31994R0148

No L 22/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 1 . 94

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 148/94 of 26 January 1994 suspending advance fixing of the export refund for certain pigmeat products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, quence, in order to preclude applications for advance fixing of refunds for speculative ends, such advance fixing Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European must be suspended forthwith until the application of that Community, adjustment and no action must be taken in respect of Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of the applications pending, Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1249/89 0, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 2768/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for Article 1 granting export refunds on pigmeat and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular the first Advance fixing of refunds in respect of products which subparagraph of Article 5 (4) thereof, are listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 3364/93 is hereby suspended during the period from 27 to 31 Whereas the refunds for pigmeat products were fixed by January 1994. Commission Regulation (EC) No 3364/93 (4) ; Whereas the decrease in the price of pigs currently affec­ Article 2 ting the Community market threatens to produce an imbalance between supply and demand ; whereas, there­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January fore, the refunds should be adjusted ; whereas as a conse­ 1994.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 39. (4) OJ No L 302, 9. 12. 1993, p. 17.