CELEX: 31997R0129
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 129/97 of 24 January 1997 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1997 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

25. 1 . 97         I EN I             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 24/3
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 129/97
                                                      of 24 January 1997
                  determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1997 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 1997 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 ('), 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 Article 4       30 June 1997 applications may be lodged pursuant to
(4) thereof,                                                      Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 for import licences for a
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for           total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
the first quarter of 1997 are for quantities greater than the
quantities available and must therefore be reduced by a           3 . Licences may only be used for products which
fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution;                   comply with all veterinary rules currently in force in the
                                                                  Community.
Whereas the quantity available for the following period
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 25 January
in force in the Community,                                        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 156, 23. 6. 1994, p. 14.
 2 OJ No 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 1997
                    1                            97,00
                                  ANNEX II
             I                                                    (tonnes)
                                        Total quantity available
                Group No                     for the period
                                       1 April to 30 June 1997
                    1                             1 750