Commission Regulation (EC) No 2224/1999 of 20 October 1999 determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 1999 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted
Date: 1999-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, agreement (EU), import licence, pigmeat, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2224/1999

of 20 October 1999

determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 1999 for import licences for
certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the
Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of
29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for by
Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations
(EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 618/98 (2), and in particular Article 4(5)
thereof,

(1) Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for
the fourth quarter of 1999 are for quantities less than
the quantities available and can therefore be met in full;

(2) Whereas the surplus to be added to the quantity avail-

able for the following period should be determined;

(3) Whereas, it is appropriate to draw the attention of oper-
ators to the fact that licences may only be used for

products which comply with all veterinary rules
currently in force in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 October
to 31 December 1999 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 1898/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2.
During the first 10 days of the period 1 January to 31
March 2000 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1898/97 for import licences for a total quantity as
referred to in Annex II.

3.
Licences may only be used for products which comply
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 82, 19.3.1998, p. 35.

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ANNEX I

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 October to 31 December 1999

100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0

Group No

1
2
3
4
H1
H2
5
6
7
8
9
10/11
12/13
14
15
16
17

ANNEX II

Group No

Total quantity available for the period 1 January to 31
March 1999

(t)

1

2

3

4

H1

H2

5

6

7

8

9

10/11

12/13

14

15

16

17

3 831

488,9

1 406

11 653,4

1 800

375

2 700

1 787,5

7 694,8

1 260

9 180

4 715

2 070

270

810

1 483,9

11 250