Commission Regulation (EC) No 1722/2002

of 27 September 2002

on the issue of import licences on 30 September 2002 for sheepmeat and goatmeat products pursuant to GATT-WTO non-country specific tariff quotas for the fourth quarter of 2002

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 of 26 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2467/98 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 272/2001(2), and in particular Article 16(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laid down, in Title II B, detailed rules, in respect of imports of products falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 90 and 0204 pursuant to GATT/WTO non-country specific tariff quotas; provision should be made, pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, for determining the extent to which import licences may be issued in connection with applications lodged in respect of the fourth quarter of 2002.

(2) In cases where the quantities in respect of which licence applications have been lodged exceed the quantities which may be imported pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95, such quantities should be reduced by a single percentage figure in accordance with Article 16(4)(b) of that Regulation.

(3) All the licence applications may be granted in cases where the quantities in respect of which licence applications have been lodged do not exceed the quantities provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1439/95.

(4) Applications have been entered in France for products originating in South Africa and Namibia and in the United Kingdom for products originating in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

France shall, on 30 September 2002, issue the import licences provided for in Title II B of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 and applied for from 1 to 10 September 2002. For products falling within CN code 0204 the quantities applied for originating in South Africa and Namibia shall be granted in full.

Article 2

The United Kingdom shall, on 30 September 2002, issue the import licences provided for in Title II B of Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 which had been applied for between 1 and 10 September 2002. For products falling within CN code 0204 originating in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the quantities applied for shall be granted in full.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2002.

For the Commission

J. M. Silva Rodríguez

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 7.

(2) OJ L 41, 10.2.2001, p. 3.