COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2750/95 of 29 November 1995  amending Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat  sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the  one part, and Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part
THE COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1275/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for  applying the Agreement on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the  European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and  the Republic of Estonia, of the other part  (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization  of the market in pigmeat  (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94  (3), and in  particular Article 22 thereof,
Whereas the Agreement on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the  European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and  Estonia, of the other part  (4), were signed on 18 July 1994; whereas, for administrative reasons,  the quota for Estonia could not be incorporated into Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of 29  September 1995 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the  arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and  Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part  (5); whereas, therefore, detailed rules for the  application of the arrangements for imports of certain pigmeat products from Estonia should be laid  down;
Whereas the Agreement on free trade provided for a reduction of 60  % in the duties set by the  Common Customs Tariff for the import of products based on the meat of domestic swine, within  certain quantitative limits; whereas, to ensure that imports are on a regular basis, those  quantities should be staggered over different periods of the year; whereas to enable operators to  benefit from the quantities set for Estonia in 1995, all the quantities should be made available in  December 1995;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  The title is replaced by the following:
'establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided  for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and  Estonia, of the other part`.
2.  The first subparagraph of Article 1 is replaced by the following:
'All imports into the Community under the arrangements provided for in Article 14 (2) and (3) of  the Agreements on free trade between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia and Lithuania, of  the other part, or in Article 13 (2) and (3) of the Agreement on free trade between the Community,  of the one part, and Estonia, of the other part, of products falling within groups 18, 19, 20, 21  and 22 provided for in Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to the presentation of an import  licence.` 3.  Article 2 is replaced by the following:
'Article 2 The quantities referred to in Article 1 shall be staggered for each period referred to in Annex I  as follows:
-  25  % in the period 1 January to 31 March,
-  25  % in the period 1 April to 30 June,
-  25  % in the period 1 July to 30 September,
-  25  % in the period 1 October to 31 December.
However, for 1995, quantities shall be staggered as follows:
-  100  % in the period 1 October to 31 December in the case of Latvia and Lithuania and -  100  % in the period 1 December to 31 December in the case of Estonia.` 4.  Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following:
'1.  Licence applications shall be submitted only during the first ten days of each of the periods  specified in Article 2.
However, for the period 1 October to 31 December 1995, licence applications shall be lodged only  during the first ten days of October in the case of Latvia and Lithuania and only during the first  ten days of December in the case of Estonia.` 5.  Annex I to this Regulation is added as point C in the Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 and  Annex II to this Regulation replaces Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.