No L 3/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 1. 91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 26/91 of 4 January 1991 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain agricultural products originating in developing countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20 December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain agricultural products originating in developing countries ('), for in particular Article 3 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/89 (%), for in particular Article 22 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 introduces arran- gements for reducing import levies on certain products in the pigmeat, eggs, poultry and cereals sectors; whereas detailed rules for the application of that Regulation should be adopted as regards products in the pigmeat sector with a view to administering the fixed amounts concerned ; whereas those detailed rules are either supple- mentary to or derogate from Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import for export licences for advance fixing certifi- cates for agricultural products(¥), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (°); Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of the fixed amounts, a security should be required for applica- tions for import licences and certain conditions be laid down as regards applications for licences; whereas the fixed amounts should be staggered over the year and the procedure for lodging licences as well as their duration of validity should be specified ; whereas, however, licences must not be valid beyond 31 December 1991 in view of the period of application of Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90; : () OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1990. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 129, 11. 5. 1989, p. 12. () O] No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () O] No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 29. 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 All imports into the Community in the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of products covered by order Nos 59.0010, 59.0040, 590060, 59.0070 for 59.0080 provided in the Annex to the said Regulation shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence. Article 2 The fixed amounts corresponding to the order numbers 59.0010, 59.0040, 59.0060, 59.0070 for 59.0080 shall be. staggered over the year as follows : — 25% in the period 1 January to 31 March 1991, — 25% in the period 1 April to 30 June 1991, - — 25% in the period 1 July to 30 September 1991, — 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December 1991. Article 3 In order to qualify under the import arrangements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 the follo- wing rules shall apply: (a) Applicants for import licences must be natural or legal persons who, at the time applications are submitted, must prove to the satisfaction of the competent autho- rities in the Member States that they have been active in the pigmeat sector for at least the preceding 12 months ; this latter requirement shall not apply to applicants established for at least twelve months in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic ; (b) The licence application may only comprise one of the order Nos 59.0010, 59.0040, 59.0060, 59.0070 or 59.0080 provided for in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) Na 3834/90. The application may comprise different products covered by different CN codes and originating in one developing country. In such cases, all the CN codes are indicated in section 16 and their designation in section 185.