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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 889/1999

of 29 April 1999

derogating, for the 1998/99 marketing year, from Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 as regards the time limit for paying the aid for dried grapes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97(2), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90 of 9 October 1990, laying down detailed rules of application for aid for the production of certain varieties of grapes for drying(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2614/95(4), stipulates that the Member States are to pay the aid for the production of dried grapes no later than 30 April in the marketing year for which the aid is granted; whereas Greece has submitted an application to postpone this deadline for the current marketing year because the control procedures in that Member State are being reorganised;

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2911/90, the time limit for paying the aid referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is postponed, for the 1998/99 marketing year, to 31 May 1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.

(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 278, 10.10.1990, p. 35.

(4) OJ L 268, 10.11.1995, p. 7.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1012/1999

of 12 May 1999

derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92 laying down detailed rules for applying the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/97(2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

(1) Whereas the exceptional weather situation in certain regions of Spain and Portugal, characterised by the persistence of a severe drought from autumn 1998 to spring 1999, means that it is no longer economically viable for a large number of producers in those regions to sow seeds; whereas such a situation is likely to lead to the producers affected suffering a major loss of income on their farms, including compensatory payments;

(2) Whereas, in order to relieve the situation of the producers concerned, exceptional provision should be made for the 1999/2000 marketing year allowing amendments to be made to areas declared as set aside;

(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 4(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3887/92, "area" aid applications submitted in respect of the 1999/2000 marketing year in the regions of Spain other than Galicia, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, Cantabria and Asturias, and in the regions of Portugal other than Entre Douro e Minho, Beira Litoral, the Azores and Madeira, may be amended by withdrawing areas declared as being "arable crops" and adding them to the set-aside areas, provided that the areas in question have effectively been out of production, from 15 January 1999.

Amendment declarations shall be submitted no later than 15 June 1999.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 5. 1999 L 129/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1053/1999
of 21 May 1999
suspending the buying-in of butter in certain Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the marketin milk and milk products (
1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular the first
subparagraph of Article 7a(1) and Article 7a(3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 (3), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland andSweden, sets out the circumstances under which thebuying-in of butter and skimmed-milk powder may besuspended and subsequently resumed and, where suspen-sion takes place, the alternative measures that may betaken;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1547/87 (
4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (5), lays
down the criteria for opening and suspending thebuying-in of butter by invitation to tender in the MemberStates or, in the case of the United Kingdom andGermany, in a region thereof;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 981/1999 (
6)
suspends buying-in of butter in certain Member States;whereas information on market prices shows that thecondition laid down in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1547/87 is no longer met in Germany, Finland,France, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Northern Ireland,Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; whereas the list ofMember States in which that suspension applies must beadjusted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Buying-in of butter by invitation to tender as provided for
in Article 1(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 is herebysuspended in Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg,Austria and Sweden.
Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 981/1999 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 May 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 21 May 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 78, 20.3.1987, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 144, 4.6.1987, p. 12.
(5) OJ L 174, 26.7.1995, p. 27.
(6) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 21.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1036/1999

of 17 May 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes as regards the deadlines for lodging applications for compensatory payments under the aid scheme for rice producers

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),

(1) Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3) introduces compensatory payments to Community rice producers;

(2) Whereas Article 1(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 of 27 November 1992 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes(4) stipulates that the system it introduces is to apply to the aid scheme for rice producers established by Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95;

(3) Whereas, in order to ensure that the integrated system is properly and permanently applied to the scheme of compensatory payments to rice producers, the deadlines for lodging applications and for certain amendments to applications in the producer Member States should be specified,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 shall be amended as follows:

(a) paragraph (2) shall be supplemented by the following subparagraph: "In the context of the compensatory payments to rice producers provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the date fixed by the Member State may not be later than 31 May preceding the harvest in question and, in the case of Portugal and Spain, 30 June preceding the harvest.";

(b) in paragraph 4 the following subparagraph shall be added: "In the context of the compensatory payments to rice producers provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, certain amendments may be made to 'area' aid applications provided the competent authorities receive these not later than the dates fixed in the third subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article."

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE

(1) OJ C 160, 27.5.1998, p. 17.

(2) OJ C 379, 7.12.1998.

(3) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4).

