ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 9. 98 L 257/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1996/98
of 18 September 1998
on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the
overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five
working days of September 1998 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/
97 of 16 December 1997 laying down the detailed rules ofapplication for the import of rice from the ACP Statesand for the import of rice from the overseas countries andterritories (OCT) (
1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1595/98 (2), and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2603/97, the Commission must decide within 10 days ofthe final date for notification by the Member States theextent to which applications can be granted and must fixthe available quantities for the following tranche and,where necessary, for the additional tranche for October;
Whereas examination of the quantities for which applica-
tions have been submitted shows that licences should beissued for the quantities applied for reduced, whereappropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex
hereto,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Import licences for rice against applications submitted
during the first five working days of September 1998pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2603/97 and notified tothe Commission shall be issued for the quantities appliedfor reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set outin the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 September
1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 18 September 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 208, 24. 7. 1998, p. 21.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 9. 98 L 257/4
ANNEX
Regulation (EC) No 2603/97
Reduction percentages to be applied to quantities applied for under the tranche for September 1998:
OriginReduction
(%)
ACP (Article 2(1))
¾CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 3032,4212 (1)
ACP + OCT (Article 7)
¾ACP: CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30
¾OCT: CN code 100684,3306
(1) Issue for the quantity applied for.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 9. 98 L 261/1
I
(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2017/98
of 23 September 1998
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and theconversion rates to be applied for the purposes of thecommon agricultural policy (
3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 3 (3)
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 24 September
1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 23 September 1998.
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.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 9. 98 L 261/2
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 23 September 1998 establishing the standard import
values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(ECU/100 kg)
CN codeThird country
code (1)Standard import
value
0702 00 00 052 94,8
060 36,5
999 65,7
0707 00 05 052 149,2
060 88,6
999 118,9
0709 90 70 052 94,8
999 94,8
0805 30 10 052 83,5
388 66,6
512 81,0
524 66,6
528 65,3
999 72,6
0806 10 10 052 92,9
064 56,3
400 224,5
624 101,9
999 118,9
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 060 40,3
064 47,3
388 50,2
400 68,8
512 16,4
524 27,7
528 86,6
800 207,5
804 36,7
999 64,6
0808 20 50 052 93,3
064 56,9
388 90,6
528 86,5
999 81,8
0809 30 10, 0809 30 90 052 109,7
400 223,1
999 166,4
0809 40 05 052 71,2
060 48,7
064 59,6
066 93,7
091 55,6
400 109,0
624 145,9
999 83,4
(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'.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 9. 98 L 262/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2023/98
of 24 September 1998
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 23September 1998, the quantity still available for the perioduntil 15 November 1998 referred to in Article 1a(1) ofRegulation (EC) No 1685/95, could be exceeded unlessthe issue of export licences with advance fixing of the
refund is restricted; whereas, therefore, a single percentagefor the acceptance of applications submitted between 16and 22 September 1998 should be applied and thesubmission of applications and the issue of licencessuspended until 15 November 1998,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
wine-sector products for which applications are submittedbetween 16 and 22 September 1998 under Regulation(EC) No 1685/95 shall be issued for 95,8 % of the quant-ities requested.
2. The issue of export licences for wine-sector products
for which applications are submitted from 23 September1998 and the submission of export licence applicationsfrom 25 September 1998 shall be suspended until 15November 1998.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 September
1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 24 September 1998.
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.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 10. 98 L 267/1
I
(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2103/98
of 1 October 1998
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and theconversion rates to be applied for the purposes of thecommon agricultural policy (
3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 3 (3)
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 third
countries, 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 2 October 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 1 October 1998.
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.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 10. 98 L 267/2
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 1 October 1998 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(ECU/100 kg)
CN codeThird country
code (1)Standard import
value
0709 90 70 052 104,3
999 104,3
0805 30 10 052 72,1
388 98,6
512 60,3
524 70,9
528 62,2
999 72,8
0806 10 10 052 88,9
064 41,0
400 208,9
999 112,9
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 060 36,0
064 40,4
388 48,7
400 70,2
442 43,2
512 68,4
528 82,0
800 216,4
804 77,5
999 75,9
0808 20 50 052 88,8
064 53,6
528 81,6
999 74,7
(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'.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 10. 98 L 271/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2150/98
of 7 October 1998
fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 10th partial invitation
to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1574/98
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 Regula-
tion (EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 17 (5) (b) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/98 of 22
July 1998 on a standing invitation to tender to determinelevies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (
3),
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for theexport of this sugar;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EC) No
1574/98 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as thecase may be, account being taken in particular of the stateand foreseeable development of the Community andworld markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tenderin question;Whereas, following an examination of the tenders
submitted in response to the 10th partial invitation totender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should beadopted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the 10th partial invitation to tender for white sugar
issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1574/98 themaximum amount of the export refund is fixed at ECU51,972 per 100 kilograms.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 7 October 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 206, 23. 7. 1998, p. 7.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 10. 98 L 269/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2128/98
of 5 October 1998
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and theconversion rates to be applied for the purposes of thecommon agricultural policy (
3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Article 3 (3)
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 third
countries, 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 6 October 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 5 October 1998.
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.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 10. 98 L 269/4
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 5 October 1998 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
(ECU/100 kg)
CN codeThird country
code (1)Standard import
value
0709 90 70 052 91,5
999 91,5
0805 30 10 052 73,3
388 98,6
512 60,3
524 67,6
528 62,3
999 72,4
0806 10 10 052 93,1
064 55,8
400 193,1
999 114,0
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 060 39,5
064 36,0
388 37,9
400 58,3
442 43,2
512 68,4
528 82,0
804 77,5
999 55,4
0808 20 50 052 87,1
064 53,6
528 81,6
999 74,1
(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 2194/98 of 12 October 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 as regards ear-tags in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals (Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 of 21 April 1997 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products (1), and in particular Article 10(a) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1177/98 (3), lays down detailed rules as regards ear-tags, holding registers and passports in the framework of the system of the identification and registration of bovine animals;

