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EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 3. 1999 L 63/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 541/1999
of 11 March 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on barley in connection with the invitation to
tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1078/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules forthe application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92on the granting of export refunds on cereals and themeasures to be taken in the event of disturbance on themarket for cereals (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2513/98 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of barley to all third countries wasopened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No1078/98 (
5);
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of thetenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account ofthe criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to any
tenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than themaximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bidrelates to an export tax;
Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal 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
For tenders notified from 5 to 11 March 1999, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No1078/98, the maximum refund on exportation of barleyshall be EUR 52,90/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 11 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 154, 28. 5. 1998, p. 20.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 3. 1999 L 61/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 523/1999
of 9 March 1999
determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export
licences for poultrymeat which may be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/
95 of 16 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for imple-menting the system of export licences in the poultrymeatsector (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2581/
98 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 provides for
specific measures where applications for export licencesconcern quantities and/or expenditure which exceed thenormal trade patterns or where there is a risk that theywill be exceeded, taking account of the limit referred to inArticle 8(11) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 (
3),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No2916/95 (
4), and/or the corresponding expenditure during
the period in question;
Whereas there is a risk that the issue of licences for the
quantities applied for from 1 to 5 March 1999 may lead toan overrun in the quantities of the products concerned
normally disposed of by way of trade,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
With regard to applications for export licences for
poultrymeat lodged pursuant to Regulation (EC) No1372/95:
1. for applications from 1 to 5 March 1999, 100 % of the
quantities applied for in the case of categories 1 and 4referred to in Annex I to the abovementioned Regula-tion shall be accepted;
2. for applications from 1 to 5 March 1999, 25 % of the
quantities applied for in the case of category 3 referredto in Annex I to the abovementioned Regulation shallbe accepted.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 9 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 26.
(2) OJ L 322, 1. 12. 1998, p. 33.
(3) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 3. 1999 L 70/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 567/1999
of 16 March 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/98 on a special intervention measure for
cereals in Finland and Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules forthe application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92on the granting of export refunds on cereals and themeasures to be taken in the event of disturbance on themarket for cereals (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2513/98 (4),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/98 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 244/1999 (6), opens
an invitation to tender for the refund for the export ofoats produced in Finland and Sweden to all third coun-tries; whereas, in the present situation, it is appropriate toincrease the quantity put up for tender;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
Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2007/98 is hereby
amended as follows:
‘1. A special intervention measure in the form of
an export refund shall be implemented in respect of550 000 tonnes of oats produced in Finland andSweden and intended for export from Finland andSweden to all third countries.
Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and the
provisions adopted for the application of that Articleshall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the said refund.'
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, 16 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 27, 2. 2. 1999, p. 10.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 3. 1999 L 74/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 597/1999
of 18 March 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1079/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 923/96 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/
95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules forthe application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92on the granting of export refunds on cereals and themeasures to be taken in the event of disturbance on themarket for cereals (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2513/98 (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of common wheat to all third countrieswith the exception of certain ACP States was openedpursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1079/98 (
5),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2005/98 (6);
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95
provides that the Commission may, on the basis of thetenders notified, in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,decide to fix a maximum export refund taking account ofthe criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1501/95; whereas in that case a contract is awarded to anytenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than themaximum refund, as well as to any tenderer whose bidrelates to an export tax;
Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteria
to the current market situation for the cereal 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
For tenders notified from 12 to 18 March 1999, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No1079/98, the maximum refund on exportation ofcommon wheat shall be EUR 31,98/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 154, 28. 5. 1998, p. 24.
(6) OJ L 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 3. 1999 L 72/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 576/1999
of 17 March 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 stand-
ard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in theAnnex 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 18 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 17 March 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 18. 3. 1999 L 72/8
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 17 March 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 72,0
204 36,5
212 54,0
624 122,8
999 71,3
0707 00 05 068 97,8
999 97,8
0709 10 00 220 269,5
999 269,5
0709 90 70 052 112,5
204 158,7
999 135,6
0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50 052 48,9
204 47,4
212 49,5
600 39,9
624 47,5
999 46,6
0805 30 10 052 42,2
600 57,4
999 49,8
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 039 105,2
064 56,2
388 109,6
400 77,7
404 85,0
508 82,4
512 87,9
528 86,2
720 82,1
999 85,8
0808 20 50 052 133,1
388 62,5
400 75,4
512 66,3
528 74,3
624 74,3
999 81,0
(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'.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 589/1999 of 18 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2693/98 authorising the conclusion of long-term private storage contracts for table wine, grape must, concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must in respect of the 1998/1999 wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1627/98 (2), and in particular Articles 32(5) and 83 thereof,

Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2693/98 (3) of 14 December 1998 states that the grape must or concentrated grape must may be used for the production of grape juice or sold for export; whereas lossess may occur due to racking and/or pumping during such operations; whereas account must be taken of this possibility;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2693/98, the following subparagraph is added: 'Use of the products referred to in paragraph 1 for the purposes laid down shall be regarded as total if such use covers at least 97 % of the quantities under storage contract`.

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, 18 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 8.

(3) OJ L 338, 15. 12. 1998, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 1999 L 80/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 631/1999
of 24 March 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 increasing to 203 081 tonnes the quantity
of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency for which a standing invitation
to tender for export has been opened
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 5
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 39/1999 (4), lays
down the procedures and conditions for the disposal ofcereals held by the intervention agencies;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 (
5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 40/1999 (6), opened
a standing invitation to tender for the export of 151 725tonnes of barley held by the Austrian intervention agency;whereas, Austria informed the Commission of the inten-tion of its intervention agency to increase by 51 356tonnes the quantity for which a standing invitation totender for export has been opened; whereas the totalquantity of barley held by the Austrian interventionagency for which a standing invitation to tender forexport has been opened should be increased to 203 081tonnes;
Whereas this increase in the quantity put out to tender
makes it necessary to alter the list of regions and quant-ities in store; whereas Annex I to Regulation (EC) No1666/98 must therefore be amended;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
Regulation (EC) No 1666/98 is hereby amended as
follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 21. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum
of 203 081 tonnes of barley to be exported to all thirdcountries, with the exception of the United States,Canada and Mexico.
2. The regions in which the 203 081 tonnes of
barley are stored are stated in Annex I to this Regula-tion.';
2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.
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, 24 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 76.
(4) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 64.
(5) OJ L 211, 29. 7. 1998, p. 12.
(6) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1999, p. 65.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 1999 L 80/10
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
(tonnes)
Place of storage Quantity
Niedersterreich/Wien/Burgenland 142 522
Steiermark 8 540
Obersterreich 52 019'
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 3. 1999 L 78/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 622/1999
of 23 March 1999
fixing the export refunds on eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of themarket in eggs (
1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3)
thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75
provides that the difference between prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of thatRegulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas the present market situation in certain third
countries and that regarding competition on particularthird country markets make it necessary to fix a refunddifferentiated by destination for certain products in theegg sector;Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
to the present situation on the market in eggs that therefund should be fixed at an amount which would permitCommunity participation in world trade and would alsotake account of the nature of these exports and theirimportance at the present time;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The list of codes of products for which, when they are
exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 ofRegulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is granted, and the amountof that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 23 March 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 99.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 3. 1999 L 78/6
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 23 March 1999 fixing the export refunds on eggs
Product code Destination (1) Amount of refund
EUR/100 units
0407 00 11 9000 02 3,30
0407 00 19 9000 02 1,50
EUR/100 kg
0407 00 30 9000 03 16,00
04 8,00
05 14,00
0408 11 80 9100 01 58,00
0408 19 81 9100 01 27,00
0408 19 89 9100 01 27,00
0408 91 80 9100 01 43,00
0408 99 80 9100 01 11,00
(1) The destinations are as follows:
01 All destinations except Switzerland,
02 All destinations except the United States of America,03 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,04 All destinations except Switzerland and those of 03 and 05,05 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt.
NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3846/87.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 3. 1999 L 82/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 646/1999
of 25 March 1999
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 625/1999 (6);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 26 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 25 March 1999.
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 78, 24. 3. 1999, p. 11.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 3. 1999 L 82/27
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1999 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
(EUR)
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) 13,60 10,12
1701 11 90 (1) 13,60 16,47
1701 12 10 (1) 13,60 9,89
1701 12 90 (1) 13,60 15,91
1701 91 00 (2) 16,91 18,57
1701 99 10 (2) 16,91 13,12
1701 99 90 (2) 16,91 13,12
1702 90 99 (3) 0,17 0,47
(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.