No L 93/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 4.790 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 903/90 of 9 April 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements appliéable to imports of certain poultrymeat products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 712/90 of 5 March ' 1990. concerning the arrangements applied to agricultural products.and certain goods resulting from the processing. of agricultural goods originating in the ACP States or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) ('), and in particular Article 27 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29-October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1235/89 (%), and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 in particular intro- duces arrangements for reducing import levies on certain products in the poultrymeat sector within the limit of quotas ; whereas detailed rules for the application of this Regulation should be adopted as regards the poultrymeat products concerned with a view to -administering -the quota concerned ; whereas those detailed rules are either supplementary. to or derogate from Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 3719/88 of. 16-November 1988 laying down common -detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing - certificates for agricultural products (*), as last amended by . Regulation (EEC) No 1903/89 ('); - Whereas, in-order to ensure proper administration of the quotas, a security should be required for applications for import licences and certain conditions be laid down as regards-applicants themselves ; whereas the quotas should be staggered over the year and the term of validity of licences should bé specified ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, () OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. () OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 29. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 184, 30. 6. 1989, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 All imports into the Community undér Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence. Licences shall be issued under the conditions laid down in this Regulation and within the limit of the quota fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. Article 2 1. The quotas for the products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 shall be staggered over the year as follows: — 25% in the period 1 January to 31 March, — 25% in the period 1 April to 30 June, — 25% in the period 1 July to 30 September, — 25% in the period 1 October to 31 December. 2. However, the following shall apply for 1990 : — 50 % in the period 1 April to 30 June 1990, — 25% in the period 1 July to 30 September 1990, — 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December 1990. Article -3 1. In order to qualify under the import arrangements provided for in Regulation-(EEC) No 715/90: (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 engaged in commercial activity in the poultrymeat. . sector for at least the preceding 12 months; (b) licence - applications may only relate to the quota provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. The application may comprise several products covered by CN codes 0207 or 1602 31 and 1602 39 exported from one of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or the overseas countries and