Commission Regulation (EC) No 2259/2003 of 22 December 2003 determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2003 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, import licence, meat product, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2259/2003

of 22 December 2003

determining the extent to which applications lodged in December 2003 for import licences for
certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the
Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of
29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for by
the Agreements concluded by the Community with Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland
and the Republic of Hungary (1), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1467/2003 (2), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for import licences lodged for the first
quarter of 2004 are for quantities less than or equal to
the quantities available and can therefore be met in full.

The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the
following period should be determined.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to
the fact that licences may only be used for products
which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force
in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences for the period 1 January
1.
to 31 March 2004 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1898/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2.
For the period 1 April to 30 June 2004, applications may
be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 for import
licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.

Licences may only be used for products which comply

3.
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 210, 20.8.2003, p. 11.

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Group No

ANNEX I

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 January to 31 March 2004

1

2

3

4

H1

7

8

9

T1

T2

T3

S1

S2

B1

15

16

17

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

ANNEX II

(t)

Group No

Total quantity available for the period
1 April to 30 June 2004

1

2

3

4

H1

7

8

9

T1

T2

T3

S1

S2

B1

15

16

17

7 460,1

542,8

1 200,0

23 331,9

3 170,0

15 434,1

1 750,0

27 235,5

1 480,0

14 392,0

4 370,0

3 000,0

280,0

3 000,0

1 110,0

2 125,0

15 625,0