# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 341/2005

of 25 February 2005

amending Regulations (EC) No 1432/94 and (EC) No 1458/2003, as regards the maximum quantity to which licence applications for import of pigmeat must relate

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat [^1] , and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues [^2] , and in particular Article 7 thereof,

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 [^3] , and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat 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 pigmeat and certain other agricultural products [^4] and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003 of 18 August 2003 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota in the pigmeat sector [^5] opened import quotas for pigmeat and laid down precise conditions governing access by traders to those quotas.

**(2)** The utilisation of the two import quotas has been generally low in recent years and the fixing of a relatively low maximum quantity to which a licence application must relate may have been a discouraging factor. In order to facilitate trade of pigmeat under those two import quotas it is necessary to increase that maximum quantity.

**(3)** Regulations (EC) No 1432/94 and (EC) No 1458/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In Article 3(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1432/94, the rate of ‘10 %’ is replaced by ‘20 %’.

## **Article 2**

In Article 4(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1458/2003, the rates of ‘10 %’ are replaced by ‘20 %’.

## **Article 3**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply to licence applications lodged as from 1 March 2005.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 February 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1975_282_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 ( [OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_156_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1994_091_R_TOC) . Regulation amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 ( [OJ L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_221_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_146_R_TOC) .

[^4] [OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 14](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1994_156_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2083/2004 ( [OJ L 360, 7.12.2004, p. 12](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_360_R_TOC) ).

[^5] [OJ L 208, 19.8.2003, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_208_R_TOC) . Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) No 2083/2004.

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 ().
[^2]: . Regulation amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 ().
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[^4]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2083/2004 ().
[^5]: . Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) No 2083/2004.