CELEX: 31999R0868
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 868/1999 of 26 April 1999 determining the extent to which applications lodged in April 1999 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia can be accepted

L 108/30             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 4. 1999
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 868/1999
                                                     of 26 April 1999
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in April 1999 for import
                 licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the
                     Agreement concluded by the Community with Slovenia 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 571/              1.   Applications for import licences for the period 1
97 of 26 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the           April to 30 June 1999 submitted pursuant to Regulation
application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements            (EC) No 571/97 shall be met as referred to in Annex I.
provided for in the Interim Agreement between the
Community and Slovenia (1), and in particular Article 4(4)       2.   During the first 10 days of the period 1 July to 30
thereof,                                                         September 1999 applications may be lodged pursuant to
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for          Regulation (EC) No 571/97 for import licences for a total
the second quarter of 1999 are for quantities less than the      quantity as referred to in Annex II.
quantities available and can therefore be met in full;
                                                                 3.   Licences may only be used for products which
Whereas the surplus to be added to the quantity available        comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the
for the following period should be determined;                   Community.
Whereas it is appropriate to draw the attention of oper-
ators to the fact that licences may only be used for prod-                               Article 2
ucts which comply with all veterinary rules currently in
force in the Community,                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 26 April 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 56.
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                                  ANNEX I
                                        Percentage of acceptance
                                      of import licences submitted
               Group No
                                              for the period
                                         1 April to 30 June 1999
                  23                              100,00
                  24                              100,00
                                 ANNEX II
                                                                   (tonnes)
                                         Total quantity available
               Group No                       for the period
                                      1 July to 30 September 1999
                  23                               36,7
                  24                               85,6