Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2003 of 19 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as regards the rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the arrangements under the Europe Agreement with Poland

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1467/2003
of 19 August 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 as regards the rules of application in the pigmeat sector for the arrangements under the Europe Agreement with Poland
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2003/263/EC of 27 March 2003 on the signature and conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions(1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) When Commission Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 of 29 September 1997 laying down rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Europe Agreements with Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Hungary(2) was last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1160/2003(3), the combined nomenclature codes of some of the products in Annex A(b) to the Protocol annexed to Decision 2003/263/EC were omitted by mistake. As a result, Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1898/97 should be amended.
(2) The information on the agreement with Poland published in the Official Journal of the European Union(4) states that the Protocol annexed to Decision 2003/263/EC entered into force on 1 April 2003. The amendment provided for in this Regulation should also apply from that date.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,