COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 590/96 of 2 April 1996 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 regarding the date of issue of export licences in the pigmeat sector

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 organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Articles 8 (2), 13 (12) and 22 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2739/95 (4), has laid down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 provides for the issue of export licences for products in the pigmeat sector on Monday following the week during which the applications for licences have been lodged, provided that none of the particular measures have since been taken by the Commission; whereas administrative problems will arise during the week from 1 to 7 April 1996 and it is therefore necessary to extend this delay for the applications lodged during this week to Wednesday, 10 April 1996;

Whereas 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

By derogation from Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95, the licences referred to therein, for which the applications have been lodged during the week from 1 to 7 April 1996, are delivered, on Wednesday, 10 April 1996, provided that none of the particular measures referred to in Article 3 (4) of the said Regulation have since been taken by the Commission.

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, 2 April 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.

(3) OJ No L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 9.

(4) OJ No L 285, 29. 11. 1995, p. 11.