Commission Regulation (EC) No 141/2001 of 24 January 2001 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 2001 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted
Date: 2001-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, agreement (EU), import licence, pigmeat, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 141/2001

of 24 January 2001

determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 2001 for import licences for certain
pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community
with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and
Romania can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of
29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements 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
2698/93 and (EC) No 1590/94 (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2866/2000 (2), and in particular Article 4(5)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The applications for import licences lodged for the first
quarter of 2001 are for quantities less than the quant-
ities available and can therefore be met in full.

The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the
following period should be determined.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to
the fact that licences may only be used for products

which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force
in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences for the period 1 January
1.
to 31 March 2001 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1898/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2.
During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30 June
2001 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 1898/97 for import licences for a total quantity as referred
to in Annex II.

3.
Licences may only be used for products which comply
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 9.

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ANNEX I

Group No

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 January to 31 March 2001

1
2
3
4
H1
7
8
9
T1
T2
T3
S1
S2
B1
15
16
17

100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0

ANNEX II

Group No

Total quantity available for the period
1 April to 30 June 2001

(t)

1

2

3

4

H1

7

8

9

T1

T2

T3

S1

S2

B1

15

16

17

5 105,2

465,5

947,0

21 660,7

2 400,0

13 260,4

1 750,0

30 000,0

1 500,0

9 720,0

2 297,0

2 000,0

200,0

1 500,0

1 125,0

2 098,1

15 625,0