ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 3. 1999 L 63/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 537/1999
of 11 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 5 to 11 March 1999, pursuant to
the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No1079/98, the maximum refund on exportation ofcommon wheat shall be EUR 32,98/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. 24.
(6) OJ L 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 3. 1999 L 62/1
I
(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 524/1999
of 10 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 11 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 10 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 11. 3. 1999 L 62/2
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 10 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 63,0
204 39,2
212 96,1
624 174,5
999 93,2
0707 00 05 068 160,7
999 160,7
0709 10 00 220 276,6
999 276,6
0709 90 70 052 117,2
204 122,8
999 120,0
0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50 052 55,8
204 48,9
212 46,2
600 50,0
624 47,4
999 49,7
0805 30 10 052 44,4
600 58,0
999 51,2
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 388 108,3
400 77,0
404 56,2
508 81,4
512 84,8
528 94,2
720 97,6
728 95,7
999 86,9
0808 20 50 052 122,9
388 70,1
400 79,8
512 63,8
528 66,2
624 72,7
999 79,2
(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 520/1999 of 9 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for 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 Article 38(5) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 69/1999 (4), has opened the preventive distillation provided for in Article 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87;

Whereas the final data on supplies for the current wine year are now known; whereas based on these data the provisional total volume of Community table wine should be increased from 8 million hl to 8,9 million hl;

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 the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) and the first and second sentences of the second subparagraph of Article 1(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2486/98, '8 000 000 hl` is replaced by '8 900 000 hl`.

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, 9 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 309, 19. 11. 1998, p. 18.

(4) OJ L 7, 13. 1. 1999, p. 3.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 3. 1999 L 66/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 543/1999
of 12 March 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain
and long grain A rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in
Regulation (EC) No 2564/98
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 13(3) thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the export refund on
rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC)No 2564/98 (
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, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exportedto certain third countries pursuant to the invitation totender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2564/98 is herebyfixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 8 to 11March 1999 at EUR 120,00 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 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 320, 28. 11. 1998, p. 43.
(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 19. 3. 1999 L 74/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 599/1999
of 18 March 1999
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export
of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 2004/98
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 7 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of common wheat to certain ACP Stateswas opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No2004/98 (
5);
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows
the Commission to decide, in accordance with the proce-dure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make
no award;
Whereas on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1
of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund orminimum tax 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 notified from 12
to 18 March 1999 in response to the invitation to tenderfor the refund or the tax for the export of common wheatissued in Regulation (EC) No 2004/98.
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 258, 22. 9. 1998, p. 4.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 3. 1999 L 74/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 591/1999
of 18 March 1999
on the issuing of export licences for wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/
95 of 11 July 1995 on arrangements for issuing exportlicences for wine-sector products (
1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1354/97 (2), and in particular Article
3(3) thereof,
Whereas Article 55(7) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation ofthe market in wine (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1627/98 (4), limits the grant of export refunds for
wine-sector products to the volumes and expenditurecontained in the Agreement on Agriculture concludedduring the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1685/95 lays
down the conditions under which the Commission maytake specific measures to prevent an overrun of thequantity laid down or the budget available under the saidAgreement;
Whereas, on the basis of information on export licence
applications available to the Commission on 17 March1999, the quantity still available for the period until 30April 1999 referred to in Article 1a(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1685/95, could be exceeded unless the issue of exportlicences with advance fixing of the refund is restricted;whereas, therefore, a single percentage for the acceptanceof applications submitted on 16 March 1999 should beapplied and the submission of applications and the issueof licences suspended until 30 April 1999,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
wine-sector products for which applications are submittedon 16 March 1999 under Regulation (EC) No 1685/95shall be issued for 25 % of the quantities requested.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products
for which applications are submitted from 17 March 1999and the submission of export licence applications from 19March 1999 shall be suspended until 30 April 1999.
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 161, 12. 7. 1995, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 186, 16. 7. 1997, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 8.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 571/1999 of 16 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1426/98 fixing the maximum amount of compensatory aid for the appreciable revaluation of the pound sterling on 3 May 1998

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1426/98 (2) fixes the maximum amount of compensatory aid for the appreciable revaluation of the pound sterling on 3 May 1998;

