Commission Regulation (EC) No 2867/2000 of 27 December 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 agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part and amending Regulation (EC) No 2333/2000 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2001 under the arrangements provided for by the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, import, liberalisation of trade, meat product, pigmeat, quantitative restriction

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2867/2000

of 27 December 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 agreements between the Community, of
the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part and amending Regulation (EC) No
2333/2000 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of
2001 under the arrangements provided for by the free trade agreements between the Community,
of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, 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 2341/2000 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 Latvia (1), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 of 14
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 Lithuania (2), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1430/2000 (4),
lays
down rules for application 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 Council Regulations (EC) No 2341/
2000 and (EC) No 2766/2000.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

2001. It should be amended in line with the new annual
quantities given in Annex I to this Regulation.

The provisions in this Regulation for Latvia should be
applied from 1 July 2000 in parallel with Regulation
(EC) No 2341/2000. The provisions in this Regulation
for Lithuania should be applied in parallel with Regula-
tion (EC) No 2766/2000 from 1 January 2001.

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

Annexes I.A and I.B to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 are
replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2333/2000 is replaced by
Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2333/2000 (5) deter-
mines the quantities, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
2305/95, available for the period 1 January to 31 March

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2000. However, for
imports from Lithuania, Articles 1 and 2 are applicable 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

(1) OJ L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 321, 19.12.2000, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 161, 1.7.2000, p. 51.
(5) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 13.

ANNEX I

‘A. Products originating in Lithuania

Applicable duty
1.7.2000 to
31.12.2000
(% of MFN)

Quantity for the
period 1.7.2000 to
31.12.2000
(tonnes)

Applicable duty
1.1.2001 to
30.6.2001
(% of MFN)

Quantity for the
period 1.1.2001 to
30.6.2001
(tonnes)

Applicable duty as
from 1.7.2001
(% of MFN)

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2001
until 30.6.2002

Annual increase as
from 1.7.2002

20

625

Free

750

Free

1 650

150

Free

150

Free

330

30

Group No

Order No

CN code

18

L1

09.4542

09.4569

ex 0203 (1) (2) (3)
Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or
frozen

1601 00 (3)
Sausages and similar products of meat,
meat offal or blood

1602 41-49 (3)
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat
offal or blood of swine

(1) Excluding tenderloin presented alone.
(2) Except CN codes 0203 11 90, 0203 12 90, 0203 19 90, 0203 21 90, 0203 22 90, 0203 29 90.
(3) This concession is only applicable to products not benefiting from export refunds.

B. Products originating in Latvia

Reduction of 100 % in Common Customs Tariff duty

Group No

Order No

CN code

19

20

09.4540

09.4564

ex 0203 (1) (2) (3)
Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

1601 00 (3)
Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal or blood

1602 41-49 (3)
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine

(1) Excluding tenderloin presented alone.
(2) Except CN codes NC 0203 11 90, 0203 12 90, 0203 19 90, 0203 21 90, 0203 22 90, 0203 29 90.
(3) This concession is only applicable to products not benefiting from export refunds.’

1.7.2000 to 30.6.2001

Annual increase as from
1.7.2001

(in tonnes)

1 250

150

125

15

.

2
9
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2
2
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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX

Group No

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

(tonnes)

18

L1

19

20

21

22

1 000,0

75,0

937,5

112,5

937,5

450,0’