Commission Regulation (EC) No 333/2004 of 26 February 2004 derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as regards the administration of tariff quotas for pigmeat from Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 2004-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, import licence, originating product, pigmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 333/2004

of 26 February 2004

derogating, for 2004, from Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as regards the administration of tariff
quotas for pigmeat from Bulgaria and Romania

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,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/286/EC of 8 April
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,
of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part,
to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the
Parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (2), and in par-
ticular Article 3(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/18/EC of 19
December 2002 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the
trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an associa-
tion between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take
account of the outcome of negotiations between the Parties on
new mutual agricultural concessions (3), and in particular
Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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 under the arrangements established
by Decisions 2003/18/EC and 2003/286/EC 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.

Slovakia, Romania,

of application in the pigmeat sector for the arrange-
ments under the Europe Agreements with Bulgaria, the
and
Czech Republic,
Hungary (4) must be altered and the allocation of quanti-
ties adjusted without however altering the overall quanti-
ties provided for in Decisions 2003/286/EC and 2003/
18/EC. The deadline for submitting applications should
also be amended.

Poland

(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 1898/97.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In derogation from Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1898/
1.
97, for the period 1 April to 30 June 2004, the quantities laid
down in Parts E and F of Annex I to that Regulation shall be
distributed as follows:

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

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

2.
In derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1898/97, for the period 1 May to 30 June 2004, licence appli-
cations for the products referred to in Parts E and F of Annex I
to that Regulation shall be submitted during the first seven
days of May.

Article 2

(2)

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 1898/97 of 29 September 1997 laying down rules

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

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

(2) OJ L 102, 24.4.2003, p. 60.
(3) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.

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.

(4) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1467/2003 (OJ L 210, 20.8.2003, p. 11).

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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