 July, 1 October, 1 Januaryand 1 April.
Article 4
The import licences for the tariff quotas provided for in Annex I shall
be subject to the following provisions:
(a) applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who,
at the time of application, must prove to the satisfaction of the
competent authorities in the Member States that they have beenengaged in trade with third countries in pigmeat products for atleast the preceding 12 months; however, retail and catering estab-lishments selling their products to final consumers shall beexcluded from the regime;
(b) licence applications may refer to only one of the group numbers set
out in Annex I to this Regulation and may relate to more than oneproduct covered by different CN codes and originating from onlyone country; in such cases, all the CN codes shall be indicated insection 16 and their descriptions in section 15; for group G2,licence applications must relate to at least 20 tonnes and to a2003R1458 — EN — 08.09.2003 — 000.002 — 3
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maximum of 10 % of the quantity available for the period as speci-
fied in Article 3; for the other groups, licence applications mustrelate to at least one tonne and to a maximum of 10 % of the quan-
tity available for the period as specified inArticle 3;
(c) section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the
country of origin;
(d) section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of
the following:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o1458/2003
— Forordning (EF) nr. 1458/2003— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1458/2003—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1458 /2003
— Regulation(EC) No 1458/2003— Règlement (CE) n
o1458/2003
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1458/2003— Verordening (EG) nr. 1458/2003— Regulamento (CE) n.
o1458/2003
— Asetus (EY) N:o 1458/2003— Förordning (EG) nr 1458/2003
(e) section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
Duty of … pursuant to:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o1458/2003
— Forordning (EF) nr. 1458/2003— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1458/2003—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1458 /2003
— Regulation(EC) No 1458/2003— Règlement (CE) n
o1458/2003
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1458/2003— Verordening (EG) nr. 1458/2003— Regulamento (CE) n.
o1458/2003
— Asetus (EY) N:o 1458/2003— Förordning (EG) nr 1458/2003.
Article 5
1. Licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of
the month preceding each period as specified in Article 3.
2. Licence applications shall only be admissible where the applicant
declares in writing that he has not submitted and undertakes not to
submit any other applications during the current period for products inthe same group fixed inAn n ex I inthe Member State inwhich hisapplicationis submitted or inan y other Member State.
Where an applicant submits more than one application relating to
products in the same group fixed in Annex I, all applications from
that person shall be inadmissible; however, each applicant may lodgeseveral applications for import licences for products in the same groupfixed in Annex I, if these products originate in different countries.
3. The applications, one each for a single country of origin, shall be
submitted together to the competent authority of a Member State. They
shall be considered, as regards the maximum referred to in Article 4(b)
as well as applicationof the rule set out insubparagraph 2 of paragraph2, as a single application.
4. A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for
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5. On the third working day following the end of the application
submissionperiod, the Member States shall n otify the Commissionofapplications lodged for each of the products in the groups concerned.
Such notifications shall include a list of applicants and a statement of
the quantities applied for in each group.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ notifications, shall be made by telex or
fax on the working day stipulated, using the model shown in Annex II
in cases where no applications have been made, and the models shown
in Annexes II and III in cases where applications have been made.
6. The Commissionshall decide as quickly as possible what quan ti-
ties may be awarded inrespect of application s referred to inArticle 4.
If the quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for
exceed the quantities available, the Commission shall fix a singlepercentage of acceptance of the quantities applied for. In the casewhere the percentage is less than 5 %, the Commission may refuse all
applications and the corresponding security shall be released immedi-
ately.
7. The trader may withdraw his licence application within 10
working days of publication of the single percentage of acceptance intheOfficial Journal of the European Union where applicationof that
rate results in the fixing of a quantity of less than 20 tonnes for group
G2 and less than one tonne for the other groups. Member States shallnotify the Commission during the five days following withdrawal ofthe application and shall immediately release corresponding security.
8. The Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining, which
shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the followingquarter for the same period referred to inArticle 1.
9. Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after the Commis-
sionhas takenits decision .
