Commission Regulation (EC) No 1877/2002 of 21 October 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 laying down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the arrangements provided for in 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
Date: 2002-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, customs duties, originating product, pigmeat, tariff reduction

22.10.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1877/2002

of 21 October 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 laying down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for
the arrangements provided for in 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29
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 Hungary (1), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 (2), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/2001 (3),
lays
down rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the
arrangements in the Europe Agreements. It should be
amended in accordance with the provisions on pigmeat
in Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 which
products
replaces Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 (4) and
adds new products
to the ones covered by that
Regulation.

(2)

In line with Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002, this Regula-
tion should apply from 1 July 2002.

(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

Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 is amended as follows:

1. the title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of 29 September
1997 laying down rules for the application in the pigmeat
the arrangements provided for in the Europe
sector of
Agreements with Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Romania, Poland and Hungary’.

2. Annex I.A 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, 21 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(3) OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

A. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN HUNGARY

Order No

Group No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable
duty

Annual
quantity from
1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
as from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

free

free

10 500

1 080

875

90

(2)

(2)

Sausages, dry or other

Other preparations, preserved meat of
domestic swine

09.4705

09.4706

09.4704

09.4708

1

2

3

4

1601 00 91
1601 00 99

1602 41 10
1602 42 10
1602 49 11
1602 49 13
1602 49 15
1602 49 19
1602 49 30
1602 49 50

0210 11 11
0210 12 11
0210 19 40
0210 19 51

Meat of domestic swine, salted or in
brine

free

1 200

100

(2)

09.4727

H1

1501 00 19

Pig fat (including lard), other

ex 0203

Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled
or frozen

free

free

48 000

4 000

(2) (3)

2 880

290

(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, applicability of 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 applicability of the preferential scheme is to be determined on the basis of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(2) This concession is only applicable to products not benefiting from export refunds.
(3) Excluding tenderloin presented alone.’