Commission Regulation (EC) No 2898/2000

of 22 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system 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 organisation of the market in pigmeat(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000(2), and in particular Articles 8(2) and 13(12) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1342/2000(4), lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector.

(2) It is necessary to adapt the product codes laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 to the recent amendments of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 of 17 December 1987 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refund(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2849/2000(6).

(3) 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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply to export licences applied for as from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.

(4) OJ L 154, 27.6.2000, p. 14.

(5) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 335, 30.12.2000, p. 1.

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