30. 9. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 233/45 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2305/95 of 29 September 1995 establishing detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat 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 1276/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for applying the Agreement on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part (), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1277/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for applying the Agreement on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithu- ania, of the other part(¥), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 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 22 thereof, Whereas the Agreements on free trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, Latvia () and Lithua- nia (%), of the other part, were signed on 18 July 1994 ; Whereas those Agreements on free trade provided for a reduction of 60 % in the duties set by the Common Customs Tariff for the import of products based on the meat of domestic porcine animals, within certain quanti- tative limits ; whereas, to ensure that imports are on a regular basis, those quantities should be staggered over different periods of the year; Whereas, while bearing in mind the Agreements on free trade intended to guarantee the origin of the product, provision should be made for the administration of the said arrangements to be guaranteed through import licences ; whereas, to that end, notwithstanding Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 () OJ No L 124, 7. 6. 1995, p. 2. () O No L 124, 7. 6. 1995, p. 3. () O] No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. 9 O] No L 375, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. o~ 2 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 2137/95 (), detailed rules for submission of applications, as well as the information which must be included on the applications and licences should be laid down, whereas, in addition, provision should be made for the licences to be issued after a period of consideration, applying, where necessary, a single acceptance rate ; Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the system, the security for import licences under the system should be set at ECU 30 per 100 kg ; whereas, in view of the likelihood of speculation inherent in the system in the pigmeat sector, precise conditions governing access by operators to the said system should be laid down; Whereas the attention of operators should be drawn to the fact that licences may be used only for products that comply with all veterinary rules currently 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 Article 14 (2) and (3) of the Agreements on free trade between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia and Lithuania, of the other part, of product groups 18, 19 and 20, indicated in the Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence. The quantities of products to which these arrangements apply and the rate of reduction of the customs duty fixed in the Common Customs Tariff shall be those listed by group in Annex I The rate of reduction of the customs duty fixed in the Common Customs Tariff shall be that in force during the period in which applications are submitted. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21.