Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 571/97 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Slovenia, import licence, interim agreement (EU), pigmeat

29.12.2000

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2868/2000

of 27 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 571/97 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat
sector of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European
the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community,

Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

meat sectors it is necessary to review the level of security
set in Regulation (EC) No 571/97.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2475/2000 of 7
November 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 Slovenia (1), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/97 (2) lays down
rules of application in the pigmeat sector
the
arrangements in the Interim Agreement on trade and
trade-related measures between European Communities
and the Republic of Slovenia. It should be amended in
line with the provisions on pigmeat products in Regula-
tion (EC) No 2475/2000.

for

Repayment of import duties on products listed in Annex
I to Regulation (EC) No 571/97 as it existed before 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 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 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (4).

(3)

In order to ensure proper management of the quantities
it is necessary to set a final date for the validity of
licences at the end of each quota year.

(5)

(6)

Application of this Regulation from 1 July 2000 in
parallel with Regulation (EC) No 2475/2000 is required.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 571/97 is amended as follows:

1. Paragraph 3 of Article 4 is replaced by the following:

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

2. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘For the purposes of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88 import licences shall be valid for 150 days from
their actual date of issue.

However, licences shall not be valid beyond 31 December
of the year of issue.

Licences shall not be transferable.’

3. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

(4)

In order to facilitate trade of pigmeat and to harmonise
the levels of securities for import licences within the

(1) OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 56.
(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2000.

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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

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Reductions to the Common Customs Tariff duty

Order No

Group No

CN code

Description (1)

09.4113

23

0210 11 31

Domestic swine hams and
cuts thereof, with bone in,
dried or smoked

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity for
2000
(tonnes)

Annual
quantity for
2001
(tonnes)

Annual
quantity for
successive
years
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

Free

200

400

400

(2)

09.4089

24

ex 1601 00 91
ex 1601 00 99

Sausages and similar prod-
ucts, of meat, offal or blood;
other than poultry

20

130

140

150

09.4114

25

0210 19 81

Dried or
domestic swine meat

smoked boneless

Free

75

150

150

09.4120

26

ex 1601 00

Sausages and similar produts,
of meat, offal or blood; of
poultry

Free

500

1 000

1 000

(2)

(2)

(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than
indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the
preferential scheme is to be determined by application to the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(2) For year 2000 the concession applies from 1 July 2000 on.’