Commission Regulation (EC) No 1160/2003 of 30 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 laying down rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Europe Agreements with Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Hungary
Date: 2003-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, import licence, pigmeat, trade agreement (EU)

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1160/2003

of 30 June 2003

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/286/EC of 8 April
2003 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade
aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part,
to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the
Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (1), and in parti-
cular Article 3(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/298/EC of 14 April
2003 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade
aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to
the outcome of negotiations between the
take account of
parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (2), and in parti-
cular Article 3(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/299/EC of 14 April
2003 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade
aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an Association
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to
take account of
the outcome of negotiations between the
parties on new mutual agricultural concession (3), and in parti-
cular Article 3(2) 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 (4), and in
particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/263/EC of 27 March
2003 on the signature and conclusion of a Protocol adjusting
the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an

(1) OJ L 102, 24.4.2003, p. 60.
(2) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 36.
(4) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.

Association 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 (5),
and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/285/EC of 18 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 Hungary, of the
other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations
between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (6),
and in particular the second paragraph of Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Decisions 2003/286/EC, 2003/298/EC, 2003/299/EC,
2003/18/EC, 2003/263/EC and 2003/285/EC repeal,
respectively, Regulations (EC) No 2290/2000 (7), (EC) No
2433/2000 (8), (EC) No 2434/2000 (9), (EC) No 2435/
2000 (10), (EC) No 2851/2000 (11) and (EC) No 1408/
2002 (12), the latter having previously repealed Regula-
tion (EC) No 1727/2000 (13).

Following the repeal of Regulations (EC) Nos 2292/
2000, 2433/2000, 2434/2000, 2435/2000, 2851/2000
and 1727/2000, the references made to those acts in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 (14), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1877/2002 (15), should
be deleted.

For annual periods commencing on 1 July, Regulation
(EC) No 1898/97 should also be adjusted in accordance
with the provisions on pigmeat products laid down in
Decisions 2003/286/EC, 2003/298/EC, 2003/299/EC,
2003/18/EC, 2003/263/EC and 2003/285/EC.

Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 should consequently be
amended.

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

(5) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.
(6) OJ L 102, 24.4.2003, p. 32.
(7) OJ L 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9.
(10) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 17.
(11) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 7.
(12) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(13) OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6.
(14) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(15) OJ L 284, 22.10.2002, p. 9.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. The first paragraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘All imports into the Community under the arrangements
laid down in Decisions 2003/286/EC, 2003/298/EC, 2003/
299/EC, 2003/18/EC, 2003/263/EC and 2003/285/EC of
products covered by group Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, H1, 7, 8, 9, T1,

T2, T3, S1, S2, B1, 15, 16 and 17 provided for in Annex I
hereto shall be subject to the presentation of an import
licence.’

2. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 is replaced by the

Annex hereto.

Article 2

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 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Imports into the Community of the following products shall be subject to the concessions set out below:

A. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN HUNGARY

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

09.4705

09.4706

1

2

09.4704

3

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

Sausages, dry or other

Free

11 375

875

Other
domestic swine

preparations,

preserved meat

of

Free

1 170

90

(2)

(2)

Meat of domestic swine, salted or in brine

Free

1 300

100

(2)

09.4708

4

ex 0203

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen

fresh, chilled or

Free

52 000

4 000

(2) (3)

09.4727

H1

1501 00 19

Pig fat (including lard), other

Free

3 170

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.

B. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN POLAND

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

09.4806

7

1601 00

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat
offal or blood; food preparations based on
these products but
excluding CN code
1601 00 10

ex 1602

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal
or blood, of swine:

1602 41

— hams and cuts thereof

1602 42

— shoulders and cuts thereof

1602 49

— other,

including mixtures excluding CN

code 1602 49 90

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

Free

20 800

1 600

(2)

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Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

09.4820

09.4809

8

9

0103 92 19

Live swine, domestic species

ex 0203

ex 0210

0210 11

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen
Meat of swine:
— Ham, shoulders and cuts thereof, with

fresh, chilled or

bone in

0210 12
0210 19

— bellies and cuts thereof
— other

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Free

Free

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

1 750

39 000

3 000

(2)

(2) (3)

(2)

(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.

C. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

09.4625

T1

0103 91 10
0103 92 19

09.4626

T2

ex 0203

09.4629

T3

0210 11 to
0210 19

1601 00
1602 41 to
1602 49

Live swine, domestic species

20

1 500

0

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen
Meat of swine, salted,
smoked

in brine, dried or

fresh, chilled or

Free

14 500

1 500

(2) (3)

Sausages and similar products
Prepared or preserved meat of swine

Free

4 370

690

(2)

(2)

(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.

D. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN SLOVAKIA

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

09.4632

S1

ex 0203

09.4634

S2

0210 11 to
0210 19

1601 00
1602 41 to
1602 49

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen
Meat of swine, salted,
smoked

in brine, dried or

fresh, chilled or

Free

3 000

300

Sausages and similar products
Prepared or preserved meat of swine

Free

350

50

(2) (3)

(2)

(2)

(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.

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E. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN BULGARIA

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

09.4671

B1

ex 0203

0210 11
0210 12
0210 19
1601 00
1602 41
1602 42
1602 49

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen
Meat of swine, salted,
smoked

in brine, dried or

fresh, chilled or

Free

3 000

500

(2) (3)

Sausages and similar products
Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood of swine

(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.

F. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

Sausages, other than of liver

Preserved meat of domestic swine

09.4751

09.4752

15

16

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

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

20

20

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

1 125

2 125

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

0

0

09.4756

17

ex 0203

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen

fresh, chilled or

20

15 625

0

(2)

(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.’