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( 1 ) OJ NO L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 90 , 4 . 4 . 1981 , P . 26 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 276 , 20 . 10 . 1980 , P . 36 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 324 , 29 . 11 . 1980 , P . 59 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1553/81

OF 10 JUNE 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2666/80 ON SPECIAL DETAILED RULES FOR APPLYING THE SYSTEM OF IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES FOR SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 OF 27 JUNE 1980 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 899/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2A OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2666/80 ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3101/80 ( 4 ), REFERS TO THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE SAID REGULATION ; WHEREAS THE SAID SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 REFERS TO PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE LIST OF NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE FOR SPECIAL SYSTEMS HAS BEEN EXPANDED ; WHEREAS , IN THE INTERESTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION , ARTICLE 2A OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2666/80 SHOULD BE AMENDED SO THAT IT APPLIES TO PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 01.04 B AND 02.01 A IV OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , WHATEVER THEIR ORIGIN ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SHEEP AND GOATS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 2A OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2666/80 IS HEREBY REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 2A

THE PROVISIONS OF THE THIRD INDENT OF ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3183/80 ( 1 ) SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE IMPORTATION OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 01.04 B AND 02.01 A IV OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .

( 1 ) OJ NO L 338 , 13 . 12 . 1980 , P . 1 . '

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 10 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

GASTON THORN