Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2002 of 29 August 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 establishing detailed rules for the 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
Date: 2002-08-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, CCT duties, free-trade agreement, import licence, pigmeat, tariff reduction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1539/2002

of 29 August 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 establishing detailed rules for the 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1151/2002 of 27
June 2002 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the
Europe Agreement with Estonia (1), and in particular Article
1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1361/2002 of 22
July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community
tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for
an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of
certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe
Agreement with Lithuania (2), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1362/2002 of 22
July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community
tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for
an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of
certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe
Agreement with Latvia (3), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001 (5),
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 Regulations (EC) No 1151/2002,
(EC) No 1361/2002 and (EC) No 1362/2002.

This Regulation should apply from 1 July 2002 in
parallel with Regulations (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC) No
1361/2002 and (EC) No 1362/2002.

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 13.

(4) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.
(5) OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

A. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN LITHUANIA

Reduction of 100 % of the customs duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff

Group No

Order No

CN code

09.4542

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

(tonnes)

1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Annual increase as
from 1.7.2003

1 800

150

09.4569

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

360

30

ex 1602 41 (3)
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Hams and cuts thereof, excluding CN code 1602 41 90

ex 1602 42 (3)
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Shoulders and cuts thereof, excluding CN code 1602 42 90

ex 1602 49 (3)
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Other preparations, including mixtures, excluding CN code 1602 49 90

(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 % of the customs duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff

Group No

Order No

CN code

09.4540

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

(tonnes)

1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Annual increase as
from 1.7.2003

1 500

125

09.4564

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

180

15

18

L1

19

20

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

Hams and cuts thereof

1602 42 (3)
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Shoulders and cuts thereof

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

Other preparations,

including mixtures

(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.

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C. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ESTONIA

Reduction of 100 % of the customs duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff

(tonnes)

1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Annual increase as
from 1.7.2003

2 000

960

375

180

Group No

Order number

CN code

21

22

09.4583

09.4584

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

ex 1601 00
Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal or blood, excluding CN
code 1601 00 10

ex 1602 41
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Hams and cuts thereof, excluding CN code 1602 41 90

ex 1602 42
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Shoulders and cuts thereof, excluding CN code 1602 42 90

ex 1602 49
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine:

Other preparations, including mixtures, excluding CN code 1602 49 90

(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.’