Whereas Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 724/97 of 22 April 1997 determining measures and compensation relating to appreciable revaluations that affect farm incomes (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 942/98 (4), provides for the reduction or cancellation of the maximum amount of the first tranche of compensatory aid as a function of the effect on income of the development of the agricultural conversion rates recorded during an observation period, account also being taken of the situation on the market in the same period, which ends on 28 February 1999;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 724/97 was repealed by Regulation (EC) No 2799/98; whereas, however, to avoid overcompensation because the agricultural conversion rate for the pound sterling and the exchange rate recorded in the observation period were higher than the rate on the date of the appreciable revaluation, the maximum amount of the first tranche of compensatory aid for the appreciable revaluation of the pound sterling on 3 May 1998 should be cancelled, because of the level reached;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of the Management Committees concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum amount of ECU 2,1 million in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1426/98 is replaced by EUR 0.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 16 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 349, 24. 12. 1998, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 190, 4. 7. 1998, p. 17.

(3) OJ L 108, 25. 4. 1997, p. 9.

(4) OJ L 132, 6. 5. 1998, p. 1.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 586/1999 of 18 March 1999 providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1045/98 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1045/98 of 19 May 1998 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999) (1), and in particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1045/98 provides for the opening of a tariff quota for 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999; whereas Article 6 of that Regulation provides for the reallocation of unused import rights on the basis of the actual utilisation of import rights for A-products and B-products respectively by the end of February 1999,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The quantities referred to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1045/98 amount to 39 447 tonnes.

2. The breakdown referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1045/98 shall be as follows:

- 35 000 tonnes intended for A-products,

- 4 447 tonnes intended for B-products.

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 149, 20. 5. 1998, p. 12.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 1999 L 80/12
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 633/1999
of 24 March 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 221/1999 determining the extent to which applica-
tions lodged in January 1999 for import licences for certain eggs and poultrymeatproducts under the regime provided for by the Agreements concluded by theCommunity with the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania 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 of 29 September 1997 laying down detailed rules forthe application in the eggs and poultrymeat sector of thearrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EC)No 3066/95 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93and (EC) No 1559/94 (
1), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2719/98 (2), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
Whereas the quantities available for the period 1 April to
30 June 1999 as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC)No 221/1999 (3) were inaccurate due to incorrect informa-
tion supplied by a Member State;
Whereas Annex II to the said Regulation should be
replaced,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 221/1999 is hereby
replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
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, 24 March 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. (3) OJ L 23, 30. 1. 1999, p. 21.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 3. 1999 L 80/13
ANNEX
‘ANNEX II
(tonnes)
Group NoTotal quantity available
for the period
1 April to 30 June 1999
1 1 701,25
2 373,75
4 17 522,78
7 2 415,00
8 603,75
9 1 380,00
10 1 765,61
11 442,75
44 316,25
45 1 435,37
12 1 564,50
14 4 025,00
15 1 408,75
16 1 358,50
17 1 725,00
18 345,00
19 498,63
21 2 650,50
23 2 478,88
24 115,00
25 5 951,70
26 293,25
27 2 470,00
28 345,00
30 2 070,00
32 805,00
33 575,00
34 2 875,00
35 230,00
36 1 150,00
37 143,75
38 215,63
39 1 840,00
40 579,60
43 1 150,00'
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 3. 1999 L 83/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 672/1999
of 26 March 1999
fixing the maximum aid for concentrated butter for the 200th special invitation
to tender opened under the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regula-
tion (EEC) No 429/90
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
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 Article 7a(3)
thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 429/90 of 20 February 1990 on the granting byinvitation to tender of an aid for concentrated butterintended for direct consumption in the Community (
3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 124/1999 (4), the
intervention agencies are opening a standing invitation totender for the granting of aid for concentrated butter;whereas Article 6 of that Regulation provides that in thelight of the tenders received in response to each specialinvitation to tender, a maximum amount of aid is to befixed for concentrated butter with a minimum fat contentof 96 % or a decision is to be taken to make no award;whereas the end-use security must be fixed accordingly;Whereas, in the light of the tenders received, the
maximum aid should be fixed at the level specified belowand the end-use security determined 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
For the 200th special invitation to tender under the
standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EEC)No 429/90, the maximum aid and the amount of theend-use security shall be as follows:
— maximum aid: 117 EUR/100 kg
— end-use security: 129 EUR/100 kg.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 26 March 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 45, 21. 2. 1990, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 16, 21. 1. 1999, p. 19.