Commission Regulation (EC) No 368/2004 of 27 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2262/2003 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 368/2004

of 27 February 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2262/2003 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
the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of
market in pigmeat (1),

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003
of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector (3), and in particular
Article 5(6) 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 1458/2003
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 has been altered and the allocation
of quantities adjusted by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 334/2004 of 26 February 2004 (4). It is therefore
necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No
2262/2003 of 22 December 2003 determining the
extent to which applications lodged in December 2003
for import licences under the regime provided for by
tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector
for the period 1 January to 31 March 2004 can be
accepted (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2262/2003 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 1458/2003 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 last amended by Regulation

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

(2) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 208, 19.8.2003, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 60, 27.2.2004, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 336, 21.12.2003, p. 16.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

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

24 751,7

2 728

2 347

5 063

12 450

4 564’

Group

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

G7