Commission Regulation (EC) No 970/2003 of 5 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 788/2003 as regards wheat and meslin flour and malt import quotas

Commission Regulation (EC) No 970/2003
of 5 June 2003
amending Regulation (EC) No 788/2003 as regards wheat and meslin flour and malt import quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2003/299/EC of 14 April 2003 on the 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 Slovak Republic, 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(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with the Decision 2003/299/EC, which is applicable from 1 May 2003, the Community has undertaken to establish for each marketing year import tariff quotas at a reduced or zero rate of duty for 16875 tonnes of wheat and meslin flour (order number 09.4618) and 18125 tonnes of malt, not roasted, other than of wheat (order number 09.4619) originating in the Slovak Republic.
(2) These import quotas should be managed according to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 788/2003 of 8 May 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Decision 2003/299/EC as regards the concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas on certain cereal products originating in the Slovak Republic and amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000(2) until 30 June 2003.
(3) In the interest of simplification the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002(4), should be applied to those quotas as from 1 July 2003, which is the starting date of the new marketing year.
(4) The reference to CN code for maize referred to in Article 1, Annex I and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 788/2003 does not correspond to the reference mentioned in Decision 2003/299/EC. This error should therefore be corrected.
(5) The periods of application of the quotas mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 788/2003 are not in conformity with the periods provided for in Decision 2003/299/EC. That Annex should therefore be replaced.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 788/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,