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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1486/95
of 28 June 1995
opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector
(OJ No L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 58)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1176/96 of 27 June 1996 L 155 26 28. 6. 1996
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2068/96 of 29 October 1996 L 277 12 30. 10. 1996Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/97 of 30 June 1997 L 173 80 1. 7. 1997Commission Regulation (EC) No 1390/98 of 30 June 1998 L 187 28 1. 7. 19981176/96
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ICOMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1486/95
of 28 June 1995
opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the T reaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisa-
tion of the market in pigmeat (
1), as last amended by the
Act of accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by
Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular
Articles 8 (2), 11 (1), and 22 thereof,
Whereas, in the framework of the Uruguay Round of the
multilateral trade negotiations, the Community negotiated
various agreements in particular that on agriculture; the
agreement allows, among others, certain products in thepigmeat sector coming from third countries access to the
Community market for a period of six years; it is now
possible to establish specific rules of application for the
pigmeat sector for the period from 1 July 1995 to
30 June 1996;
Whereas the agreement calls for the suppression of vari-
able import levies by converting into customs duties all the
measures which restrict the import of agricultural products;
Whereas, the administration of the arrangements should be
based on import licences; whereas, to that end, detailed
rules for the submission of applications and the informa-
tion which must appear in applications and licences, by
way of derogation from Article 8 of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down
common detailed rules for the application of the system of
import and export licences and advance fixing certificates
for agricultural products (
3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1199/95 (4), should be laid down; whereas provi-
sion should also be made for the licences to be issued
after a period for consideration and, where necessary, a
single percentage should be applied to determine the
quantity awarded in respect of each application;
Whereas, in order to ensure that imports are regular, it is
necessary to define products covered by the import regime
and to ensure that those quantities referred to in Annex I
are spread over the period from 1 July 1995 to
30 June 1996;
(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 119, 30. 5. 1995, p. 4.1176/96
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IIWhereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the
arrangements, the security for import licences under the
system should be set at ECU 40 per 100 kg; whereas, in
view of the arrangements’ inherent risk of speculation as
regards pigmeat, clear conditions should be laid down as
regards access by operators;
Whereas it is appropriate the draw the attention of oper-
ators to the fact that licences may only be used for prod-
ucts which comply with all veterinary rules currently in
force in the Community;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management Com-
mittee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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1Article 1
For the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, the import
tariff quotas referred to in Annex I shall be opened for the
groups of products and under the conditions laid down
therein.
All imports into the Community under the import tariff
quotas shall be subject to the presentation of an import
licence.
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 G 2 and G 3 of Annex I have the following mean-
ings assigned to them:
— ‘boneless loins’, loins and cuts thereof, without tender-
loin, with or without subcutaneous fat or rind,
— ‘tenderloin’, cuts including the meats of muscles
muscumus major psoas and musculus minor psoas ,w i t h
or without head, trimmed or not trimmed.
Article 3
The quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be divided into
quarterly figures of 25 % applicable from 1 July, 1 October,
1 January and 1 April.
Article 4
The import licences referred to in Article 1 shall be sub-
ject 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 been engaged in trade
with third countries in pigmeat products for at least
the preceding 12 months; however, retail and catering
establishments selling their products to final consumers
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2(b) licence applications may refer to only one of the group
numbers set out in Annex I of this Regulation and
may relate to more than one product covered by dif-
ferent CN codes and originating from only one
country; in such cases, all the CN codes shall be indi-
cated in section 16 and their descriptions in section 15;
for group G 2, licence applications must relate to at
least 20 tonnes and to a maximum of 10 % of the
quantity available for the period as specified in Ar-
ticle 3; for the other groups, licence applications must
relate to at least 1 tonne and to a maximum of 10 %
of the quantity available for the period as specified in
Article 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:
—R e g l a m e n t o ( C E ) no... ,
— Forordning (EF) nr .... ,
