CELEX: 31999R0179
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 179/1999 of 26 January 1999 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1999 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

L 20/32              EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 179/1999
                                                       of 26 January 1999
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1999 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,                          ucts 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 1432/
94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the                                        Article 1
application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrange-             1. Applications for import licences for the period 1
ments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/                January to 31 March 1999 submitted pursuant to Regula-
94 opening and providing for the administration of                   tion (EC) No 1432/94 shall be met as referred to in
certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain              Annex I.
other agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2068/96 (2), and in particular Article 4(4)             2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30
thereof,                                                             June 1999 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regu-
                                                                     lation (EC) No 1432/94 for import licences for a total
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for              quantity as referred to in Annex II.
the first quarter of 1999 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
                                                                     Community.
Whereas the quantity available for the following period
should be determined;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas it is appropriate to draw the attention of oper-             This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January
ators to the fact that licences may only be used for prod-           1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 26 January 1999.
                                                                               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 1999
                  1                               100,00
                                 ANNEX II
                                                                   (tonnes)
                                         Total quantity available
               Group No                      for the period
                                         1 April to 30 June 1999
                  1                               2 899