COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 540/98 of 9 March 1998 amending for the fourth time 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 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 8(2) and 13(12) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2439/97 (4), lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 of 17 December 1987 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 409/98 (6), has established a list of products, for which an export refund may be granted in the pigmeat sector;
Whereas it is necessary to adapt the product codes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 to the recent amendments of Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87;
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
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 4 March 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 March 1998.