Commission Regulation (EC) No 834/2003 of 14 May 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe Agreements with central and eastern European countries 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
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, agreement (EU), egg, poultrymeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 834/2003

of 14 May 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat
and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe Agreements with central and eastern
European countries 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/18/EC of 19
December 2002 concerning the conclusion of a Protocol
adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other
part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between
the Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (2), and in
particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/263/EC of 27 March
2003 concerning the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the
trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an associa-
tion between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other
part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between
the Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (3), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 repealed Regulation (EC)
No 1727/2000.

Decision 2003/18/EC repealed Regulation (EC) No
2435/2000.

Decision 2003/263/EC provides for the direct manage-
ment on entry into the territory of the Community of
quotas of certain products in the poultrymeat and egg
sectors originating in Poland at a reduced rate of
customs duty, and repeals Regulation (EC) No 2851/
2000.

Following the repeal of Regulations (EC) Nos 1727/
2000, 2435/2000 and 2851/2000,
the references to
these acts in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/
97 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/
2002 (5), should be deleted.

(1) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.
(4) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 67.
(5) OJ L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 10.

Repayment of import duties on products of group 17
listed in Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1899/
97 imported under licences used from 1 April 2003 is
carried out in accordance with Articles 878 to 898 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (6), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/2002 (7).

the potential

trade problems

that might
To limit
temporarily arise from the parallel existence of
two
different management procedures for some tariff quotas
in the egg sector, i.e. management via the quarterly issue
of import licences and management according to the
‘first come first served’ principle in line with Articles
308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93,
import licence holders should be given the possibility of
cancellation with release of the security.

Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Given that the Protocol approved by Decision 2003/
263/EC entered into force on 1 April 2003, provision
should be made for this Regulation to apply from the
same date.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 is amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 of 29 September
1997 laying down rules for the application in the poultry-
meat and egg sectors of the arrangements provided for by
Council Regulations (EC) Nos 2290/2000, 2433/2000 and
2434/2000’.

(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

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2. In Article 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘1.
All imports into the Community under the arrange-
ments provided for in Council Regulations (EC) Nos 2290/
2000 (*), 2433/2000 (**) and 2434/2000 (***) of products
covered by Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
presentation of an import licence.

applied for those licences between 1 and 7 December 2002 or
between 1 and 7 March 2003 may request, before 15 May
2003, their cancellation with release of the security.

2. Member States shall notify to the Commission before 20
May 2003 the volume of cancelled licences.

(*) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(***) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.’

3. Part B of Annex I is deleted.

Article 2

Holders of import licences issued under Regulation (EC)
1.
No 1899/97 for group 17 listed in Part B of Annex I thereto in
this Regulation who
its version before entry into force of

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission