Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2003 of 19 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as regards the rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the arrangements under the Europe Agreement with Poland
Date: 2003-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, originating product, pigmeat, tariff preference, trade agreement (EU)

20.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 210/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1467/2003

of 19 August 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as regards the rules of application in the pigmeat sector for
the arrangements under the Europe Agreement with Poland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 asso-
ciation 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 (1), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) When Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of 29
September 1997 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 (2)
was last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1160/2003 (3),
the
the combined nomenclature codes of some of
products in Annex A(b) to the Protocol annexed to Deci-
sion 2003/263/EC were omitted by mistake. As a result,
Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 should
be amended.

(2)

(3)

information on the

The
agreement with Poland
published in the Official Journal of the European Union (4)
states that the Protocol annexed to Decision 2003/263/
EC entered into force on 1 April 2003. The amendment
provided for in this Regulation should also apply from
that date.

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

Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 is hereby
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 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(3) OJ L 162, 1.7.2003, p. 35.

(4) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 72.

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.8.2003

ANNEX

‘B. PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN POLAND

Order No

Group
No

CN code

Description (1)

09.4806

7

ex 1601 00

ex 1602

1602 41 10

1602 42 10

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

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

— Domestic swine, hams and cuts thereof

— Domestic
thereof

swine,

shoulders

and

cuts

09.4820

09.4809

8

9

ex 1602 49

— Domestic swine, other, including mixtures

excl. CN code 1602 49 90

0103 92 19

Live swine, domestic species

ex 0203

Meat of domestic swine,
frozen

fresh, chilled or

ex 0210

Meat of swine:

0210 11

— Ham, shoulders and cuts thereof, with

bone in

0210 12

0210 19

— Bellies and cuts thereof

— Other

Applicable
duty

Annual
quantity
from
1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004
(tonnes)

Annual
increase
(tonnes)

Special
provisions

free

20 800

1 600

(2)

free

free

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.’