Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2004 of 26 February 2004 derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat 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 for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products
Date: 2004-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, import policy, pigmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 332/2004

of 26 February 2004

derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat 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 for
pigmeat and certain other agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), and in particular Articles 8(2) and 11(1) and the
second paragraph of Article 22 thereof,

(3)

(4)

It is therefore necessary, for 2004, to provide for amend-
ments and adjustments to the measures laid down in
Articles 2 and 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/94.

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

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), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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
pigmeat provided for by Regulation (EC) No 774/94
under fair conditions compared with those applicable to
the existing Member States. Economic operators in those
countries must be given the possibility therefore of parti-
cipating 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 by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1432/94 (3) must be altered and the allocation of
quantities adjusted without however altering the overall
quantities provided for by Regulation (EC) No 774/94.
The deadline for submitting applications should also be
amended.

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

lation (EC) No 1365/2000 (OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1006/2001 (OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13).

1.
In derogation from Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1432/
94, 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 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1432/94, for the period from 1 May to 30 June 2004, licence
applications shall be submitted during the first seven days of
May.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 April to 30 June 2004.

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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