Commission Regulation (EC) No 2704/2000 of 11 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000 and (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EEC) No 1559/94
Date: 2000-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: customs regulations, egg, import licence, poultrymeat, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2704/2000

of 11 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg
sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000 and (EC) No
3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EEC) No 1559/94

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 trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on
Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilat-
eral trade negotiations (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2435/98 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9
October 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 measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria (3), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2000 of 17
October 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 measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic (4), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2434/2000 of 17
October 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 measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with the Slovak Republic (5), and in
particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000 of 17
October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and

(1) OJ L 328, 30.12.1995, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.

providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Romania (6), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (7), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1516/96 (8), and in particular Article 22 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
poultrymeat (9), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2916/95 (10), and in particular Article 22 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 of 29
September 1997 laying down rules of application in the
poultrymeat and egg sectors
the arrangements
covered by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000 and
(EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No
2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94 (11), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1773/2000 (12), lays down rules of
application in these sectors for the arrangements in the
Europe Agreements. It must be modified in line with the
provisions on poultrymeat and egg products adopted in
Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000,
(EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000.

To prevent licences being used after the end of the
period for which they have been applied for, they should
not be valid beyond 30 June of the current year and the
date for lodging applications for the following period
should be brought forward.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (13), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000 (14),
the
management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used
following the chronological order of dates of customs
declarations.

codified

To allow the application of the arrangements provided
for in the above Regulations once this Regulation has
been published, the tariff quotas with the serial numbers
09.4672, 09.4627, 09.4630, 09.4633 and 09.4771
should be administered in accordance with Articles
308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

(6) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 17.
(7) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(8) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 99.
(9) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.
(10) OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49.
(11) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 67.
(12) OJ L 205, 12.8.2000, p. 3.
(13) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(14) OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1.

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(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Repayment of import duties on products of groups 19,
21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39 and 43 and
hatching eggs of group 25 listed in Annex I to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1899/97 as it existed before the entry into
force of this Regulation and imported under licences
used from 1 July 2000 falls within the scope of Articles
878 to 898 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

To limit the potential trade problems that might tempor-
arily arise from the parallel existence of two different
management procedures for some tariff quotas in the
poultrymeat sector,
i.e. management via the quarterly
issue of import licences and management according to
the ‘first come first served’ principle in line with Article
308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93,
import licence holders should be given the possibility of
cancellation with release of the security.

A deadline should be laid down for the submission of
request for cancellation, giving traders a reasonable time
for submission.

This Regulation should be applied from 1 July 2000 in
parallel with Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No
2433/2000,
(EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/
2000.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

3. The following paragraph is added to Article 1:

‘Tariff quotas with the serial numbers 09.4672, 09.4627,
09.4630, 09.4633 and 09.4771 shall be administered in
accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2454/93.’

4. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘The quantitites referred to in Article 1 are for each period
referred to in Annex I
to this Regulation staggered as
follows:

Group 12:

— 1 July to 30 September: 35 %

— 1 October to 31 December: 35 %,

— 1 January to 31 March: 15 %,

— 1 April to 30 June: 15 %.

Other groups:

— 1 July to 30 September: 25 %,

— 1 October to 31 December: 25 %,

— 1 January to 31 March: 25 %,

— 1 April to 30 June: 25 %.’

5. The following subparagraph is added to Article 4(1):

from 2001,

the period 1 July to 30
‘However,
September licence applications may be lodged only in the
first 10 days of the month of June of the current year.’

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

6. The following paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph

of Article 5:

‘However, from 2001,
licences issued for the periods 1
January to 31 March and 1 April to 30 June may not be
valid beyond 30 June of the current year.’

Article 1

7. Annex I is replaced by Annex I hereto.

Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘laying down rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg
sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regula-
tions (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 3066/95, (EC) No 2290/
2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC)
No 2435/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/
93 and (EC) No 1559/94’.

2. The first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:

Article 2

The quantities available for applications in the period 1 January
to 31 March 2001 are laid down in Annex II to this Regula-
tion.

Article 3

‘All imports into the Community under the arrangements
laid down by Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000,
(EC) No
3066/95, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No
2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 of products covered by
Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to presentation
of an import licence.’

