Commission Regulation (EC) No 1764/2003 of 7 October 2003 on the issue of import licences for sheepmeat and goatmeat products under GATT-WTO non-country-specific tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2003
Date: 2003-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, South Africa, goatmeat, import licence, originating product, sheepmeat, tariff quota

L 254/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1764/2003
of 7 October 2003
on the issue of import licences for sheepmeat and goatmeat products under GATT-WTO non-
country-specific tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19
December 2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 of
26 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 as regards the import and
export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 272/2001 (3), and in parti-
cular Article 16(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Title II B of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 contains
detailed rules for the import and export of products in
the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector with respect to the
use of non-country-specific tariff quotas. Pursuant
to
Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, it is neces-
sary to decide the extent to which import licences may
be issued for applications lodged for the fourth quarter
of 2003.

Pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95,
the maximum quantity available for the fourth quarter
of 2003 is the remaining balance of the total quota for
the current year. Accordingly, the remaining quantity
available for the fourth quarter of 2003 is limited to
36,868 tonnes for quota No 09.4037 (countries in
group 5) in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2366/2002 of 27 December 2002 opening Commu-
nity tariff quotas for 2003 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat
and goatmeat (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
915/2003 (5). If the quantities covered by licence appli-
cations exceed the tariff quota of 36,868 tonnes they
will be reduced proportionately.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Applications for a quantity of 50 tonnes were accepted
in the Netherlands between 1 and 10 September 2003
for the importation of products originating in South
Africa (group 5 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
2366/2002). No applications have been made for
imports of products originating in countries listed in the
other country groups in the Annex to Regulation (EC)
No 2366/2002.

In view of the quantities available for the fourth quarter,
the acceptance percentage should be 73,736 % for group
5.

The licences may be used only for products which
comply with the veterinary rules in force in the Com-
munity,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From a total of 36,868 tonnes available for the whole of the
Community, the Netherlands may hereby issue import licences
as provided for in Title II B of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 for
a quantity of 36,868 tonnes in carcase weight equivalent of
products originating in South Africa applied for under quota
No 09.4037 (group 5), referred to in the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 2366/2002, where the applications have been lodged
between 1 and 10 September 2003 for the fourth quarter of
2003.

The net weight authorised must be calculated in accordance
with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2366/2002.

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 26 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 2003.

For the Commission
J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 73.
(5) OJ L 130, 27.5.2003, p. 5.