Commission Regulation (EC) No 1409/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector
Date: 1999-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: pigmeat, tariff quota

30. 6. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1409/1999

of 29 June 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions
set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the
conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in
particular Article 1 thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/
95 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1390/98 (3), opened quotas for a specific period;
whereas,
in the framework of the World Trade
Organisation, the Commission committed itself to
increasing tariff quotas for certain products in the
pigmeat sector; whereas it is necessary to specify
the new quantities covered by the import arrange-
ments and to ensure that imports of the quantities
referred to in the Annex are spread over the period
1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000;

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. in Article 1, first subparagraph, ‘For the period 1 July
1998 to 30 June 1999' is replaced by ‘For the period 1
July 1999 to 30 June 2000';

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 58.
(3) OJ L 187, 1.7.1998, p. 28.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Group
No

CN code

Product description

Customs
duty
EUR/tonne

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7

ex 0203 19 55
ex 0203 29 55

Loins and hams boneless, fresh, chilled or
frozen

ex 0203 19 55
ex 0203 29 55

Tenderloin fresh, chilled or frozen

1601 00 91
1601 00 99 Other sausages

Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked

or blood

1602 41 10 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal
1602 42 10
1602 49 11
1602 49 13
1602 49 15
1602 49 19
1602 49 30
1602 49 50

0203 11 10
0203 21 10

Carcases and half-carcases fresh, chilled or
frozen

Cuts of domestic swine,
fresh, chilled or
frozen, with or without bone. Excluding
tenderloin presented alone

0203 12 11
0203 12 19
0203 19 11
0203 19 13
0203 19 15
ex 0203 19 55
0203 19 59
0203 22 11
0203 22 19
0203 29 11
0203 29 13
0203 29 15
ex 0203 29 55
0203 29 59

250

300

747
502

784
646
784
646
646
428
375
271

268

389
300
300
434
233
434
434
389
300
300
434
233
434
434

Quantities
in tonnes

28 333

4 167

2 400

4 880

12 000

4 400'