Commission Regulation (EC) No 1526/1999 of 13 July 1999 determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export licences for pigmeat which may be accepted

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1526/1999
of 13 July 1999
determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export licences for pigmeat which may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 of 16 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1719/98(2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
(1) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 provides for specific measures where applications for export licences concern quantities and/or expenditure which exceed the normal trade patterns or where there is a risk that they will be exceeded, taking account of the limit referred to in Article 8(11) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95(4), and/ or the corresponding expenditure during the period in question;
(2) Whereas uncertainty is a feature of the market in certain pigmeat products; whereas the impending adjustment of the refunds applicable to those products has led to the submission of applications for export licences for export licences for speculative ends; whereas there is a risk that the issue of licences for the quantities applied for from 5 to 9 and from 12 to 13 July 1999 may lead to an overrun in the quantities of the products concerned normally disposed of by way of trade; whereas applications covering the products concerned,