COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2677/94 of 3 November 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat and egg sectors of the arrangements provided for in 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 Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3491/93 of 13 December 1993 on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (2), was signed in Brussels on 16 December 1991;

Whereas, as a result of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Hungary (3) signed on 26 October 1994, Annexes VIIIa, IXb and Xb to the Europe Agreement were amended with effect from 1 November 1994; whereas, therefore, Annex I.A to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3549/93 (5), should be amended and provision should be made for transitional measures for imports of the products concerned by those amendments;

Whereas the import licences for the quantities available for the period from 1 July 1994 to 31 December 1994 have already been issued on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93; whereas, in order to ensure a smooth transition to the new provisions and to ensure that the quantities covered by those licences, imported with effect from 1 November 1994, benefit from the increase to 60 % of the reduction in the rate of levy, provision should be made for amounts paid in excess to be refunded;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in Article 2 (1), the following sentence is added:

'However, the quantities provided for in Annex I for the period 1 January to 30 June 1995 for groups 4 and 7 shall be distributed in equal proportions over each of the two quarters in that period.';

2. Part A to Annex I is replaced by Part A of Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

For products falling within groups 1 and 2 referred to in Annex I and imported after 1 November 1994 covered by import licences issued pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 in accordance with Article 2 at a rate of reduction of the levy of 50 %, amounts paid in excess shall be refunded to the operators concerned.

Article 3

The quantities distributed for the quarter from 1 October to 31 December 1994 as well as the quantities available for the quarter from 1 January to 31 March 1995 appear in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 4

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 November 1994.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 November 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 319, 21. 12. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 347, 31. 12. 1993, p. 2.

(3) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(4) OJ No L 245, 1. 10. 1993, p. 88.

(5) OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8.

ANNEX I

'A. Products originating in the Republic of Hungary

1. Levy reduced by 60 %

"(in tonnes)"" ASSV="05" ID="1">1> ID="2">0207 10 51> ASSV="05" ID="3">850> ASSV="05" ID="4">910> ASSV="05" ID="6">970"> ID="2">0207 10 55"> ID="2">0207 23 11"> ID="2">0207 10 59"> ID="2">0207 23 19"> ASSV="06" ID="1">2> ID="2">ex 0207 39 55 (1)()> ASSV="06" ID="3">850> ASSV="06" ID="4">910> ASSV="06" ID="6">970"> ID="2">ex 0207 43 15 (1)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 39 73 (1)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 43 53 (1)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 39 77 (1)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 43 63 (1)()"> ASSV="18" ID="1">3> ID="2">0207 10 71> ASSV="18" ID="3">15 000> ASSV="18" ID="4">16 100> ASSV="18" ID="6">17 300"> ID="2">0207 23 51"> ID="2">0207 10 79"> ID="2">0207 23 59"> ID="2">0207 39 53"> ID="2">0207 43 11"> ID="2">0207 39 61"> ID="2">0207 43 23"> ID="2">ex 0207 39 65 (2)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 43 31 (2)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 39 67 (2)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 43 41 (2)()"> ID="2">0207 39 71"> ID="2">0207 43 51"> ID="2">0207 39 75"> ID="2">0207 43 61"> ID="2">ex 0207 39 81 (2)()"> ID="2">ex 0207 43 71 (2)()"> ASSV="04" ID="1">4> ID="2">0207 10 15> ASSV="04" ID="3">14 000> ASSV="04" ID="4">former> ASSV="04" ID="5">New distribution"> ID="2">0207 21 10> ID="4">distribution> ID="5">of which 1 January"> ID="2">0207 10 19> ID="4">15 000> ID="5">to 30 June 1995"> ID="2">0207 21 90"> ASSV="02" ID="1">5> ID="2">0207 39 21> ASSV="02" ID="3">4 400> ASSV="02" ID="4">4 700> ASSV="02" ID="5">4: 20220 (15 382,8)> ASSV="02" ID="6">21 340"> ID="2">0207 41 41"> ASSV="02" ID="1">6> ID="2">0207 39 23> ASSV="02" ID="3">5 050> ASSV="02" ID="4">5 450"> ID="2">0207 41 51"> ASSV="02" ID="1">7> ID="2">0207 39 11> ASSV="02" ID="3">4 000> ASSV="02" ID="4">4 300> ASSV="02" ID="5">7 700 5 550> ASSV="02" ID="6">8 400"> ID="2">0207 41 10"> ASSV="02" ID="1">8> ID="2">0207 39 41> ASSV="02" ID="3">1 800> ASSV="02" ID="4">1 900> ASSV="02" ID="6">2 050"> ID="2">0207 42 41"> ASSV="02" ID="1">9> ID="2">0207 39 31> ASSV="02" ID="3">1 800> ASSV="02" ID="4">1 900> ASSV="02" ID="6">2 050"> ID="2">0207 42 10"> ID="1">10> ID="2">ex 0407 00> ID="3">1 250> ID="4">1 350> ID="6">1 450"> ID="1">11> ID="2">0408 91 10> ID="3">250> ID="4">270> ID="6">290""

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(1)() Ducks in pieces.

(2)() Geese in pieces.'

ANNEX II

"(in tonnes)"" ID="1">Hungary> ID="2">1> ID="3">318,50> ID="4">136,50"> ID="2">2> ID="3">227,50> ID="4">227,50"> ID="2">4> ID="3">506,13"> ID="2">5> ID="3">702,56> ID="4">4: 7 691,40 "> ID="2">6> ID="3">759,25"> ID="2">7> ID="3">1 075,00> ID="4">2 775,00"> ID="2">8> ID="3">307,81> ID="4">838,44"> ID="2">9> ID="3">475,00> ID="4">475,00"> ID="2">10> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">1 012,50"> ID="2">11> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">202,50"> ID="1">Poland> ID="2">12> ID="3">420,00> ID="4">180,00"> ID="2">14> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">2 437,50"> ID="2">15> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">3 412,50"> ID="2">16> ID="3">100,00> ID="4">875,00"> ID="2">17> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">1 050,00"> ID="2">18> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">150,00"> ID="1">Czech Republic> ID="2">19> ID="3">70,00> ID="4">30,00"> ID="2">21> ID="3">288,44> ID="4">770,31"> ID="2">22> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">667,50"> ID="2">23> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">1 545,00"> ID="2">24> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">144,00"> ID="2">25> ID="3">316,00> ID="4">2 798,38"> ID="2">26> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">187,50"> ID="2">27> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">1 380,00"> ID="1">Slovak Republic> ID="2">28> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">127,50"> ID="2">30> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">986,00"> ID="2">31> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">433,50"> ID="2">32> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">544,00"> ID="2">33> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">357,00"> ID="2">34> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">1 929,50"> ID="2">35> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">110,50"> ID="2">36> ID="3">0,00> ID="4">773,50">