10. Licences may only be used for products which comply with all
veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.
11. Member States shall notify the Commission before the end of
the fourth month following each annual period, from 1 July to 30June, of the quantities of actual imports of products under this Regula-tionfor that period.
All notifications, including notifications that there have been no
imports, shall be made using the model shown in Annex IV.
Article 6
1. For the purposes of Article 23(2) of Regulation(EC) No 1291/
2000, import licences shall be valid for a period of 150 days from the
date of actual issue.
However, licences shall not be valid beyond 30 June of the year of
issue.
2. Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be
transferable.
Article 7
The dispositions of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall apply, without
prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation.
However, by way of derogationfrom Article 8(4) of that Regulation ,
the quantity imported under this Regulation may not exceed that shown
in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure ‘0’ shall accord-
ingly be entered in section 19 of the licence.
Article 8
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References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references
to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlationtable set out in Annex VI.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of
its publicationinthe Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
inall Member States.2003R1458 — EN — 08.09.2003 — 000.002 — 6
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ANNEX I
Group
NoCN code Product descriptionCustoms
duty
EUR/tonneQuantities in
tonnes from 1
July 2000
G2 ex 02031955
ex 02032955Loins and hams, boneless, fresh,
chilled or frozen250 34000
G3 ex 02031955
ex 02032955Tenderloin, fresh, chilled or frozen 300 5000
G4 1601 0091 Sausages, dry or for spreading,
uncooked747
3000/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C150 1601 0099 Other sausages 502
G5 1602 4110 Other prepared or preserved meat,
meat offal or blood784
6100/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C1501602 4210 646
1602 4911 784
1602 4913 646
1602 4915 646
1602 4919 428
1602 4930 375
1602 4950 271
G6 0203 1110
0203 2110Carcases and half-carcases, fresh,
chilled or frozen268 15000
G7 0203 1211 Cuts of domestic swine, fresh,
chilled or frozen, with or without
bone. Excluding tenderloin
presented alone389
5500/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C1500203 1219 300
0203 1911 300
0203 1913 434
0203 1915 233
ex 02031955 434
0203 1959 434
0203 2211 389
0203 2219 300
0203 2911 300
0203 2913 434
0203 2915 233
ex 02032955 434
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
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ANNEX IV
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ANNEX V
RepealedRegulationwithitssuccessiveamendments
CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1486/95 (OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 58)
CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1176/96 (OJ L 155, 28.6.1996, p. 26)
CommissionRegulation(EC) No 2068/96, Article 2 on ly (OJ L 277, 30.10.1996, p. 12)
CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1244/97 (OJ L 173, 1.7.1997, p. 80)CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1390/98 (OJ L 187, 1.7.1998, p. 28)
CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1409/1999 (OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 51)
CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1378/2000 (OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 31)CommissionRegulation(EC) No 1006/2001, Article 2 on ly (OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13)2003R1458 — EN — 08.09.2003 — 000.002 — 11
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ANNEX VI
CorrelationTable
Regulation(EC) No 1486/95 This Regulation
Articles 1 to 4 Articles 1 to 4
Article 5(1) Article 5(1)
Article 5(2), subparagraphs 1 and 2 Article 5(2), subparagraphs 1 and 2
Article 5(2), subparagraph 3 Article 5(3)
Article 5(3) Article 5(4)
Article 5(4) Article 5(5)
Article 5(5), subparagraphs 1 and 2 Article 5(6), subparagraphs 1 and 2
Article 5(5), subparagraph 3 Article 5(7)
Article 5(5), subparagraph 4 Article 5(8)
Article 5(6) Article 5(9)
Article 5(7) Article 5(10)Article 5(8) Article 5(11)
Article 6, subparagraphs 1 and 2 Article 6(1), subparagraphs 1 and 2
Article 6, subparagraph 3 Article 6(2)
Article 7 Article 7
– Article 8
Article 8 Article 9
Annex I Annex I
Annex II Annex II
Annex III Annex III
Annex IV Annex IV
– Annex V
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