No L 326/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 12. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3580/93 of 21 December 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, of the one part, and Austria and Finland, of the other part THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/93 of 4 May 1993 laying down certain provisions for the application of the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, of the one part, and Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, of the other part ("), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas the Council approved, with the Decision of 13 December 1993 (%), the Agreement on the European Economic Area, between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community, on the one hand, and Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Liech- tenstein, on the other hand, hereafter referred to as the ‘EEA Agreement’; Whereas the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture between the Community, on the one hand, and Austria and Finland, on the other hand, enter into force at the same time as the EEA Agreement ; whereas the Bilateral Agree- ments on agriculture provide for a reduction of import levy for certain products in the pigmeat sector, limited to certain quantities ; whereas, in order to ensure the regula- rity of imports, it is important to spread the aforesaid quantities over the period concerned ; Whereas, while recalling the provisions of the Agree- ments intended to guarantee the origin of the product, it would be appropriate to assure the management of the regime through import licences; whereas, with that in mind, it would be appropriate to define, in particular, the procedure by which applications must be presented, as well as the particulars which must appear on applications for licences in derogation from 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 or export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (}), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1963/93 (¥) ; whereas it is appropriate moreover to take measures so that the licences are issued after a delay for reflection and applying, should the occasion arise, a single percentage reduction ; Whereas, in order to assure efficient management of the regime, it is appropriate to provide that the security in () OJ No L 113, 7. 5. 1993, p. 1. () Not yet published in the Official Journal. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () O No L 177, 21. 7. 1993, p. 18. respect of import licences under the said regime should be fixed at ECU 30 per 100 kg; whereas the risk of speculation inherent to the regime in question in the pigmeat sector requires that access of operators to the said regime be subject to compliance with certain precise conditions, in particular as regards restricting the number of operators who may apply for licences, bearing in mind the limited quantities of products available under the regime, in particular regarding restricting the number of operators who may apply for licences, bearing in mind the limited quantities of products available under the regime ; 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 Annexes IV and II to the Bilateral Agree- ments on agriculture concluded between the European Community and the Republic of Austria and the Repu- blic of Finland respectively of products belonging to Groups Al, A2, A3, F1, F2 and F3 provided for in Annex I shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence. The quantities of products benefiting from the said arran- gement are laid down for each group in Annex L Article 2 The quantities fixed for Groups Al, A2, A3, F1, F2 and F3 shall be staggered over the year as follows : — 25% in the period 1 January to 31 March 1993, — 25% in the period 1 April to 30 June 1993, — 25% in the period 1 July to 30 September 1993, — 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December 1993. Article 3 The import licences mentioned in Article 1 shall be subject to the following rules :