19.10.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 288)7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1556/2006 of 18 October 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 concerning the import arrangements for pigmeat (Codified version) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (%), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products () has been substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opened, from 1 January 1994, new annual tariff quotas for certain pigmeat products. The said quotas are to apply for an unspecified period. (3)  The administration of the arrangements should be based on import licences. To that end, the detailed rules for submission of the applications and the information (") OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (O] L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3). (» OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). () OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 341/2005 (O] L 53, 26.2.2005, p. 28). () See Annex VL which must appear on the applications and licences, by way of derogation from Article 8 of Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certi- ficates for agricultural products (°) should be laid down. In addition, provision should be made for the licences to be issued after a period of consideration, applying, where necessary, a single percentage of acceptance. It is appro- priate, in the interest of the operators, to provide for the possibility to withdraw the application for certificates after the fixing of a coefficient of acceptance. (4 Regulation (EC) No 774/94 provides for the customs duty to be fixed at 0 % for imports of certain pigmeat products, up to a certain quantity. In order to ensure the regularity of imports, the quantity in question should be staggered over one year. (5)  In order to facilitate trade between the Community and third countries, it must be possible to import pigmeat products without an obligation to import from the country of origin, which must nevertheless be mentioned for statistical reasons in section 8 of the import licence. (6)  To ensure proper management of the import regimes, the Commission needs precise information from the Member States on the quantities actually imported. For the sake of clarity, it is necessary to use a single model for commu- nicating the quantities between Member States and the Commission. (7 In order to ensure proper administration of the system, the security for import licences under the said system should be fixed. In view of the risk of speculation inherent in the system in the pigmeat sector, precise conditions governing access by traders to the said system should be laid down. (8)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, () OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 4102006 (O] L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 7).