ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2631/1999

of 13 December 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 as regards the detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Lithuania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/677/EC of 18 May 1998 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements(1), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2508/97(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1643/1999(3), lays down, inter alia, the detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Lithuania. Because of the conclusion of the Protocol referred to in Decision 98/667/EC, which replaces the combined nomenclature code applying to cheeses originating in Lithuania, the Annex to the Regulation must be amended with effect from the next application period for import licences.

(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I, part I (Lithuania), of Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 345, 16.12.1997, p. 31.

(3) OJ L 195, 28.7.1999, p. 5.

ANNEX

"I. Products originating in Lithuania

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EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.12.1999 L324/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2645/1999
of 15 December 1999
concerning applications for ‘ACP’ import licences for products falling within CN code 1007 00 90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 of 20
July1998onthearrangementsapplicabletoagriculturalprod-ucts and goods resulting from the processing of agriculturalproducts originating in the African, Caribbean and PacificStates (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(
3),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No2809/98of
22December1998layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplica-tioninthecerealssectorofCouncilRegulation(EC)No1706/98onthearrangementsapplicabletoagriculturalproductsandgoods resulting from the processing of agricultural productsoriginating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACPStates)(
4),
Whereas:
(1)the Commission must fix a single coefficient for
reducing the quantities applied for where these quanti-ties exceed the quantities in the annual quota, on thethirdworkingdayfollowingsubmissionoftheapplica-
tions at the latest;
(2)applications for licences submitted on 13 December1999 relate to 11555 tonnes and the maximumquantity which may be imported is 4763 tonnes at aduty reduced by 60%; whereas the correspondingpercentage reduction for import licence applicationssubmitted on 13 December 1999 should be fixed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Applicationsforimportlicencesforthe‘ACP’quotaataduty
reduced by 60% for sorghum falling within CN code10070090 submitted on 13 December 1999 and forwardedto the Commission, shall be accepted for the tonnages indi-cated therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,412203.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 41.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.12.1999 L323/1
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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2634/1999
of 14 December 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,
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No3223/94of
21December1994ondetailedrulesfortheapplicationoftheimport arrangements for fruit and vegetables(
1), as last
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1498/98(2),andinparticular
Article 4 (1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Regulation(EC)No3223/94laysdown,pursuanttothe
outcomeoftheUruguayRoundmultilateraltradenego-tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes thestandard values for imports from third countries, inrespect of the products and periods stipulated in theAnnex thereto;(2)in compliance with the above criteria, the standardimportvaluesmustbefixedatthelevelssetoutintheAnnex to this Regulation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
ThestandardimportvaluesreferredtoinArticle4ofRegula-
tion(EC)No3223/94shallbefixedasindicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15December1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 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 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.12.1999 L323/2
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 14 December 1999 establishing the standard import values for determining the
entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(EUR/100 kg)
CNcodeThirdcountry
code(1)Standardimport
value
07020000 052 103,5
204 57,4
624 132,5
999 97,8
07070005 052 118,8
999 118,8
07091000 220 196,7
999 196,7
07099070 052 111,8
204 156,7
999 134,3
08051010,08051030,08051050 052 39,6
204 46,1
388 35,6
999 40,4
08052010 052 77,1
204 53,1
999 65,1
08052030,08052050,
08052070,08052090 052 78,0
204 53,1
999 65,5
