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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2424/98
of 10 November 1998
concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and
durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 529/97 and
(EC) No 2228/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessionsset out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of theconclusion of the GATT XXIV:6 negotiations (
1), and in
particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 529/97 of 21
March 1997 opening and administering a tariff quota of300 000 tonnes of quality wheat and repealing Regulation(EC) No 1854/94 (
2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
850/97 (3), lays down special provisions on the organisa-
tion of imports under the quota opened by Regulation(EC) No 1095/96; wheres Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)No 529/97 provides that the Commission is to fix auniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applica-tions for import licences exceed the quantities that maybe imported; whereas applications for licences submittedbetween 5 October and 4 November 1998 relate to7 570 120 tonnes of quality wheat; whereas the maximumquantity to be allocated is 200 000 tonnes; whereas theappropriate percentage of reduction for import licenceapplications submitted between 5 October and 4November 1998 qualifying for the conditions providedfor in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must therefore be set;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2228/96 of 21
November 1996 opening and administering a tariff quotaof 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat falling within CN code1001 10 00 (
4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2410/
98 (5), lays down special provisions on the organisation of
imports under the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No1095/96; whereas Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No2228/96 provides that the Commission is to fix a uniformpercentage reduction in the quantities if applications for
import licences exceed the quantities that may beimported; whereas applications for licences submittedbetween 5 October and 4 November 1998 relate to810 985,831 tonnes of durum wheat; whereas themaximum quantity to be allocated is 50 000 tonnes;whereas the appropriate percentage of reduction forimport licence applications submitted between 5 Octoberand 4 November 1998 qualifying for the conditionsprovided for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must there-fore be set,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Applications for import licences for quality common
wheat qualifying for the conditions provided for in Regu-lation (EC) No 1095/96 submitted between 5 October and4 November 1998 and notified to the Commission shallbe accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multipliedby a coefficient of 0,0264. Applications not notified to theCommission shall be refused.
Article 2
Applications for import licences for durum wheat quali-
fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC)No 1095/96 submitted between 5 October and 4November 1998 and notified to the Commission shall beaccepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied bya coefficient of 0,0616. Applications not notified to theCommission shall be refused.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November
1998.
(1) OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 82, 22. 3. 1997, p. 44.
(3) OJ L 122, 14. 5. 1997, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 298, 22. 11. 1996, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 298, 7. 11. 1998, p. 45.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 98 L 300/13
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 10 November 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission