Commission Regulation (EC) No 2480/2001

of 17 December 2001

determining the quantity available for the first half of 2002 for certain products in the milk and milk products sector under the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and in the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 of 15 December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2856/2000(4), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

In application of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1529/2001(5), determining the extent to which applications for import licences for the said products lodged in July 2001 can be accepted, applications for import licences lodged for the products referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 concern quantities less than those available. Therefore, the quantity available for the period 1 January to 30 June 2002 should be fixed for each product,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantity available for the period 1 January to 30 June 2002 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2508/97, shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.

(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.

(3) OJ L 345, 16.12.1997, p. 31.

(4) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 49.

(5) OJ L 202, 27.7.2001, p. 11.

ANNEX

Total quantities, in tonnes, available for the period 1 January to 30 June 2002

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