19.12.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 345/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2756/98 of 18 December 1998 opening Community tariff quotas for 1999 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goat- meat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an auto- nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Nego- tiations ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2435/ 98 (%), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 of 3 November 1998 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (°), and in particular Atrticle 17(1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3491/93 of 13 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3492/93 of 13 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other part (°), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3296/94 of 19 December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part (), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3297/94 of 19 December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p OJ L 303, 13. 11. 1998, p OJ L 312, 20. 11. 1998, p. OJ L 319, 21. 12. 1993, p. OJ L 319, 21. 12. 1993, p OJ L 341, 30. 12. 1994, p the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part ("), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3382/94 of 19 December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (¥), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3383/94 of 19 December 1994 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (°), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 of 7 October 1996 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an auto- nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Agreements on free trade and trade-related matters with Estonia, Latvia and Lith- uania, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations ('), the Community has undertaken to open a non-country-specific tariff quota; whereas the Europe Agreements concluded between the Community and the countries of Central Europe allow additional pref- erential access to the Community market; Whereas, moreover, the Community has established a tariff quota for imports of sheepmeat and goatmeat from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 1926/96; () OJ L 341, 30. 12. 1994, p. 17. () OJ L 368, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. () OJ L 368, 31. 12. 1994, p. 5. (%) OJ L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1. (") OF L 336, 23. 12. 1994, p. 22.