Commission Regulation (EC) No 1525/2002 of 26 August 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe Agreements with central and east European countries provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1525/2002
of 26 August 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 laying down rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements under the Europe Agreements with central and east European countries provided for by Council Regulations (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000 and (EC) No 2851/2000 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29 July 2002 establishing 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 Hungary(1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1043/2001(3), lays down the rules for applying the arrangements provided for in the Europe Agreements in the poultrymeat and egg sectors.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 provides for the direct management on entry into the territory of the European Union of quotas of certain products in the poultrymeat and egg sectors originating in Hungary at a reduced rate of customs duty.
(3) As a result, management of those quotas by means of licences should be discontinued.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,