CELEX: 31998R0186
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-23
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 186/98 of 23 January 1998 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1998 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

24. 1. 98          ¬ EN ¬              Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 19/63
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 186/98
                                                    of 23 January 1998
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1998 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
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1432/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules            1. Applications for import licences for the period
for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import          1 January to 31 March 1998 submitted pursuant to Regu-
arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC)             lation (EC) No 1432/94 shall be met as referred to in
No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration           Annex I.
of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and
certain other agricultural products (1), as last amended by      2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to
Regulation (EC) No 2068/96 (2), and in particular                30 June 1998 applications may be lodged pursuant to
Article 4(4) thereof,                                            Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 for import licences for a
                                                                 total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for
the first quarter of 1998 are for quantities less than the       3. Licences may only be used for products which
quantities available and can therefore be met in full;           comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the
Whereas the quantity available for the following period          Community.
should be determined;
Whereas it is appropriate to draw the attention of opera-                                 Article 2
tors to the fact that licences may only be used for
products which comply with all veterinary rules currently        This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January
in force in the Community,                                       1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 23 January 1998.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 156, 23. 6. 1994, p. 14.
(2) OJ L 277, 30. 10. 1996, p. 12.
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                                  ANNEX I
                                       Percentage of acceptance
                                     of import licences submitted
                Group No
                                            for the period
                                     1 January to 31 March 1998
                    1                           100,00
                                  ANNEX II
                                                                  (tonnes)
                                        Total quantity available
                Group No                    for the period
                                       1 April to 30 June 1998
                    1                            2 040