Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/2004 of 26 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2242/2003 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain poultrymeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 to 30 April 2004
Date: 2004-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, meat product, poultrymeat

27.2.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 335/2004

of 26 February 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2242/2003 as regards the available quantity for which import licence
applications for certain poultrymeat products may be lodged for the period from 1 to 30 April
2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29
March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of
certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for
pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and
other residues (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94 of
22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in
the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided
for
in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and
providing for the administration of certain Community tariff
quotas
agricultural
certain other
and
products (3), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

for poultrymeat

Whereas:

(1)

In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May
2004, the distribution of the quantities provided for by
the quotas in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/94
has been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
329/2004 (4) for the period from 1 April to 30 June
2004.

Since the period from 1 April to 30 June 2004 has been
divided into two parts, it is necessary to amend Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2242/2003 of 19 December
2003 determining the extent
to which applications
lodged in December 2003 for import licences for certain
poultrymeat products under the regime provided for in
Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and
providing for the administration of certain Community
tariff quotas for poultrymeat and certain other agri-
cultural products can be accepted (5), and to distribute
the available quantities in the same proportions as those
defined in Regulation (EC) No 329/2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2242/2003 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Applications for import licences for the period from
1 to 30 April 2004 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 1431/94 for the total quantity referred to in the
Annex to this Regulation.’

(b) The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 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

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

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 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 2198/1995 (OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(4) See page 5 of this Official Journal.

(5) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Group

Acceptance percentage of applications for import
licences lodged for the period from 1 January to 31
March 2004

Total quantity available for the period from 1 to 30
April 2004
(tonnes)

1

2

3

4

5

1,55

1,55

1,58

1,79

2,19

568,00

408,00

264,00

144,00

56,00’