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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1898/97
of29September1997
►M3 laying down rules of application, in the pigmeat sector for the arrangements covered by
Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000,(EC)No2435/2000and(EC)No2851/2000andrepealingRegulations(EEC)No2698/93and
(EC)No1590/94 ◄
(OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 618/98 of 18 March 1998 L 82 35 19.3.1998
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2072/2000 of 29 September 2000 L 246 34 30.9.2000
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 2866/2000 of 27 December 2000 L 333 9 29.12.2000
►M4Commission Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001 of 23 May 2001 L 140 13 24.5.2001
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 18 (1898/97)
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1898/97
of29September1997
►M3 layingdownrulesofapplication,inthepigmeatsectorforthe
arrangements covered by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000,(EC)No2290/2000,(EC)No2433/2000,(EC)No2434/2000,(EC)No2435/2000and(EC)No2851/2000andrepealingRegulations(EEC)
No2698/93and(EC)No1590/94 ◄
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December
1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment,
as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agriculturalconcessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account ofthe Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay RoundMultilateral Trade Negotiations(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1595/97(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October
1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat(3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(4), and in particular Article 22
thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 adjusts as an autonomous and
transitional measure the agricultural concessions in the Europe
Agreements concluded between the European Communities and theirMember States of the one part and the Republicof Poland, the Republicof Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic ofBulgaria and Romania respectively of the other part, for the period 1
January 1996 to entry into force of the Additional Protocols; whereas
these adjustments were extended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2490/96(
5) to 31 December 1997; whereas owing to procedural delays the
Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements, negotiation of whichare concluded, cannot enter into force on 1 July 1997; whereasRegulation (EC) No 3066/95 has therefore been amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1595/97 in order to allow early implementation in the
agricultural sector of the negotiation results;
Whereas, while bearing in mind the provisions of the Interim
Agreements intended to guarantee product origin, the arrangementsshould be operated using import licences; whereas rules on the
presentation of licence applications and to the entries to be made on
applications and licences are required that differ from those in Article 8of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system ofimport and export licences and advance fixing certificates for
agricultural products(
6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1404/
97(7); whereas licences should be issued following a reflection period
and possibly with a common percentage acceptance applied;
Whereas for the purposes of smooth operation of the arrangements
security of ECU 30 per 100 kilograms should be required against import
licences; whereas given the risk of speculative misuse of the
arrangements where pigmeat is concerned importer access to theseproducts should be precisely regulated;
Whereas import licences for certain product categories in the pigmeat
sector have already been assigned for the period 1 July to30 September 1997 in line with Commission Regulation (EC) No1997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(5) OJ L 338, 28. 12. 1996, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 5.
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1461/97 of 25 July 1997 determining the extent to which applications
lodged in July 1997 for import licences for certain pigmeat productsunder the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the
Community with the Republicof Poland, the Republicof Hungary, the
Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic can be accepted(
1) and with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1462/97 of 25 July 1997 determiningthe extent to which applications lodged in July 1997 for import licencesfor certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the
Agreements concluded by the Community with Bulgaria and Romania
can be accepted(
2); whereas the quantities available for the period 1
October to 31 December 1997 should be set by reference to thequantities agreed and quotas set for the period 1 July to 31 December1997;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93(
3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 691/97(4), lays down detailed rules for
application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for inthe Interim Agreements between the European Economic Communityand Poland, Hungary, and the former Czech and Slovak Federative
Republic; whereas since it is replaced by this Regulation it should be
repealed;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1590/94(
5), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 691/97, lays down detailed rules for applicationin the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim
Agreements between the Community and Bulgaria and Romania;
whereas since it is replaced by this Regulation it should be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
All imports into the Community under the arrangements laid down in
Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC)No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 of productscovered by group Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, H1, 7, 8, 9, T1, T2, T3, S1, S2, B1, 15,16 and 17 provided for in Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
presentation of an import licence.
The quantities covered by these arrangements and the reduction in the
Common Customs Tariff duty are listed by group in Annex I.
Article 2
The quantities referred to in Article 1 are, for each period specified in
Annex I, allocated as follows:
— 1 July to 30 September: 25 %,
— 1 October to 31 December: 25 %,— 1 January to 31 March: 25 %,— 1 April to 30 June: 25 %.
Article 3
The following provisions shall apply to the import licences referred to in
Article 1:
1. Applicants must be natural or legal persons who at the time of
application can satisfy the competent authority of their Member State1997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 199, 26. 7. 1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 199, 26. 7. 1997, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 245, 1. 10. 1993, p. 80.