(4) OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 820/97 (OJ L 117, 7.5.1997, p. 1).
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 5. 1999 L 120/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 984/1999
of 7 May 1999
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the
export of husked long grain rice to the island of Runion referred to in Regula-
tion (EC) No 2563/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of themarket in rice (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rulesfor exports of rice to Runion (
3), and in particular Article
9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2563/98 (4)
opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on riceexported to Runion;
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows
the Commission to decide, in accordance with the proce-dure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, tomake no award;Whereas on the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles
2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximumsubsidy should not be fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
No action shall be taken on the tenders submitted from 3
to 6 May 1999 in response to the invitation to tenderreferred to in Regulation (EC) No 2563/98 for the subsidyon exports to Runion of husked long grain rice fallingwithin CN code 1006 20 98.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 7 May 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 29, 7.9.1989, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 320, 28.11.1998, p. 40.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 4. 1999 L 107/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 853/1999
of 23 April 1999
determining the extent to which applications lodged in April 1999 for licences
for certain eggs and poultrymeat products under the regime provided for by theInterim Agreements concluded by the Community with the Republic of Poland,the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria
can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/
97 (
1) setting rules of application in the poultrymeat and
egg sectors for the arrangements covered by CouncilRegulation (EC) No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations(EEC) No 2699/93 and (EC) No 1559/94, as amended byRegulation (EC) No 2719/98 (
2) and in particular Article
4(5) thereof,
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for
the second quarter of 1999 are, in the case of someproducts, for quantities less than or equal to the quantitiesavailable and can therefore be met in full, but in the caseof other products the said applications are for quantities
greater than the quantities available and must therefore bereduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Applications for import licences for the period 1 April to
30 June 1999 submitted under Regulation (EC) No 1899/97 shall be met as referred to in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 23 April 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 267, 30.9.1997, p. 67.
(2) OJ L 342, 17.12.1998, p. 16.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 4. 1999 L 107/17
ANNEX
Group NoPercentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 April to 30 June 1999
1 3,17
2 3,11
4 100,00
7 2,20
8 12,66
9 2,62
10 100,00
11 100,00
44 4,02
45 100,00
12 100,00
14 ¾
15 5,49
16 72,19
17 ¾
18 ¾
19 100,00
21 100,00
23 100,00
24 100,00
25 100,00
26 ¾
27 ¾
28 ¾
30 ¾
32 ¾
33 ¾
34 ¾
35 ¾
36 ¾
37 5,52
38 100,00
39 ¾
40 ¾
43 ¾
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 4. 1999 L 107/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 848/1999
of 23 April 1999
determining the extent to which the applications for import licences submitted
in April 1999 for certain dairy products under certain tariff quotas opened by
Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/
98 of 29 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for theapplication of the import arrangements and opening tariffquotas for milk and milk products (
1), and in particular
Article 14(4) thereof,
Whereas applications lodged for the products referred to
in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 concernquantities greater than those available; whereas, therefore,the allocation factors should be fixed for the quantitiesapplied for, for the period 1 April to 30 June 1999,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences applied for for products falling within the
order numbers in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 listed in the Annex lodged pursuant to Regulation(EC) No 1374/98 for the period 1 April to 30 June 1999,shall be awarded in accordance with the allocation factorsindicated.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 23 April 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 4. 1999 L 107/7
ANNEX
Order number
in Annex II
to Regulation
(EC) No 1374/98TARIC
order numberPeriod:
April to June 1999
Allocation factor
36 09.4590 0,0053
37 09.4599 0,0022
39 09.4591 0,1268
40 09.4592 0,0071
41 09.4593 0,0272
42 09.4594 0,0073
44 09.4595 0,0050
47 09.4596 0,0026
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 5. 1999 L 120/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 987/1999
of 7 May 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain rice in connec-
tion with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 770/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organization of themarket in rice (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export refund on
rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC)No 770/1999 (
3);
Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
584/75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 299/
95 (5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, amaximum export refund; whereas in fixing thismaximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regu-lation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account;whereas a contract is awarded to any tenderer whosetender is equal to or less than the maximum exportrefund;Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the rice in questionresults in the maximum export refund being fixed at theamount specified in Article 1;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The maximum export refund on wholly milled round
grain rice to be exported to certain third countriespursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation(EC) No 770/1999 is hereby fixed on the basis of thetenders submitted from 3 to 6 May 1999 at 201,00 EUR/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 7 May 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 100, 15.4.1999, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 61, 7.3.1975, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 4. 1999 L 93/1
I
(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 723/1999
of 7 April 1999
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain
fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/
94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the applica-tion of the import arrangements for fruit and veget-ables (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-sion fixes the standard values for imports from thirdcountries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-lated in the Annex thereto;Whereas, in compliance with the above criteria, the
standard import values must be fixed at the levels set outin the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated inthe Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 April 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 7 April 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 4. 1999 L 93/2
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 7 April 1999 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(EUR/100 kg)
CN codeThird country
code (1)Standard import
value
0702 00 00 052 80,5
204 65,2
999 72,8
0707 00 05 052 114,3
068 107,2
999 110,8
0709 10 00 220 220,2
999 220,2
0709 90 70 052 87,6
204 117,8
999 102,7
0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50 052 44,8
204 46,3
212 50,2
600 50,9
624 47,4
999 47,9
0805 30 10 052 52,7
999 52,7
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 039 110,0
388 89,0
400 92,4
404 98,1
508 79,2
512 91,9
524 68,8
528 74,5
720 99,1
804 107,8
999 91,1
0808 20 50 388 66,7
400 65,2
512 75,5
528 65,6
720 79,6
999 70,5
(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19). Code
‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 4. 1999 L 110/1
I
(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 870/1999
of 27 April 1999
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain
fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/
94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the applica-tion of the import arrangements for fruit and veget-ables (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1498/
98 (2), and in particular Article 4 (1) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down,
pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilat-eral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commis-sion fixes the standard values for imports from thirdcountries, in respect of the products and periods stipu-lated in the Annex thereto;Whereas, in compliance with the above criteria, the
standard import values must be fixed at the levels set outin the Annex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated inthe Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 27 April 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 198, 15.7.1998, p. 4.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 4. 1999 L 110/2
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 27 April 1999 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(EUR/100 kg)
CN codeThird country
code (1)Standard import
value
0702 00 00 052 77,7
999 77,7
0709 90 70 052 67,5
999 67,5
0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50 052 38,6
204 38,7
212 66,2
600 59,1
624 46,0
999 49,7
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 388 87,0
400 88,1
404 102,4
508 71,1
512 65,8
524 75,1
528 68,5
720 91,8
804 97,8
999 83,1
0808 20 50 388 68,3
512 60,0
528 65,7
999 64,7
(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (OJ L 321, 22.11.1997, p. 19). Code
‘999' stands for ‘of other origin'.