No L 85/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 3. 97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 571/97 of 26 March 1997 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the Interim Agreement on Trade and Trade-related Measures between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 410/97 of 24 February 1997 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on Trade and Trade-related Measures between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slo- venia ('), of the other part, and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 27559/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (*), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof, Whereas an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Community, the Euro- pean Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 11 November 1996 (¥), provides that, pending the entry into force of the Europe Agreement, the provisions of that Agreement as regards trade and trade-related measures are to enter into force; whereas those provisions are to apply temporarily from 1 January 1997; Whereas provision should be made for the administration of the arrangements set up by the Interim Agreement, by means of import licences; whereas, to that end, notwith- standing 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 certificates for agricultural products (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2350/96 (%), detailed rules for submission of the applications and the particulars which should appear in applications and licences should be laid down; whereas, in addition, provision should be made for licences to be () O] No L 62, 4. 3. 1997, p. 5. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. () OJ No L 344, 31. 12. 1996, p. 3. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 4. issued after a period of consideration, applying, where necessary, a single acceptance rate; Whereas, in order to ensure regular imports, the quanti- ties of products benefiting under the arrangements should be staggered over the year; Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the system, the security for import licences under the said system should be fixed at ECU 30 per 100 kilograms; whereas, in view of the likelihood of speculation inherent in the system in the pigmeat sector, precise conditions governing access by traders to the said system should be laid down; Whereas the attention of traders should be drawn to the fact that licences may be used only for products that comply with all the veterinary requirements in force in the Community; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 All imports into the Community under the arrangements provided for in Protocol No 1 to the Interim Agreement between the Community and Slovenia of products with the CN codes and in the groups referred to in Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to presentation of an import licence. The quantities of products to which those arrangements apply and the rates of customs duty shall be those listed in Annex L Article 2 The quantities referred to in Article 1 shall be staggered 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.