Commission Regulation (EC) No 1409/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector
30. 6. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 164/51 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1409/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 opening and providing for the administra- tion of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV. 6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof, (1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/ 95 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1390/98 (3), opened quotas for a specific period; whereas, in the framework of the World Trade Organisation, the Commission committed itself to increasing tariff quotas for certain products in the pigmeat sector; whereas it is necessary to specify the new quantities covered by the import arrange- ments and to ensure that imports of the quantities referred to in the Annex are spread over the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000; (2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1486/95 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 1, first subparagraph, ‘For the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999' is replaced by ‘For the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000'; 2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1. (2) OJ L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 58. (3) OJ L 187, 1. 7. 1998, p. 28. L 164/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 6. 1999 ANNEX ‘ANNEX I Group No CN code Product description Customs duty EUR/tonne G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 ex 0203 19 55 ex 0203 29 55 Loins and hams boneless, fresh, chilled or frozen ex 0203 19 55 ex 0203 29 55 Tenderloin fresh, chilled or frozen 1601 00 91 1601 00 99 Other sausages Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked or blood 1602 41 10 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal 1602 42 10 1602 49 11 1602 49 13 1602 49 15 1602 49 19 1602 49 30 1602 49 50 0203 11 10 0203 21 10 Carcases and half-carcases fresh, chilled or frozen Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen, with or without bone. Excluding tenderloin presented alone 0203 12 11 0203 12 19 0203 19 11 0203 19 13 0203 19 15 ex 0203 19 55 0203 19 59 0203 22 11 0203 22 19 0203 29 11 0203 29 13 0203 29 15 ex 0203 29 55 0203 29 59 250 300 747 502 784 646 784 646 646 428 375 271 268 389 300 300 434 233 434 434 389 300 300 434 233 434 434 Quantities in tonnes 28 333 4 167 2 400 4 880 12 000 4 400'