No L 290/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 11. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2166/96 of 12 November 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1866/95 establishing detailed rules for application in the poultrymeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade Agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of 7 October 1996 granting certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and adjusting on a unilateral and temporary basis certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Agreements on free trade with Estonia, Latvia and Lithu- ania in line with the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotia- tions ('), and in particular Article S thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 adjusts on a unila- teral and temporary basis the agricultural concessions in the Agreements on free trade concluded between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part and the Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithu- ania of the other; whereas these adjustments apply to the period running from 1 July 1996 until the interim addi- tional protocols to these Agreements, at present being negotiated, enter into force; Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1866/95 of 29 September 1995 establishing detailed rules for the appli- cation in the poultrymeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part(?), amended by Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (%), sets rules for application in the poultrymeat sector of the arrangements laid down in these Agreements; whereas it should be amended in line with the provisions on poultrymeat and egg products adopted by Regulation (EC) No 1926/96; Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 lays down, inter alia, concessions for certain egg products; whereas, there- fore, the conditions of access to the concessions for those products should be defined; Whereas the duration of the validity of licences enables importers to submit applications during the first 10 days of each quarter; that, however, regarding the last quarter () OJ No L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1. () O] No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 26. () OJ No L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49. of 1996, it is appropriate to invite them to lodge their applications between 11 and 20 of November; Whereas operators have been able to avail themselves of all the quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1866/95 in respect of 1996; whereas no applications have been submitted in this connection within the prescribed deadlines; whereas, therefore, the quantities left unused need not be taken into account in calculating the quant- ities available under Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 for the period from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997; Whereas the duty rate reduction of 80 % instead of 60 % applies from 1 July 199¢; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1866/95 is hereby amended as follows: 1. The title of the regulation is replaced by the following: ‘establishing detailed rules for application in the eggs and poultrymeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Com- munity, of the one part, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithu- ania, of the other part. 2. The wording of Article 2 is replaced by: Article 2 From 1 July 1996 the quantities indicated in Annex I shall be staggered over the year as follows: — 25 % in the period 1 July to 30 September, — 25°% in the period 1 October to 31 December, — 25% in the period 1 January to 31 March, — 25% in the period 1 April to 30 June. The quantities available for the period 1 October to 31 December 1996 shall however be as indicated in Annex IV to this Regulation and the licence applica- tions shall be submitted from 11 to 20 November 1996,