28.12.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 344/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2565/2001 of 27 December 2001 opening Community tariff quotas for 2002 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (*), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1669/2000 (3, and in particular Article 17(1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 of 19 June 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Estonia (%), as amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2677/2000 (%), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 17272000 of 31 July 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (°), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2290/2000 of 9 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria (°), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2000 of 17 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic (), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2434/2000 of 17 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Slovak Republic (!), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2435/2000 of 17 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and 312, 20.11.1998, p. 1. 193, 29.7.2000, p. 8. 155, 28.6.2000, p. 1. 308, 8.12.2000, p. 7. 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6. 262, 17.10.2000, p. 1. 280, 4.11.2000, p. 1. 280, 4.11.2000, p. 9. V@bww LLeeeerece |l onill onlll anll el anll el o ) providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Romania (%), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2000 of 17 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Latvia ('), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2766/2000 of 14 December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Lithuania (!!), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000 of 22 December 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and trans- itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Republic of Poland and repealing Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 ('), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) The quantities of certain agricultural products that may be imported from certain countries with a total exemp- tion from customs duty subject to tariff quotas, ceilings or reference quantities are laid down in Regulations (EC) No 13492000, (EC) No 1727/2000, (EC) No 2290/ 2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC) No 2435/2000, (EC) No 2341/2000 and (EC) No 2766/ 2000 from 1 July 2000 and in Annex A(b) of Regula- tion (EC) No 2851/2000 from 1 January 2001. (20 The Commission must open tariff quotas for sheepmeat and goatmeat for 2002. Those quotas must subsequently be managed in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 of 26 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector (**), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 272/2001 (*4). L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 7. 321, 19.12.2000, p. 8. 332, 28.12.2000, p. 7. 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7. 41, 10.2.2001, p. 3.