(4) OJ L 102, 19. 4. 1997, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 167, 1. 7. 1994, p. 16.▼M3
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that they have been engaging in ►C1trade with third countries in
pigmeat for at least 12 months. ◄Retailers and restaurateurs selling
products to the final consumer are excluded.
2. Licence applications may cover only one of the groups indicated in
Annex I. They may cover products of differing CN codes originating
in only one of the countries to which this Regulation relates. In suchcases all the CN codes and product descriptions must be entered inboxes 16 and 15 respectively. The application must be for a minimumof one tonne and a maximum of 25 % of the quantity available for the
group concerned during the quarter in question as specified in Article
2.
3. Box 8 of the licence application and the licence shall show the
country of origin; the licence shall impose an obligation to importfrom that country.
4. Box 20 of the licence application and the licence shall carry one of
the following entries:
— Reglamento (CE) n
o1898/97
— Forordning (EF) nr. 1898/97
— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1898/97
—Κανονισµός (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1898 /97
— Regulation (EC) No 1898/97
— Règlement (CE) no1898/97
— Regolamento (CE) n. 1898/97— Verordening (EG) nr. 1898/97— Regulamento (CE) n
o1898/97
— Asetus (EY) N:o 1898/97
— Förordning (EG) nr 1898/97.
5. Box 24 of the licence shall carry one of the following entries:
— Reducción del derecho de aduana en virtud del Reglamento (CE)
no1898/97
— Nedsættelse af importafgiften jf. forordning (EF) nr. 1898/97
— Ermäßigung des Zollsatzes nach dem GZT gemäß Verordnung
(EG) Nr. 1898/97
—Μείωση του δασµού όπως προβλέπεται στον κανονισµό
(ΕΚ) αριθ. 1898 /97
— Customs duty reduction as provided for in Regulation (EC) No
1898/97
— Réduction du droit de douane comme prévu au règlement (CE) no
1898/97
— Riduzione del dazio doganale a norma del regolamento (CE) n.
1898/97
— Douanerecht verlaagd overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr.
1898/97
— Redução do direito aduaneiro conforme previsto no Regulamento
(CE) no1898/97
— Tullialennus, josta on säädetty asetuksessa (EY) N:o 1898/97— Nedsättning av tullavgiften enligt förordning (EG) nr 1898/97.
Article 4
1. Licence applications shall be lodged during the first seven days of
the month preceding each period as specified in Article 2.
2. Applications shall be invalid if the applicant does not declare in
writing that he has not lodged and will not lodge, for the period inquestion, other applications for products of the same group in theMember State of lodgement or another Member State. If an applicantlodges more than one application for products of one group none of theapplications shall be valid.1997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 4
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3. Member States shall notify to the Commission, on the
►M1third◄working day following the end of the period for
lodging applications, those lodged for each of the products of the groups
in question. The applicants and quantities for each group shall be listed.
All notifications, including ‘nil’ ones, shall be made by telex or fax onthe stipulated working day. The form reproduced as Annex II shall beused for ‘nil’ notifications and those reproduced as Annexes II and III ifapplications have been made.
4. The Commission shall decide with all speed to what the
applications referred to in Article 3 can be met.
If the total amount applied for is more than that available the quantities
granted shall be scaled down by a common percentage.
If it is less than the amount available the Commission shall determine
the quantity to be added to that available for the next period.
5. Licences shall be issued as soon as possible after the Commission's
decision.
6. Licences shall be valid throughout the Community.
7. Member States shall notify the Commission, before the end of the
fourth month following each annual period defined in Annex I, of thequantities of actual imports of products under this Regulation for thatperiod.
All notifications, including notifications that there have been no imports,
shall be made using the model shown in Annex V.
Article 5
For the purposes of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88
import licences shall be valid for 150 days from their actual date ofissue.
However, licences shall not be valid beyond 30 June of the year of issue.Licences shall not be transferable.
Article 6
Security of EUR 20 per 100 kg shall be lodged against applications for
import licences for any product indicated in Article 1.
Article 7
The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall be applicable
except as otherwise provided by this Regulation.
However, Article 8 (4) of that Regulation notwithstanding, quantities
imported pursuant to this Regulation may not exceed that indicated inboxes 17 and 18 of the import licence. To that end ‘0’ shall be entered inbox 19 of the licence.
Article 8
The products shall be placed in free circulation on presentation fo an
EUR.1 certificate issued by the exporting country in accordance withProtocol 4 to the Europe Agreements concluded with the said countries,or, of a declaration by the exporter in accordance with the provisions of
the said Protocol.