Holders of import licences issued under Regulation (EC) No
1899/97 for groups 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 33, 37, 38,
39 and 43 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 as
it existed before the entry into force of this Regulation and
applied for between 1 and 10 July 2000 or between 1 and 10
October 2000 may, before 31 March 2001, request
their
cancellation and release of the security.

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Member States shall notify to the Commission before the end of the following month the monthly volume
of cancelled licences for each of the above groups,

indicating the application period concerned.

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2000, with the exception of point 4 of Article 1.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

A. Products originating in Hungary

Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN

Serial No

Group No

CN code

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
(tonnes)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

09.4716

09.4717

10

11

0407 00 30

0408 91 80

2 625

625

265

65

B. Products originating in Poland

Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
(tonnes)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

1 875

—

4 375

—

6 125

—

Serial No

Group No

CN code

09.4801

12

09.4810

14

09.4811

15

0207 32 11
0207 32 15
0207 32 19
0207 33 11
0207 33 19
ex 0207 35 15
ex 0207 36 15
ex 0207 35 53
ex 0207 36 53
ex 0207 35 63
ex 0207 36 63
ex 0207 35 79 (1)
ex 0207 36 79 (1)

0105 92 00
0105 93 00
0207 11 10
0207 11 30
0207 11 90
0207 12 10
0207 12 90

0207 13 10
0207 13 20
0207 13 30
0207 13 40
0207 13 50
0207 13 60
0207 13 99
0207 14 10
0207 14 20
0207 14 30
0207 14 40
0207 14 50
0207 14 60
0207 14 70
0207 14 99

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Serial No

Group No

CN code

09.4812

16

09.4816

09.4825

17

18

0105 99 30
0207 24 10
0207 24 90
0207 25 10
0207 25 90
0207 26 10
0207 26 20
0207 26 30
0207 26 40
0207 26 50
0207 26 60
0207 26 70
0207 26 80
0207 26 99
0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 30
0207 27 40
0207 27 50
0207 27 60
0207 27 70
0207 27 80

0407 00 11
0407 00 19
0407 00 30

0408 91 80
0408 99 80

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
(tonnes)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

1 750

—

1 875

375 (2)

—

—

(1) Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN for CN code 0207 35 53.
(2) In dried egg equivalent (1 kg liquid or frozen egg = 0,25 kg dried egg).

C. Products originating in the Czech Republic

Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN

Serial No

Group No

CN code

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
(tonnes)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

09.4628

09.4615

09.4616

25

26

27

0407 00 30

6 625

0408 11 80
0408 19 81
0408 19 89

0408 91 80
0408 99 80

375 (1)

2 750 (2)

—

—

—

(1) In liquid egg yolk equivalent (1 kg dried egg yolk = 2,12 kg liquid or frozen egg yolk).
(2) In liquid egg equivalent (1 kg dried egg = 3,9 kg liquid or frozen egg).

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D. Products originating in the Slovak Republic

Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN

Serial No

Group No

CN code

09.4614

09.4615

09.4616

34

35

36

0407 00 11
0407 00 19
0407 00 30

0408 11 80
0408 19 81
0408 19 89

0408 91 80
0408 99 80

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
(tonnes)

3 125

250 (1)

1 250 (2)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

—

—

—

(1) In liquid egg yolk equivalent (1 kg dried egg yolk = 2,12 kg liquid or frozen egg yolk).
(2) In liquid egg equivalent (1 kg dried egg = 3,9 kg liquid or frozen egg).

E. Products originating in Bulgaria

Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN

Serial No

Group No

CN code

09.4656

40

0408 91 80
0408 99 80

(1) 1 kg dried egg = 3,9 kg liquid for frozen egg.’

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000
(tonnes)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

750 (1)

—

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ANNEX II

Group

Total available quantity in the period
1 January to 31 March 2001

(tonnes)

10

11

12

14

15

16

17

18

25

26

27

34

35

36

40

1 782,30

436,55

1 461,26

3 281,25

2 557,56

437,50

1 406,25

281,25

4 761,13

237,99

2 062,50

2 343,75

187,50

937,50

525,00