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EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 1. 1999 L 18/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 161/1999
of 22 January 1999
concerning tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender for the
export of husked long grain rice to the island of Runion referred to in Regula-
tion (EC) No 2563/98
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 10(1) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2692/89 of 6 September 1989 laying down detailed rulesfor exports of rice to Runion (
3), and in particular Article
9 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2563/98 (4)
opens an invitation to tender for the subsidy on riceexported to Runion;
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89 allows
the Commission to decide, in accordance with the proce-dure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, tomake no award;Whereas on the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles
2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2692/89, a maximumsubsidy 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 submitted from
18 to 21 January 1999 in response to the invitation totender referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2563/98 for thesubsidy on exports to Runion of husked long grain ricefalling within CN code 1006 20 98.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 22 January 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)O JL2 9 ,7 .9 .1 9 8 9 ,p .8 .
(4) OJ L 320, 28. 11. 1998, p. 40.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 1. 1999 L 17/38
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 145/1999
of 21 January 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on rye in connection with the invitation to
tender 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 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 rye to all third countries was openedpursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1746/98 (
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 anytenderer whose bid is equal to or lower than the
maximum 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 15 to 21 January 1999, pursuant
to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No1746/98, the maximum refund on exportation of rye shallbe EUR 74,45 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January
1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 21 January 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 219, 7. 8. 1998, p. 3.
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 150/1999 of 19 January 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 laying down special measures in respect of olive oil

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular, Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas, in accordance with Article 1(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 (3), the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, is to adopt before 1 January 1999 the method for financing actual expenditure of agencies as from the 1999/2000 marketing year;

Whereas a three-year transitional period covering the reform of the market organisation of the olive-oil sector has been decided on as from the 1998/1999 marketing year; whereas work customarily entrusted to the agencies is to be carried out during the transitional period as well as during the first marketing year following that period; whereas, as a result, provision should be made for a Community contribution to the agencies' expenditure for the said period in order to ensure they can operate effectively and in accordance with the rules within the framework of the administrative autonomy provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The last two subparagraphs of Article 1(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2262/84 are hereby replaced by the following:

'50 % of the agencies' actual expenditure over a period of three years starting from the 1999/2000 marketing year shall be covered by the general budget of the European Communities.

Before 1 October 2001, the Commission shall consider the need to maintain the Community contribution to the agencies' expenditure and, where appropriate, shall present a proposal to the Council. In accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 43(2) of the Treaty, the Council shall decide before 1 January 2002 on any financing of the expenditure in question`.

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, 19 January 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE

(1) OJ C 384, 10. 12. 1998, p. 22.

(2) Opinion delivered on 13 January 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2599/97 (OJ L 351, 23. 12. 1997, p. 17).
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 1. 1999 L 20/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 180/1999
of 26 January 1999
determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1999 for import
licences under the regime provided for by tariff quotas for certain products in the
pigmeat sector for the period 1 January to 31 March 1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/
95 of 28 June 1995 opening and providing for the admin-istration of tariff quotas for certain products in thepigmeat sector (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1390/98 (2), and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof,
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for
the first quarter of 1999 are for quantities less than thequantities available and can therefore be met in full;
Whereas the surplus to be added to the quantity available
for the following period should be determined,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. Applications for import licences for the period 1
January to 31 March 1999 submitted pursuant to Regula-tion (EC) No 1486/95 shall be met as referred to inAnnex I.
2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30
June 1999 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regu-lation (EC) No 1486/95 for import licences for a totalquantity as referred to in Annex II.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 January
1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 26 January 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 58.
(2) OJ L 187, 1. 7. 1998, p. 28.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 1. 1999 L 20/35
ANNEX I
Group NoPercentage of acceptance
of import licences submitted
for the period
1 January to 31 March 1999
G2 100
G3 100
G4 100
G5 100
G6 100
G7 100
ANNEX II
(tonnes)
Group NoTotal quantity available
for the period
1 April to 30 June 1999
G2 19 515,6
G3 2 616,5
G4 1 571
G5 3 590
G6 9 000
G7 3 194,8
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 1. 1999 L 23/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 232/1999
of 29 January 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled long grain rice in connec-
tion with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2566/98
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 organization of themarket in rice (
1), as 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 2566/98 (
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 long grain
rice falling within CN code 1006 30 67 to be exported tocertain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tenderissued in Regulation (EC) No 2566/98 is hereby fixed onthe basis of the tenders submitted from 25 to 28 January1999 at EUR 306,00 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 January
1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 29 January 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. 49.
(4)O JL6 1 ,7 .3 .1 9 7 5 ,p .2 5 .
(5) OJ L 35, 15. 2. 1995, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 1. 1999 L 23/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 225/1999
of 29 January 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1832/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply
of cereals products from the Community to the Canary Islands
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
of 15 June 1992 introducing specific measures in respectof certain agricultural products for the benefit of theCanary Islands (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals
products to the Canary Islands has been settled byCommission Regulation (EEC) No 1832/92 (
3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2752/98 (4); whereas, as a
consequence of the changes of the rates and prices forcereals products in the European part of the Communityand on the world market, the aid for supply to the Canary
Islands should be set at the amounts given in the Annex;
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 Annex of amended Regulation (EEC) No 1832/92 is
replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 29 January 1999.
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 185, 4. 7. 1992, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 345, 19. 12. 1998, p. 21.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 1. 1999 L 23/31
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 29 January 1999 amending Regulation (EEC)
No 1832/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products from the
Community to the Canary Islands
(EUR/tonne)
Product
(CN code)Amount of aid
Common wheat (1001 90 99) 34,50
Barley (1003 00 90) 54,00
Maize (1005 90 00) 52,00
Durum wheat (1001 10 00) 8,00
Oats (1004 00 00) 62,00
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 2. 1999 L 29/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 249/1999
of 2 February 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,
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 3 February 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 2 February 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.
(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 3. 2. 1999 L 29/4
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 2 February 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 00 052 106,3
204 42,5
999 74,4
0709 10 00 220 213,2
999 213,2
0709 90 70 052 146,8
204 152,6
999 149,7
0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50 052 46,1
204 42,9
212 43,8
600 40,2
624 52,7
999 45,1
0805 20 10 204 69,8
999 69,8
0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90 052 54,7
204 68,3
464 94,1
600 73,2
624 81,1
999 74,3
0805 30 10 052 56,1
600 69,9
999 63,0
0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 039 76,4
060 46,7
400 84,6
404 76,6
728 78,5
999 72,6
0808 20 50 052 129,5
388 76,9
400 78,0
624 53,0
999 84,4
(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 6. 2. 1999 L 33/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 280/1999
of 5 February 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled medium round grain and
long grain A rice in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation
(EC) No 2565/98
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 2565/98 (
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 medium
round grain and long grain A rice to be exported tocertain third countries of Europe pursuant to the invita-tion to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 2565/98 ishereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 1to 4 February 1999 at EUR 112,00 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 5 February 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. 46.
(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 5. 2. 1999 L 32/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 269/1999
of 4 February 1999
fixing the maximum export refund on common wheat in connection with the
invitation to tender 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
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 29 January to 4 February 1999,
pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation(EC) No 2004/98, the maximum refund on exportation ofcommon wheat shall be EUR 38,00 per tonne.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 4 February 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.