L 342/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.12.98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2719/98 of 16 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 setting rules of application in the poultry- meat and egg sectors for the arrangements covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94 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 (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs (°), as last amended by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 1516/96 (%), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in poultrymeat (), as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (°), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (’), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2916/95, and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2435/98 adds to the group of products concerned by Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 goose or duck breasts without all or some ribs at the same preferential rates as breasts with all ribs; whereas that NS SN NN N < 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. 303, 13. 11. 1998, p. 1. 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 99. 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49. 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 104. SN 35 ASASASASASASAS: | onll ol ol ol ol ol o8 amendment should apply from 1 January 1998; whereas, therefore, the Annexes to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 ()) should be amended and operators possessing licences which are still valid should be author- ised to use them for the new products; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1899/97, the following CN codes are added in Part A under group 2, in Part B under group 12, in Part C under group 19, in Part D under group 28 and in Part F under group 43: — ex 0207 3579, — ex 0207 36 79. Article 2 Licences issued in respect of the groups referred to in Article 1 for applications submitted during the periods 1 to 10 July and 1 to 10 October 1998 may be used for breasts and cuts of breasts of ducks with ribs partly or fully removed falling within CN codes ex 0207 3579 and ex 0207 36 79. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998. () OJ L 267, 30. 9. 1997, p. 67.