Official Journal of the European Communities No L 156/9 23. 6. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1431/%4 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat 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 poultrymeat and certain other agricultural products 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 administra- tion of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues(!), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (%, as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 1574/93 (%), and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opened, from 1 January 1994, new annual tariff quotas for certain poultry products ; whereas the said quotas are to apply for an unspecified period ; Whereas the administration of the arrangements should be based on import licences; whereas, to that end, the detailed rules for submission of the applications and the information which must appear on the applications and licences, by way of derogation from Article 8 of Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 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 3519/93 (%), should be laid down; whereas, in addition, provision should be made for the licences to be issued after a period of consi- deration, applying, where necessary, a single percentage of acceptance ; whereas it is in the interest of importers and exporters to allow the licence application to be withdrawn after the coefficient of acceptance has been fixed ; Whereas Regulation (EC) No 774/94 provides for the levy to be fixed at 0 % for imports of certain poultry products, up to a certain quantity ; whereas, in order to ensure the () OJ No L 91, 8. 4. 1994, p. 1. () O No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. () O] No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 16. regularity of imports, the quantity in question should be staggered over one year; Whereas, to ensure that such quantities are used in accor- dance with traditional import flows to the Community market, they should be distributed according to the origin of the imports on the basis of imports during the last three years ; Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the system, the security for import licences under the said system should be fixed at ECU 50 per 100 kilograms; whereas, in view of the risk of speculation inherent in the system in the poultrymeat sector, precise conditions governing access by traders to the said system should be laid down ; Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by the chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 All imports into the Community under the tariff quotas opened in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of products in the groups referred to in 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 in the levy shall be those listed for each group in Annex L Article 2 The quantity fixed for each group shall be staégered over the year as follows : For 1994 : — 50 % in the period 1 January to 30 September, — 50 % in the period 1 October to 31 December. For following years : — 25% in the period 1 January to 31 March, — 25% in the period 1 April to 30 June,