— Verordnung (EG) Nr .... ,
—Κανονισμός (ΕΚ)αριθ.... ,
— R e g u l a t i o n( E C )N o... ,
—R è g l e m e n t ( C E ) no... ,
— R e g o l a m e n t o( C E )n .... ,
— Verordening (EG) nr .... ,
— Regulamento (CE) nº . . .,
— A s e t u s( E Y )N : o... ,
— Förordning (EG) nr . . .;
(e) section 24 of licences shall show one of the following:
D u t yo f...p u r s u a n tt o :
—R e g l a m e n t o ( C E ) no... ,
— Forordning (EF) nr .... ,
— Verordnung (EG) Nr .... ,
—Κανονισμός (ΕΚ)αριθ.... ,
— R e g u l a t i o n( E C )N o... ,
—R è g l e m e n t ( C E ) no... ,
— R e g o l a m e n t o( C E )n .... ,
— Verordening (EG) nr .... ,
— Regulamento (CE) nº . . .,
— A s e t u s( E Y )N : o... ,
— Förordning (EG) nr . . ..1176/96
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3Article 5
1. Licence applications shall be lodged during the first
10 days of 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 in the same group fixed in
Annex I in the Member State in which his application is
s u b m i t t e do ri na n yo t h e rM e m b e rS t a t e ;
Where an applicant submits more than one application re-
lating to products in the same group fixed in Annex I, all
applications from that person shall be inadmissible; how-
ever, each applicant may lodge several applications for im-
port licences for products fixed in Annex I, if these prod-
ucts originate in different countries.
The applications, one each for a single country of origin,
should be submitted together to the competent authorityof a Member State. They shall be considered, as regards
the maximum referred to in Article 4 (b) as well as ap-
plication of the rule of the present Article, as a single ap-
plication.
3. A security of ECU 40 per 100 kilograms shall be
lodged for import licence applications for all products re-
ferred to in Article 1.
4. On the third working day following the end of the
application submission period, the Member States shall no-
tify the Commission of applications lodged for each of the
products in the groups concerned. Such notifications shall
include a list of applicants and a statement of the quan-
tities 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.
5. The Commission shall decide as quickly as possible
what quantities may be awarded in respect of applications
referred to in Article 4.
If the quantities in respect of which licences have been
applied for exceed the quantities available, the Commission
shall fix a single percentage of acceptance of the quantities
a p p l i e df o r .I nt h ec a s ew h e r et h ep e r c e n t a g ei sl e s st h a n
5 %, the Commission can refuse all applications and the
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4The trader may withdraw his licence application within
10 working days of publication of the single percentage of
acceptance in the Official Journal of the European Commu-
nities where application of that rate results in the fixing of
a quantity of less than 20 tonnes for group G 2 and less
than 1 tonne for the other groups. Member States shall
notify the Commission, during the five days following with-
drawal of the application and shall immediately release
corresponding security.
The Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining,which shall be added to the quantity available in respect of
t h ef o l l o w i n gq u a r t e rf o rt h es a m ep e r i o dr e f e r r e dt oi n
Article I.
6. Licences shall be issued as quickly as possible after
the Commission has taken its decision.
7. Licences may only be used for products which comply
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Commun-ity.
Article 6
For the purposes of Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3719/88, import licences shall be valid for 150 days
f r o mt h ed a t eo fa c t u a li s s u e .
However, licences shall not be valid beyond 30 June of the
year of issue.
Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not
be transferable.
Article 7
The dispositions of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall
apply, without prejudice to the provisions of this Regula-
tion.
However, by way of derogation from 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 accordingly be entered
in section 19 of the licence.
Article 8
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1995.1176/96
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5ANNEX II
Group
NoCN code Product descriptionCustoms
duty
ECU/tonneQuantities
in tonnes
G2 ex 0203 19 55 Loins and hams boneless, fresh, chilled or fro-
zen250 22 667
ex 0203 29 55zen
G3 ex 0203 19 55 T enderloin fresh, chilled or frozen 300 3 333
ex 0203 29 55
G4 1601 00 91 Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 7471800
1601 00 99 Other sausages 5021800
G5 1602 41 10 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal
orblood784 

1602 42 10orblood
646

1602 49 11 784


1602 49 13 646

36601602 49 15 646

36 6 0
1602 49 19 428


1602 49 30 375

1602 49 50 271

G6 0203 11 10 Carcases and half -carcases fresh, chilled or fro-
zen268 9 000
0203 21 10zen
G7 0203 12 11 Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or fro-
zenwithorwithoutboneExcludingtender389
0203 12 19zen, w ithor withoutbone. Excluding ten der-
loin presented alone 300

0203 19 11 300


0203 19 13 434

0203 19 15 233


ex 0203 19 55 434


0203 19 59 434

0203 22 11 389

3 300
0203 22 19 300

0203 29 11 300

0203 29 13 434


0203 29 15 233

ex 0203 29 55 434


0203 29 59 434
1390 /98
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6ANNEX II
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7ANNEX III
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