CELEX: 31997R0137
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 137/97 of 24 January 1997 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1997 for import licences for certain egg sector products and poultrymeat pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 can be accepted

No L 24/ 16          EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25 . 1 . 97
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 137/97
                                                     of 24 January 1997
                  determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1997 for import
                  licences for certain egg sector products and poultrymeat pursuant to Regulations
                               (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251 /96 can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                                             Article 1
 1474/95 (') opening and providing for the administration
of the tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin,
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1219/96 (2), and in        1 . Applications for import licences for the period 1
                                                                 January to 31 March 1997 submitted pursuant to Regula­
particular Article 5 (5) thereof,
                                                                 tions (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251 /97 shall be met
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   as referred to in Annex I.
 1251 /96 of 28 June 1996 opening and providing for the
administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector
and albumin (3), and in particular Article 5 (5) 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          lations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251 /96 for import
the first quarter of 1997 are, in the case of all products,      licences for a total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
for quantities less than or equal to the quantities available
and can therefore be met in full , but in the case of other
products the said applications are for quantities greater
than the quantities available and must therefore be                                        Article 2
reduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution;
Whereas the surplus to be added to the quantity available        This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 January
for the following period should be determined,                   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 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 19.
I2) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 55.
0 OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 136.
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                                 ANNEX I
                                      Percentage of acceptance
                                    of import licences submitted
               Group No
                                           for the period
                                    1 January to 30 March 1997
                  El                           100,00
                  E2                            46,93
                  E3                           100,00
                  PI                           100,00
                  P2                              5,78
                  P3                              5,10
                  P4                             12,20
                                 ANNEX II
                                                                    (tonnes)
                  Group number                 Available quantities
                        El                          82 620,75
                        E2                           1 571,00
                        E3                           5 600,62
                        PI                             310,00
                        P2                             200,00
                        P3                               59,00
                        P4                               50,00