Commission Regulation (EC) No 1722/2002 of 27 September 2002 on the issue of import licences on 30 September 2002 for sheepmeat and goatmeat products pursuant to GATT-WTO non-country specific tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2002
Date: 2002-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Namibia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, goatmeat, import licence, sheepmeat, tariff quota

28.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 260/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1722/2002

of 27 September 2002

on the issue of import licences on 30 September 2002 for sheepmeat and goatmeat products
pursuant to GATT-WTO non-country specific tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 of
26 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 as regards the import and
export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 272/2001 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 16(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laid down,
in Title II B,
detailed rules, in respect of imports of products falling
within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90
and 0204 pursuant to GATT/WTO non-country specific
tariff quotas; provision should be made, pursuant to
Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, for deter-
mining the extent
to which import licences may be
issued in connection with applications lodged in respect
of the fourth quarter of 2002.

In cases where the quantities in respect of which licence
applications have been lodged exceed the quantities
which may be imported pursuant to Article 15 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1439/95, such quantities should be
reduced by a single percentage figure in accordance with
Article 16(4)(b) of that Regulation.

(3)

All the licence applications may be granted in cases
where the quantities in respect of which licence applica-

tions have been lodged do not exceed the quantities
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1439/95.

Applications have been entered in France for products
originating in South Africa and Namibia and in the
United Kingdom for products originating in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

France shall, on 30 September 2002, issue the import licences
provided for in Title II B of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 and
applied for from 1 to 10 September 2002. For products falling
within CN code 0204 the quantities applied for originating in
South Africa and Namibia shall be granted in full.

Article 2

The United Kingdom shall, on 30 September 2002, issue the
import licences provided for in Title II B of Regulation (EC) No
1439/95 which had been applied for between 1 and 10
September 2002. For products falling within CN code 0204
originating in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
the quantities
applied for shall be granted in full.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2002.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 3.