Commission Regulation (EC) No 527/2004 of 22 March 2004 determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2004 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted
Date: 2004-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, agreement (EU), import licence, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 527/2004

of 22 March 2004

determining the extent to which applications lodged in March 2004 for import licences for certain
pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community
with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and
Romania can be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of
29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for by
the Agreements concluded by the Community with Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, the Republic of Poland
and the Republic of Hungary (1), and in particular Article 4(5)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The applications for import
licences lodged for the
period 1 to 30 April 2004 are for quantities less than or
equal to the quantities available and can therefore be
met in full.

The surplus to be added to the quantity available for the
following period should be determined.

It is appropriate to draw the attention of operators to
the fact that licences may only be used for products
which comply with all veterinary rules currently in force
in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import licences for the period 1 to 30
1.
April 2004 submitted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97
shall be met as referred to in Annex I.

2.
For the period 1 May to 30 June 2004, applications may
be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 for import
licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.

Licences may only be used for products which comply

3.
with all veterinary rules currently in force in the Community.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2004.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 58. Regualtion as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 333/2004 (OJ L 60, 27.2.2004, p. 12).

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Group No

ANNEX I

Percentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 to 30 April 2004

1

2

3

4

H1

7

8

9

T1

T2

T3

S1

S2

B1

15

16

17

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

100,0

ANNEX II

(t)

Group No

Total quantity available for the period
1 May to 30 June 2004

B1

15

16

17

3 000,0

1 100,0

2 125,0

15 625,0