Commission Regulation (EC) No 2865/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95, (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2865/2000
of 27 December 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95, (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 of 22 December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Republic of Poland and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95(1), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1516/96(3), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat(4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95(5), and in particular Article 22 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 of 29 September 1997 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 3066/95, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000 and (EC) No 2435/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2704/2000(7), lays down the rules for applying the arrangements provided for in the Europe Agreements in the poultrymeat and egg sectors. It requires amendment as a result of the provisions on poultrymeat and egg products adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 as regards Poland.
(2) To restrict any trade problems which may arise during a transitional period as a result of the simultaneous existence of two different management methods for certain tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector - management by quarterly import licences and management according to the "first come, first served" principle in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000(9), - importers should be offered the opportunity to cancel licences and have the relevant securities released.
(3) A deadline should be set for cancellation applications to allow a reasonable period for importers to submit them.
(4) This Regulation should be applied from 1 January 2001 in parallel with Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,