Commission Regulation (EC) No 1935/2003 of 31 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 571/97 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part
Date: 2003-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovenia, interim agreement (EU), pigmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1935/2003

of 31 October 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 571/97 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat
sector of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European
Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Commu-
nity, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/452/EC of 26 May
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,
acting within the framework of the European Union, of the
one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, 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 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Decision 2003/452/EC provides for fresh concessions,
applicable from the date of entry into force of
the
Protocol, for imported pigmeat products originating in
Slovenia. As of the same date it will repeal Council
Regulation (EC) No 2475/2000 of 7 November 2000
establishing certain concessions in the form of Commu-
nity 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 Slovenia (2).

(2)

(3)

The Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/
97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1006/
2001 (4), should be amended accordingly.

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 571/97 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 Union.

It shall apply from 1 November 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 152, 20.6.2003, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 286, 11.11.2000, p. 15.

(3) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 56.
(4) OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Reductions in the Common Customs Tariff duty

Order No

Group

CN code

Description (1)

09.4113

09.4089

23

24

0210 11 31

ex 1601 00 91
ex 1601 00 99

09.4114

25

0210 19 81

09.4120

26

ex 1601 00

09.4121

SL

0210 12 19

Domestic
cuts
thereof, with bone in, dried or smoked

swine

hams

and

and similar products, of
Sausages
meat, offal or blood; other than of
poultry

Dried or smoked boneless domestic
swine meat

Sausages
meat, offal or blood; of poultry

and similar products, of

Applicable
duty
(% of MFN)

Annual
quantity
(tonnes)

Free

Free

Free

Free

350

400

200

1 000

Domestic
thereof, dried or smoked

swine

bellies

and

cuts

Free

200

(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, 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 preferential scheme is to be determined by application to the
CN code and corresponding description taken together.’