Article 9
The Member States shall cooperate closely with the Commission to
ensure compliance with this Regulation.1997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 5
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Article 10
The quantities available for applications in the period 1 to 10 October
1997 are given in Annex IV hereto.
Article 11
Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 are hereby
repealed.
Article 12
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 6
ANNEXI
A.PRODUCTSORIGINATINGINHUNGARY
Order No Group No CN code Description (1) Applicable dutyAnnual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4705 1 1601 00 91
1601 00 99Sausages, dry or other free 8 750 875 (2)
09.4706 2 1602 41 10
1602 42 10
1602 49 11
1602 49 13
1602 49 15
1602 49 19
1602 49 30
1602 49 50Other preparations, preserved meat of domesticswine free 900 90 (2)
09.4704 3 0210 11 11
0210 12 11
0210 19 40
0210 19 51Meat of domesticswine, salted or in brine free 1 000 100 (2)
09.4708 4 ex 0203 Meat of domesticswine, fresh, c hilled or frozen free 40 000 4 000 (2)(3)
09.4727 H1 1501 00 19 Pig fat (including lard), other 164 EUR/t 2 400 240▼B1997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 7▼M2
B.PRODUCTSORIGINATINGINPOLAND
Order No Group No CN code Description (1)Applicable duty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4806 7 1601 00 Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal or
blood; food preparations based on these productsfree 16 000 1 600 (2)
ex 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood, of
swine:
1602 41 — Hams and cuts thereof
1602 42 — Shoulders and cuts thereof
1602 49 — Other, including mixtures
09.4820 8 0103 92 19 Live domesticpigs 20 1 750 009.4809 9 ex 0203 Meat of domesticswine, fresh, c hilled, or frozen free 30 000 3 000 (
2)(3)
ex 0210 Meat of swine: (2)
0210 11 — Ham, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in
0210 12 — Bellies and cuts thereof
0210 19 — Other
C.PRODUCTSORIGINATINGINTHECZECHREPUBLIC
Order No Group No CN code Description (1)Applicable duty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4625 T1 0103 91 10
0103 92 19Live domesticpigs 20 1 500 0
09.4626 T2 ex 0203 Meat of domesticswine, fresh, c hilled or frozen free 10 000 1 500 (2)(3)
0210 11 to
0210 19Meat of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (2)
09.4629 T3 1601 00 Sausages and similar products free 2 300 690 (2)
1602 41 to
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D.PRODUCTSORIGINATINGINTHESLOVAKREPUBLIC
Order No Group No CN code Description (1)Applicable duty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4632 S1 ex 0203 Meat of domesticswine, fresh, c hilled or frozen free 2 000 300 (2)(3)
0210 11 to
0210 19Meat of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (2)
09.4634 S2 1601 00 Sausages and similar products free 200 50 (2)
1602 41 to
1602 49Prepared or preserved meat of swine
E.PRODUCTSORIGINATINGINBULGARIA
Order No Group No CN code Description (1)Applicable duty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4671 B1 ex 0203 Meat of domesticswine, fresh, c hilled or frozen free 1 500 500 (2)(3)
0210 11
0210 12
0210 19Meat of swine, salted, in brine, dired or smoked
1601 00 Sausages and similar products
1602 41
1602 42
1602 49Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine
F.PRODUCTSORIGINATINGINROMANIA
Order No Group No CN code Description (1)Applicable duty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4751 15 1601 00 91
1601 00 99Sausages, other than of liver 20 1 125 0▼M31997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 9
Order No Group No CN code Description (1)Applicable duty
(% of MFN)Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)Special provisions
09.4752 16 1602 41 10
1602 42 10
1602 49 11
1602 49 13
1602 49 15
1602 49 19
1602 49 30
1602 49 50Preserved meat of domesticswine 20 2 125 0
09.4756 17 ex 0203 Meat of domesticswine, fresh, c hilled or frozen 20 15 625 0 (3)
(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined,
within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by applicat ion to the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
(2) This concession is only applicable to products not benefiting from any kind of export subsidies.
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ANNEXII
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ANNEXIII
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ANNEXIV
(tonnes)
Group No Quantity available
1 2 413,5
2 267,7
3 841
4 10 585,3
H1 1 200
H2 250
5 1 650
6 1 125,3
7 5 1708 770
9 5 610
10/11 320
12/13 1 265
14 165
15 490
16 904,3
17 6 8751997R1898 — EN — 31.05.2001 — 003.001 — 13
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ANNEXV
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