No L 161/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 27..6..90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1741/90 of 26 June 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 laying down detailed rules for application of the arrangements applicable 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 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul- tural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products 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 introduces in parti- cular a system for reducing import levies on certain products in the poultrymeat sector within the limit of quotas ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 (*) lays down detailed rules for applying that Regu-- lation as regards.the products concerned in the poultry- meat sector in order to permit the administration of the quotas concerned ; whereas those detailed rules supple- - ment the provisions of Commission Regulation (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 1599/90 (%), Whereas Regulation (EEC)" No 903/90 ~ should be amended-in -the light of practical experience gained -in implementing the special arrangements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, in particular as regards the: () OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 8S. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. () OJ No L 128, 11. 5. 1989, p. 29. () OJ No L 93, 10. 4. 1990, p. 20. % O] No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 29. staggering of quotas, the quantity per licence application and the validity of import licences; Whereas the measures provided for in this Reégulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs. ) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 is hereby amended as follows : v 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following : Article 2 The overal! quota of 200 tonnes referred to in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and :the overall quota of 250 tonnes referred to in Article 6 (2) of that Regulation shall-be staggered over the year as follows : — 50 % in the period 1 January to 30 June, — 50-% in the period 1 July to 31 December’ 2. Article 3 (1) (c) is replaced by the following : “c) licence applications must relate to at least one tonne and not more than 100 % of the quantity available under the quota and the six-monthly period in respect of which licence applications are lodged.’ 3.7In Article 4 (1) (2) and (4) and the third subparagraph of Article 4 (5), the word ‘quarter’ is replaced by ‘six- monthly period’. 4. The first. and second paragraphs of Article 5 are replaced by the following: ‘Pursuant. to Article 21 (2) of Regulation. (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences-shall be valid for 180 days from the date of actual :issue.’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1990.