CELEX: 31999R0178
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 178/1999 of 26 January 1999 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1999 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania can be accepted

L 20/30              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 1. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 178/1999
                                                   of 26 January 1999
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1999 for import
                 licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the
                 Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the
                 Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania 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 1898/             1. Applications for import licences for the period 1
97 of 29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules for           January to 31 March 1999 submitted pursuant to Regula-
the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements        tion (EC) No 1899/97 shall be met as referred to in
provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 and           Annex I.
repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 and (EC) No
1590/94 (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 618/98 (2),        2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30
and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,                          June 1999 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regu-
                                                                 lation (EC) No 1898/97 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
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;
Whereas, it is appropriate to draw the attention of oper-                                Article 2
ators to the fact that licences may only be used for prod-
ucts which comply with all veterinary rules currently in         This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January
force in the Community,                                          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 267, 30. 9. 1997, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 82, 19. 3. 1998, p. 35.
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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                              100,0
                   2                              100,0
                   3                              100,0
                   4                              100,0
                 H1                               100,0
                 H2                               100,0
                   5                              100,0
                   6                              100,0
                   7                              100,0
                   8                              100,0
                   9                              100,0
                10/11                             100,0
                12/13                             100,0
                  14                              100,0
                  15                              100,0
                  16                              100,0
                  17                              100,0
                                 ANNEX II
                                                                   (tonnes)
                                         Total quantity available
               Group No                      for the period
                                         1 April to 30 June 1999
                  1                               4 239
                  2                                 664,9
                  3                               1 820
                  4                             16 254,6
                  H1                              2 400
                  H2                                500
                  5                               3 450
                  6                               2 101,1
                  7                               9 806,8
                  8                               1 610
                  9                             11 730
                10/11                             6 065
                12/13                             2 645
                  14                                345
                  15                              1 035
                  16                              1 874,9
                  17                            14 375