Whereas in order to avoid difficulties in the domain of intra-Community trade in bovine animals and to clarify the current rules, it is necessary to authorise keepers to acquire in advance, if they so wish and in compliance with the national provisions, the appropriate quantity of ear-tags to cover their needs for a period of no more than one year;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2629/97 should be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2629/97, the following paragraph 5 is added:

'5. Keepers shall be authorised to acquire in advance, if they so wish and in compliance with the applicable national provisions, the appropriate quantity of ear-tags to cover their needs for a period of no more than one year. In the case of holdings which have no more than five animals, the competent authority may provide in advance five pairs of ear-tags.`

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 October 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 117, 7. 5. 1997, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 354, 30. 12. 1997, p. 19.

(3) OJ L 163, 6. 6. 1998, p. 19.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 10. 98 L 273/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2173/98
of 8 October 1998
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export
of rye issued in Regulation (EC) No 1746/98
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 2094/98 (4), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas an invitation to tender for the refund and/or the
tax for the export of rye to all third countries was openedpursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1746/98 (
5);
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows
the Commission to decide, in accordance with the pro-cedure 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 2 to
8 October 1998 in response to the invitation to tender forthe refund or the tax for the export of rye issued inRegulation (EC) No 1746/98.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 October 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 8 October 1998.
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 266, 1. 10. 1998, p. 61.
(5) OJ L 219, 7. 8. 1998, p. 3.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2153/98 of 7 October 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2173/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of specific measures adopted in respect of fruit, vegetables, plants and flowers for the benefit of the Canary Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Articles 15(5) and 16(5) thereof,

Whereas Article 9(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/92 of 30 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of specific measures adopted in respect of fruit, vegetables, plants and flowers for the benefit of the Canary Islands (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (4), sets a time limit of two months between the filing of applications and the payment of aid; whereas experience gained in the administration of the measures has demonstrated that that time limit is not long enough to permit the necessary verifications and checks in view of the large number of dossiers involved; whereas the time limit should therefore be extended to three months;

Whereas if the measure is to apply to payments for the 1997/98 marketing year this Regulation should apply from 1 September 1998;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the first sentence of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2173/92, 'two` is hereby replaced by 'three`.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.

(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 217, 31. 7. 1992, p. 56.

(4) OJ L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8.