30. 9. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L 267/67 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1899/97 of 29 September 1997 setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 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 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autono- mous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotia- tions ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 (3, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs (%), as last amended by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1516/96 (), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC} No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (%), as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95, and in par- ticular Articles 2 (1), 4 (1) and 10 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 adjusts as an auto- nomous and transitional measure the agricultural conces- sions in the Europe Agreements concluded between the European Communities and their Member States on the () OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. () OJ L 216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 1. () OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. () O L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 99. 9 OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. (9 O L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49. () OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 104. one hand and respectively the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania on the other, for the period 1 January 1996 to entry into force of the Additional Protocols; whereas these adjustments were extended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 () to 31 December 1997; whereas owing to procedural delays the Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements, nego- tiation of which are concluded, cannot enter into force on 1 July 1997; whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 has therefore been amended by Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 in order to allow early implementation in the agricultural sector of the negotiation results; Whereas the Agreements contain provisions intended to guarantee product origin and the arrangements should be operated using import licences; whereas rules on the presentation of licence applications and on the entries to be made on applications and licences are required that differ from those in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certifi- cates for agricultural products (°), last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 1404/97 (%), whereas licences should be issued following a reflection period and possibly with a common percentage acceptance applied; Whereas the Agreements provide for reduced customs duty on imports within quantitative limits of certain egg and poultrymeat sector products; whereas to ensure regu- larity of importation these quantities should be staggered over the year; Whereas to reduce fraud risk compliance with the eligib- ility criteria for importers should be checked in the Member State in which they are established or their regis- tered office located; Whereas for the purposes of smooth operation of the arrangements security of ECU 20 per 100 kilograms 338, 28. 12. 1996, p. 13. 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 5. =