COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2502/96 of 23 December 1996 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 and fixing the quantities available in the pigmeat sector under the Community tariff quotas provided for in the Europe Agreements pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95

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 agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (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 concessions for certain products in the pigmeat sector were granted under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93 of 30 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1223/96 (6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1590/94 of 30 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreement between the Community and Bulgaria and Romania (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1223/96;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 opened annual quotas but only in force for the period 1 January to 31 December 1996; whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of the import regime, it is appropriate to extend the tariff quotas allowed by Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94;

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

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93 is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation

Article 2

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1590/94 is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1997.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 21.

(2) See page 13 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(5) OJ No L 245, 1. 10. 1993, p. 80.

(6) OJ No L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 63.

(7) OJ No L 167, 1. 7. 1994, p. 16.

ANNEX I

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A. Products originating in Hungary

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B. Products originating in Poland

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C. Products originating in the Czech Republic

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D. Products originating in the Slovak Republic

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ANNEX II

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A. Products originating in Bulgaria

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B. Products originating in Romania

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