Commission Regulation (EC) No 331/2004 of 26 February 2004 derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector
Date: 2004-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: poultrymeat, tariff quota

27.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 331/2004

of 26 February 2004

derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1251/96 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
poultrymeat (1), and in particular Articles 3(2), 8(12) and 15
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (2), and in particular Article 1
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004 should
enable those countries to qualify for the tariff quotas for
poultrymeat provided for by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1251/96 (3) under fair conditions compared
with those applicable to the existing Member States.
Economic operators in those countries must be given
the possibility therefore of participating fully in those
quotas upon accession.

In order not to create disturbance on the market before
and after 1 May 2004, the timetable for the tranches
provided for in 2004 must be altered and the allocation
of quantities adjusted without however altering the
overall quantities provided for in the international agree-
ments concluded in accordance with GATT Articles

XXIII and XXIV.6. The implementing procedures should
also be amended as regards the deadline for submitting
applications.

(3)

(4)

It is therefore necessary, for 2004, to provide for amend-
ments and adjustments to the measures laid down in
Articles 2 and 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1251/96.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In derogation from Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1251/
1.
96, for the period from 1 April to 30 June 2004, the quotas
shall be distributed as follows:

(a) 8 % during the period from 1 to 30 April 2004;

(b) 17 % during the period from 1 May to 30 June 2004.

2.
In derogation from Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1251/96, for the period from 1 May to 30 June 2004, licence
applications shall be submitted during the first seven days of
May.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

It shall apply from 1 April to 30 June 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 February 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 136. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1043/2001 (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 24).