08053010 052 56,7
600 67,3
999 62,0
08081020,08081050,08081090 400 83,1
404 77,5
728 89,9
999 83,5
08082050 052 142,8
064 60,1
400 120,9
720 70,9
999 98,7
(1) CountrynomenclatureasfixedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No2645/98(OJL335,10.12.1998,p.22).Code‘999’standsfor‘of
other origin’.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.12.1999 L325/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2663/1999
of 16 December 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation(EC) No 1758/1999
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 the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of
29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for theapplication of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on thegranting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to betaken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(
3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2513/98(4), and in
particular Article 7 thereof,
(1)Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/orthe tax for the export of rye to all third countries wasopened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No1758/1999(
5);
(2)Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95provides 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 accountof the criteria referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)No1501/95;whereasinthatcaseacontractisawarded
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;
(3)Whereas the application of the abovementioned criteriatothecurrentmarketsituationforthecerealinquestionresultsinthemaximumexportrefundbeingfixedattheamount specified in Article 1;
(4)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For tenders notified from 10 to 16 December 1999, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1758/1999, the maximum refund on exportation of rye shall beEUR 67,00/t.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21.11.1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 210, 10.8.1999, p. 3.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.12.1999 L323/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2638/1999
of 14 December 1999
concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and quality durum wheat
under tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 778/1999
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
June1996ontheimplementationoftheconcessionssetoutinScheduleCXLdrawnupinthewakeoftheconclusionoftheGATT XXIV:6 negotiations(
1), and in particular Article 1
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 778/1999 of 15
April 1999 opening and providing for the administration oftariffquotasfor300000tonnesofqualitywheatand50000tonnes of durum wheat and repealing Regulations (EC) No529/97and(EC)No2228/96(
2),laysdownspecialprovisions
on the organisation of imports under the quota opened byRegulation (EC) No 1095/96; whereas Article 3(2) of Regula-tion(EC)No778/1999providesthattheCommissionistofixauniformpercentagereductioninthequantitiesifapplicationsforimportlicencesexceedthequantitiesthatmaybeimported;whereas applications for licences for quality common wheatsubmittedbetween24Octoberand8December1999relateto304270 tonnesof quality wheat; whereas the maximumquantitytobeallocatedis100000tonnes;whereastheappro-priate percentage of reduction for import licence applicationssubmitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 quali-fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No1095/96 must therefore be set; whereas applications forlicences for quality durum wheat submitted between 24October and 8 December 1999 relate to 145845 tonnes ofquality durum wheat; whereas the maximum quantity to beallocatedis50000tonnes;whereastheappropriatepercentage
ofreductionforimportlicenceapplicationssubmittedbetween24 October and 8 December 1999 qualifying for the condi-tionsprovidedforinRegulation(EC)No1095/96mustthere-fore be set,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Applications for import licences for quality common wheat
qualifying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC)No1095/96submittedbetween24Octoberand8December1999andnotifiedtotheCommissionshallbeacceptedforthetonnagesindicatedthereinmultipliedbyacoefficientof0,329.Applications not notified to the Commission shall be refused.
Article 2
Applicationsforimportlicencesforqualitydurumwheatquali-
fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No1095/96 submitted between 24 October and 8 December1999andnotifiedtotheCommissionshallbeacceptedforthetonnagesindicatedthereinmultipliedbyacoefficientof0,343.Applications not notified to the Commission shall be refused.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December 1999.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 101, 16.4.1999, p. 36.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2717/1999

