Commission Regulation (EC) No 2367/95 of 9 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1440/95 opening Community tariff quotas for the second half of 1995 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes ex 0104 10, ex 0104 20 and 0204

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EC) No 2367/95 of 9 October 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1440/95 opening Community  tariff quotas for the second half of 1995 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within  CN codes ex 0104  10, ex 0104  20 and 0204
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common  organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat  (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No  1265/95  (2), and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and  transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements  concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations  (3), and in particular  Article 3 thereof,
Whereas the Community has concluded agreements with Australia and New Zealand adjusting the  quantities laid down in the Voluntary Restraint Agreements concluded with those countries  (4);  whereas those agreements provide for an increase by 325 tonnes for Australia and by 850 tonnes for  New Zealand in the quantity of meat which may be imported from those countries in the first six  months of 1995 to allow for the enlargement of the Community;
Whereas under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of  multilateral trade negotiations  (5) the Community replaced the Voluntary Restraint Agreements by  tariff quotas with effect from 1 July 1995; whereas the quotas for the second half of 1995 were  opened by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1440/95  (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2252/95   (7), whereas it is necessary, in order to respect the undertakings which the Community has made to  Australia and to New Zealand, to increase the quantities which may be imported during the second  half of 1995 under the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1440/95 for those countries;  whereas Annex I to that Regulation must therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Sheepmeat and Goatmeat,