Commission Regulation (EC) No 1711/2006 of 20 November 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 462/2003 and (EC) No 1556/2006 as regards the lodging of import licence applications in the pigmeat sector for the first quarter of 2007
Date: 2006-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, import licence, pigmeat, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1711/2006

of 20 November 2006

amending Regulations (EC) No 462/2003 and (EC) No 1556/2006 as regards the lodging of import
licence applications in the pigmeat sector for the first quarter of 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

These Regulations lay down that applications for import
licences may be lodged only in the course of the first
seven days of the month preceding each specific quota
period. In view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
to the European Union as from 1 January 2007, a
different period should be laid down for the lodging of
applications for licences for the first quarter of 2007.

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 Article 8(2) thereof,

(4)

Regulations (EC) No 462/2003 and (EC) No 1556/2006
should therefore be amended accordingly.

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,

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10
December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural
products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
(ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (3), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,

Article 1

The following subparagraph is added to Article 5(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 462/2003:

Whereas:

‘However, for the period from 1 January to 31 March 2007,
licence applications shall be lodged during the first fifteen
days of January 2007.’

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 462/2003 (4) lays down
detailed rules for the application of the arrangements
applicable to imports of certain pigmeat products origi-
nating in the ACP States.

Article 2

The following subparagraph is added to Article 4(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1556/2006:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1556/2006 (5)
lays
down detailed rules for the application of Regulation
(EEC) No 774/94 concerning the import arrangements
for pigmeat.

‘However, for the period from 1 January to 31 March 2007,
licence applications shall be lodged during the first fifteen
days of January 2007.’

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

(EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation amended by Commission Regu-

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

(3) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 70, 14.3.2003, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 288, 19.10.2006, p. 7.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission