Commission Regulation (EC) No 2865/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95, (EC) No 1727/2000, (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
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: egg, import licence, import policy, poultrymeat, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2865/2000

of 27 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg
sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95, (EC) No 1727/2000,
(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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 of 22
December 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 Republic of Poland and
repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 (1), and in
particular Article 1(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1516/96 (3),
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 (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2916/95 (5), and in particular Article 22 thereof,

tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector — management
by quarterly import licences and management according
to the ‘first come, first served’ principle in accordance
with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (8), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (9), — importers should
be offered the opportunity to cancel licences and have
the relevant securities released.

(3)

(4)

(5)

A deadline should be set for cancellation applications to
allow a reasonable period for importers to submit them.

This Regulation should be applied from 1 January 2001
in parallel with Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 of 29
September 1997 setting rules of application in the poul-
trymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by
Council 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 and repealing
Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94 (6),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2704/2000 (7),
lays down the rules for applying the arrangements
provided for in the Europe Agreements in the poultry-
meat and egg sectors. It requires amendment as a result
of
the provisions on poultrymeat and egg products
adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 as regards
Poland.

(2)

To restrict any trade problems which may arise during a
transitional period as a result of the simultaneous exis-
tence of two different management methods for certain

(1) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 99.
(4) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.
(5) OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 67.
(7) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 27.

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

1. The title of the Regulation is replaced by the following:

‘[...] laying down rules for the application in the poultry-
meat and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe
Agreements with central and eastern European countries
provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000,
(EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/
2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 and
repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/
94.’

2. In Article 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘All imports into the Community under the arrangements
provided for by Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No
2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC)
No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 of products
covered by Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
presentation of an import licence.’

(8) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1.

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3. Article 2 is replaced by the following text:

Article 3

‘Article 2

The quantities referred to in Article 1 shall be staggered as
follows for each period specified in Annex I:

— 1 July to 30 September: 25 %,

— 1 October to 31 December: 25 %,

— 1 January to 31 March: 25 %,

— 1 April to 30 June: 25 %.’

4. Part B of Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The quantities available for applications in the period 1 January
to 31 March 2001 are fixed in Annex II to this Regulation.

For import

1.
licences issued under Regulation (EC) No
1899/97 for groups 12, 14, 15 and 16 as referred to in Part B
of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 as it was prior to
the entry into force of this Regulation which were applied for
between 1 and 10 July 2000 and between 1 and 10 October
2000, holders may, before 31 March 2001, request cancella-
tion of the licences and release of the securities.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission before the
end of
the monthly volume of
cancelled licences for each of the above groups, specifying the
period of the applications.

the following month of

Article 4

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 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘B. Products originating in Poland

Duty applicable: 20 % of MFN

Serial No

Group No

CN code

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2000 to 30.6.2001
(tonnes)

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001
(tonnes)

09.4816

09.4825

17

18

0407 00 11
0407 00 19
0407 00 30

0408 91 80
0408 99 80

1 875

375 (*)

—

—

(*) In dried egg equivalent (100 kg liquid or frozen egg = 25,7 kg dried egg).’

ANNEX II

Group

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

(tonnes)

10

11

17

18

25

26

27

34

35

36

40

1 782,30

436,55

1 406,25

281,25

4 761,13

237,99

2 062,50

2 343,75

187,50

937,50

525,00