of 20 December 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 882/1999 fixing the minimum import price applicable to certain types of processed cherries during the 1999/2000 marketing year

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 13(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 882/1999(3) fixes for the 1999/2000 marketing year the minimum import price applicable to certain types of processed cherries falling within CN codes 0811, 0812 and 2008 and listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96;

(2) in accordance with Article 10 of the Agreement on Safeguards concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the safeguard measures taken under Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1947 and which were in existence at the time of entry into force of the WTO Agreement must be abolished no later than eight years after the date on which they were first applied, or five years after the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement, whichever comes later;

(3) the minimum import price is a safeguard measure taken under Article XIX of the GATT of 1947, so the Community has an international legal obligation to abolish it for the above products no later than the end of 1999;

(4) to meet the aforementioned obligation, therefore, the minimum import price should be fixed at zero, with effect from 1 January 2000;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 882/1999 is replaced by the following:

"1. The minimum import price applicable to certain types of processed cherries falling within CN codes 0811, 0812 and 2008 and listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be fixed at zero with effect from 1 January 2000."

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 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 111, 29.4.1999, p. 35.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 12. 1999 L 331/32
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2751/1999
of 22 December 1999
concerningthe issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2125/95 of
6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administra-tion of Community tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms (
1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2493/98 (2), and in
particular Article 6(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2266/1999
of 27 October 1999 derogating from Regulation (EC)No 2125/95 (
3) lays down that the first applications for
import licences under the tariff quota for 2000 must belodged on 13 and 14 December 1999 and Article 1(2)states that the quantities applied for must be notified bythe Member States on 15 December 1999.
(2)Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 lays downthat where the quantities applied for exceed the quantityavailable, the Commission must set a flat-rate percentagereduction and suspend the issue of licences in respect ofsubsequent applications;(3)the quantities applied for on 13 and 14 December 1999pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 exceed the quantity available. As a result, the extentto which licences may be issued and the issue of licencesfor all subsequent applications should be suspendeduntil must both be determined,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2125/95 on 13 and 14 December 1999 andsubmitted to the Commission on 15 December 1999 shall beissued, bearing the wording laid down in Article 11(1) of thatRegulation, for 7,8 % of the quantity applied for.
Article 2
The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to Article
4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 shall be suspended forapplications submitted from 1 January until 14 October 2000.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 277, 28.10.1999, p. 8.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.12.1999 L334/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2783/1999
of 27 December 1999
fixing Community producer and import prices for carnations and roses with a view to the
application of the arrangements governing imports of certain floricultural products originating in
Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87of21
December1987fixingconditionsfortheapplicationofprefer-entialcustomsdutiesonimportsofcertainflowersoriginatinginCyprus,Israel,Jordan,MoroccoandtheWestBankandtheGaza Strip(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/
97(2), and in particular Article 5(2)(a) thereof,
Whereas:pursuant to Article 2(2) and Article 3 of abovementioned
Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87, Community import andproducerpricesarefixedeachfortnightforuniflorous(bloom)carnations,multiflorous(spray)carnations,large-floweredrosesand small-flowered roses and apply for two-weekly periods;pursuant to Article 1b of Commission Regulation (EEC) No700/88of17March1988layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplication of the arrangements for the import into theCommunity of certain floricultural products originating inCyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the West Bank and theGaza Strip(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2062/97(4), those prices are determined for fortnightly periods on
the basis of weighted prices provided by the Member States;thosepricesshouldbefixedimmediatelysothecustomsdutiesapplicable can be determined; whereas, to that end, provisionshouldbemadeforthisRegulationtoenterintoforceimme-diately,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Community producer and import prices for uniflorous
(bloom)carnations,multiflorous(spray)carnations,large-flow-eredrosesandsmall-floweredrosesasreferredtoinArticle1bofRegulation(EEC)No700/88forafortnightlyperiodshallbeas set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 December 1999.It shall apply from 29 December 1999 to 11 January 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 27 December 1999.
For the Commission
Margot WALLSTRÖM
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 177, 5.7.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 72, 18.3.1988, p. 16. (4) OJ L 289, 22.10.1997, p. 1.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.12.1999 L334/29
ANNEX
Period from 29 December 1999 to 11 January 2000(EUR/100 pieces)
Communityproducer
priceUniflorous
(bloom)
carnationsMultiflorous
(spray)
carnationsLarge-flowered
rosesSmall-flowered
roses
16,33 9,96 56,42 16,00
Communityimport
pricesUniflorous
(bloom)
carnationsMultiflorous
(spray)
carnationsLarge-flowered
rosesSmall-flowered
roses
Israel 15,22 7,54 16,15 14,84
Morocco 15,70 14,77 — —
Cyprus — — — —
Jordan — — — —
WestBankand
GazaStrip — — — —
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2796/1999

of 29 December 1999

laying down rates of compensatory interest applicable during the first half of 2000 to customs debts incurred in relation to compensating products or goods in the unaltered state (inward processing relief arrangements and temporary importation)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 955/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Codes(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999(4), and in particular Article 589(4) (a) and Article 709 thereof,

Whereas Article 589(4)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 provides that the Commission shall publish rates of compensatory interest applicable to customs debts incurred in relation to compensating products or goods in the unaltered state, in order to make up for the unjustified financial advantage arising from the postponement of the date on which the customs debt is incurred in the case of non-exportation out of the customs territory of the Community; whereas the rates of compensatory interest for the first half of 2000 must be established in accordance with the rules laid down in that Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The annual rates of compensatory interest referred to in Articles 589(4)(a) and 709(3)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 applicable for the period from 1 January until 30 June 2000 are the following:

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 1999.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25.