Commission Regulation (EC) No 1718/2003

of 29 September 2003

establishing the quantity of certain pigmeat products available for the first quarter of 2004 under the arrangements provided for by the Free Trade Agreements between the Community, of the one part, and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 of 29 September 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the arrangements provided for in the free trade agreements between the Community, of the one part and Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, of the other part(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1853/2002(2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,

Whereas:

In order to ensure distribution of the quantities available, the quantities carried forward from the period 1 October to 31 December 2003 should be added to the quantities available for the period 1 January to 31 March 2004,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The quantity available for the period 1 January to 31 March 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2305/95 is set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2003.

For the Commission

J. M. Silva Rodríguez

Agriculture Director-General

(1) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 45.

(2) OJ L 280, 18.10.2002, p. 5.

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