Commission Regulation (EC) No 1853/2002 of 17 October 2002 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 1117/2002 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the fourth quarter of 2002 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: 2002-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, CCT duties, free-trade agreement, pigmeat, tariff reduction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1853/2002

of 17 October 2002

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
1117/2002 establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the fourth quarter of
2002 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 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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 (2), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1539/2002 (3),
lays
down rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of
the arrangements provided for in these Agreements. The
latter amendment omitted in error a new group of
products as provided for in Annex C(b) to Regulation
(EC) No 1151/2002. Annex I, Part C to Regulation (EC)
No 2305/95 should therefore be amended.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1117/2002 (4) deter-
mines the quantities, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
2305/95, available for the period 1 October to 31
December 2002. It should be amended in line with the

new group of products and related quantities as set out
in Annex II to this Regulation.

(3)

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

Article 2

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1117/2002 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.

Article 1 shall apply from 1 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 233, 30.8.2002, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 168, 27.6.2002, p. 38.

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ANNEX I

‘C. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ESTONIA

Reduction of 100 % in Common Customs Tariff duty

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,

including mixtures, excluding CN code 1602 49 90

(tonnes)

1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Annual increase as
from 1.7.2003

2 000

960

375

180

E1

09.4853

0210 19
Meat of swine, dried or smoked, other

100

30

(1) Excluding tenderloin presented alone.
(2) Excluding CN codes 0203 11 90, 0203 12 90, 0203 19 90, 0203 21 90, 0203 22 90, 0203 29 90.’

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX

Group

Total quantity available for the period 1 October
to 31 December 2002

(tonnes)

18

L1

19

20

21

22

E1

900,0

180,0

750,0

90,0

1 000,0

480,0

50,0’