COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1156/93 of 12 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, of the one part, and Austria and Finland, of the other part

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1156/93 of 12 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, of the one part, and Austria and Finland, of the other  part
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/93 of 4 May 1993 laying down certain provisions for the application of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, of the one part, and Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, of  the other part, (1) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas, by Decision 93/239/EEC (2), the Council approved the Bilateral Agreements with Austria and Finland; whereas those Agreements were concluded on 17 March 1993 with the intention that the provisions of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture  concluded on 2 May 1992 in Oporto should apply already from 15 April 1993;
Whereas the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture provide for a reduction of import levy for certain products in the pigmeat sector, limited to certain quantities; whereas, in order to ensure the regularity of imports, it is important to spread the  aforesaid quantities over the period concerned;
Whereas the quantities concerned should be reduced pro rata temporis to take account of the effective period of application of the quotas in 1993;
Whereas, while recalling the provisions of the Agreements intended to guarantee the origin of the product, it would be appropriate to assure the management of the regime through import licences; whereas, with that in mind, it would be appropriate to  define, in particular, the procedure by which applications must be presented, as well as the particulars which must appear on applications for licences in derogation from Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying  down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import or export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2101/92 (4); whereas it is appropriate moreover to take  measures so that the licences are issued after a delay for reflection and applying, should the occasion arise, a single percentage reduction;
Whereas, in order to assure efficient management of the regime, it is appropriate to provide that the security in respect of import licences under the said regime should be fixed at ECU 30 per 100 kg; whereas the risk of speculation inherent to the  regime in question in the pigmeat sector requires that access of operators to the said regime be subject to compliance with certain precise conditions, in particular as regards restricting the number of operators who may apply for licences, bearing in  mind the limited quantities of products available under the regime, in particular regarding restricting the number of operators who may apply for licences, bearing in mind the limited quantities of products available under the regime;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,