EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 12. 98 L 347/61
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2796/98
of 22 December 1998
amending representative prices and additional duties for the import of certain
products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of themarkets in the sugar sector (
1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1423/
95 of 23 June 1995 laying down detailed implementingrules for the import of products in the sugar sector otherthan molasses (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
624/98 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 1 (2), and Article 3 (1) thereof,
Whereas the amounts of the representative prices and
additional duties applicable to the import of white sugar,raw sugar and certain syrups are fixed by CommissionRegulation (EC) No 1379/98 (
5), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2777/98 (6);
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to theintroduction of the euro (
7) provides that, as from 1January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at therate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
Whereas it follows from applying the general and detailed
fixing rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 1423/95 tothe information known to the Commission that therepresentative prices and additional duties at present inforce should be altered to the amounts set out in theAnnex hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The representative prices and additional duties on
imports of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regula-tion (EC) No 1423/95 shall be as set out in the Annexhereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December
1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 85, 20. 3. 1998, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 187, 1. 7. 1998, p. 6.
(6) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 47.
(7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 12. 98 L 347/62
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1998 amending representative prices and the
amounts of additional duties applicable to imports of white sugar, raw sugar and products covered
by CN code 1702 90 99
(ECU)
CN codeAmount of representative
prices per 100 kg net of
product concernedAmount of additional duty
per 100 kg net
of product concerned
1701 11 10 (1) 16,23 8,28
1701 11 90 (1) 16,23 14,59
1701 12 10 (1) 16,23 8,05
1701 12 90 (1) 16,23 14,07
1701 91 00 (2) 19,18 16,98
1701 99 10 (2) 19,18 11,53
1701 99 90 (2) 19,18 11,53
1702 90 99 (3) 0,19 0,45
(1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p.
3).
(2) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 (OJ L 94, 21. 4. 1972, p. 1).
(3) By 1 % sucrose content.