No L 245/80 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2698/93 of 30 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and ~ the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 of 27 Pebruary 1992 on certain rules for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and the Republic of Poland of the other part (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 (%), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/93 (%), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of the other part (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 (9), 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 (EEC) No 1249/89 (), and in particular Article 22 thereof, Whereas the Association Agreements between the Euro- pean Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the other part, were signed on 16 December 1991 ; whereas, pending the entry () OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3. %) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 3. () OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6. () OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 4. ) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. (9 OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5. () O No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 129, 11. 5. 1989, p. 12. into force of those Agreements, the Community has decided to apply with effect from 1 March 1992 the Interim Agreements concluded with the above countries ; Whereas the Interim Agreements referred to above provide for a reduction in the import levy for live swine and meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, falling within CN codes 0103 9219 and 0203 within certain quantity limits ; whereas, in order to ensure that the imports are regular, those quantities should be stag- gered over the year; . Whereas Additional Protocols to the abovementioned Interim Agreements have been initialled, the provisional application of which from 1 July 1993 has been adopted by Council Decision 93/421/EEC (%), in order to improve access to the Community market for products originating in the countries concerned and in particular for certain agriculture products listed in Annexes X b (Poland and Hungary) and XIII b (the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic) to the Interim Agreements ; Whereas the Additional Protocols referred to above provide that the live swine and meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, falling within CN codes 0103 9219 and 0203 listed, respectively, in Annexes X b and XII b to the Interim Agreements are to be subject to a levy reduction of 60 % from 1 July 1993 and that the quantities in tonnes set for 1994 are to apply from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994; Whereas certain categories of products in the pigmeat sector have already been allocated for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 September 1993 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2032/93 of 26 July 1993 determining the extent to which applications lodged in July- 1993 for import licences for certain pigmeat products under the regime provided for by the Intermediate Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (') can be accepted ; Whereas, while bearing in mind the provisions of the Interim Agreements intended to guarantee the origin of the product, the administration of the said arrangements should be based on import licences ; whereas, to that end, the detailed rules for submission of the applications and () OJ No L 195, 4. 8. 1993, p. 42. (%) OJ No L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 31.