CELEX: 31997R0131
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 131/97 of 24 January 1997 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1997 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted

25. 1 . 97           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 24/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 131 /97
                                                       of 24 January 1997
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1997 for import
                 licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the
                 Agreements concluded by the Community with Bulgaria and Romania can be
                                                            accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        products which comply with all veterinary rules currently
                                                                   in force in the Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                                             Article 1
1590/94 of 30 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for
the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements           1 . Applications for import licences for the period 1
provided for in the Interim Agreement between the                  January to 31 March 1997 submitted pursuant to Regula­
Community and Bulgaria and Romania ('), as last                    tion (EC) No 1590/94 shall be met as referred to in
                                                                   Annex I.
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2502/96 (2), and in parti­
cular Article 4 (4) thereof,                                       2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30
                                                                   June 1997 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regu­
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for            lation (EC) No 1590/94 for import licences for a total
the first quarter of 1997 are for quantities less than the         quantity as referred to in Annex II of this Regulation .
quantities available and can therefore be met in full;             3 . Licences may only be used for products which
                                                                   comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the
Whereas the surplus to be added to the quantity available          Community.
for the following period should be determined;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas it is appropriate to draw the attention of opera­          This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 January
tors to the fact that licences may only be used for                 1997 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 24 January 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 167, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 16.
  2 OJ No L 338 , 28 . 12. 1996, p. 71 .
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                                  ANNEX I
                                       Percentage of acceptance
                                     of import licences submitted
                Group No
                                             for the period
                                     1 January to 31 March 1997
                   14                            100,00
                   15                            100,00
                   16                            100,00
                   17                            100,00
                                  ANNEX II
                                                                  (tonnes)
                                        Total quantity available
                Group No                     for the period
                                       1 April to 30 June 1997
                    14                            115,00
                    15                            510,00
                    16                            993,87
                    17                          7 235,00