Commission Regulation (EC) No 367/2004 of 27 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain pigmeat products may be lodged for the period 1 to 30 April 2004
Date: 2004-02-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, pigmeat, quantitative restriction

28.2.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 367/2004

of 27 February 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 as regards the available quantity for which import licence
applications for certain pigmeat products may be lodged for the period 1 to 30 April 2004

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of the Council
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of
the
market in pigmeat (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 1432/94 of
22 June 1994 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 (3), and in par-
ticular Article 4(4) 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 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 by Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 has been
altered and the allocation of quantities adjusted for 2004
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 232/2004 of 26
February 2004 (4).
It is therefore necessary to amend
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 of 22
December 2003 determining the extent to which appli-
cations lodged in December 2003 for import licences
for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime
provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94
opening and providing for the administration of certain
Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other
agricultural products can be accepted (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

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

‘2.
Applications for import licences for the period 1 to
30 April 2004 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 1432/94 for the total quantity referred to in Annex II.’;

(b) Annex II is replaced by the text contained in the Annex to

this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2004.

For the Commission
J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(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 amended by 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).

(4) OJ L 60, 27.2.2004, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 336, 21.12.2003, p. 14.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Group

1

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

2 286’