28.2.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 6333 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 367/2004 of 27 February 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 as regards the available quantity for which import licence applications for certain pigmeat products may be lodged for the period 1 to 30 April 2004 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat ('), Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March 1994 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (%), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 of 22 June 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products (}), and in par- ticular Article 4(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) The accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union on 1 May 2004 should enable those countries to qualify for the tariff quotas for pigmeat provided for by Regulation (EC) No 774/94 under fair conditions compared with those applicable to the existing Member States. Economic operators in those countries must be given the possibility therefore of parti- cipating fully in those quotas upon accession. (2 In order not to create disturbance on the market before and after 1 May 2004, the timetable for the tranches provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 has been altered and the allocation of quantities adjusted for 2004 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 232/2004 of 26 February 2004 (*). It is therefore necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 of 22 December 2003 determining the extent to which appli- cations lodged in December 2003 for import licences for certain pigmeat sector products under the regime provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for pigmeat and certain other agricultural products can be accepted (°), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 Regulation (EC) No 2261/2003 is hereby amended as follows: (a) Article 1(2) is replaced by the following: 2. Applications for import licences for the period 1 to 30 April 2004 may be lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 for the total quantity referred to in Annex IL; (b) Annex II is replaced by the text contained in the Annex to this Regulation. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2004. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 February 2004. () OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1365/2000 (O] L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5). () OJ L 91, 8.4.1994, p. 1, Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2198/95 (O] L 221, 19.9.1995, p. 3). () OJ L 156, 23.6.1994, p. 14, Regulation as last amended by Regu- Jation (EC) No 1006/2001 (OJ L 140, 24.5.2001, p. 13). For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRIGUEZ Agriculture Director-General () OJ L 60, 27.2.2004, p. 10. () OJ L 336, 21.12.2003, p. 14.