Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2000 of 30 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 establishing detailed rules for application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade Agreement between the Community, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, CCT duties, free-trade agreement, liberalisation of trade, pigmeat, tariff reduction

1.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 161/51

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1430/2000

of 30 June 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 establishing detailed rules for application in the pigmeat
sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade Agreement between the Community, of
the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 of 19
June 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional mesure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe agreement with Estonia (1), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of 29
September 1995 establishing detailed rules
the
application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements
provided for in the free trade Agreements between the
Community, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania, of the other part (2), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 691/97 (3), lays down rules for applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements laid
down in these Agreements. It should be amended in line
with the provisions on pigmeat products adopted by
Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000.

to harmonise the levels of securities for import licences
within the meat sectors it is necessary to review the level
of security set in Regulation (EC) No 2305/95.

(3)

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

Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

A security of EUR 20 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for
import licence applications for all products referred to in
Article 1.’

2. Annex I(C) is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(2)

The utilisation of import quotas for pigmeat has been
generally low in recent years and the relatively high
security for import licences may be one discouraging
factor in trade. In order to facilitate trade of pigmeat and

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 155, 28.6.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 102, 19.4.1997, p. 12.

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1.7.2000

ANNEX

‘C. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ESTONIA

Reduction of 100 % in Common Customs Tariff duty

Group No

Order number

CN code

21

22

09.4583

09.4584

ex 0203 (1) (2)
Meat of domestic swine, fresh,
chilled or frozen

1601 00
1602 41
1602 42
1602 49

(tonnes)

1.7.2000 to
30.6.2001

Annual increase as
from 1.7.2001

1 250

600

375

180

(1)
(2)

Excluding tenderloin presented alone.
Except CN codes 0203 11 90, 0203 12 90, 0203 19 90, 0203 21 90, 0203 22 90, 0203 29 90.’