Commission Regulation (EC) No 25/98 of 7 January 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 441/96 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of a tariff quota for potato starch imported from the Republic of Poland
Date: 1998-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Poland, potato, starch, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 25/98

of 7 January 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 441/96 laying down certain detailed rules for the
application of a tariff quota for potato starch imported from the Republic of
Poland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

referred to in the Annex hereto in accordance with
this Regulation. The rate of customs duty applicable to
such imports, the annual quantities of which are indi-
cated in the Annex hereto, shall be 20 % of the duty
applicable to the most favoured nation.’;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of
22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the
form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
products and providing for the adjustment, as an auto-
nomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural
concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to
take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negoti-
amended by Regulation (EC) No
ations (1),
1595/97 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

last

as

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 441/96 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 204/97 (4), provides
for concessions in the form of
tariff quotas until 31
December 1997; whereas, as a result of the adjustment of
Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 and pending the application,
with effect from 1 July 1997, of the results of the negoti-
ations on the conclusion of additional protocols to the
Europe Agreements and on the abolition of the restriction
to 31 December of the period of application of Regula-
tion (EC) No 3066/95, Regulation (EC) No 441/96 should
be amended with effect from 1 July 1997;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 441/96 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Pursuant to the arrangements provided for in Article 3
of Regulation (EC) No 3066/95, potato starch falling
within CN code 1108 13 00 originating in Poland may
be imported into the Community during the period

(1) OJ L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 216, 8. 8. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 61, 12. 3. 1996, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 33, 4. 2. 1997, p. 3.

2. Article 3 (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) in box 24, one of the following:

— Derecho de aduana en el arancel aduanero
com ´un reducido en un 80 % en aplicación del
Reglamento (CE) no 3066/95

— Told i henhold til den fælles toldtarif nedsat

med 80 %,

jf. forordning (EF) nr. 3066/95

— Zollermäßigung um 80 % gemäß der Verord-

nung (EG) Nr. 3066/95

— Καθοριζ ˜οµενη

δασµολ ˜ογιο
εισφορ ˜α µειωµ ˜ενη κατ ˜α 80 %, κατ’ εφαρ-
µογ ˜η του κανονισµο ˜υ (ΕΚ) αριθ. 3066/95

κοιν ˜ο

στο

— Customs duty fixed by the Common Customs
tariff reduced by 80 % pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 3066/95

— Droit de douane fixé au tarif douanier commun
réduit de 80 % en application du règlement
(CE) no 3066/95

— Riduzione del dazio dell’80 % a norma del

regolamento (CE) n. 3066/95

— Het

in het gemeenschappelijk douanetarief
vastgesteld douanerecht is verlaagd met 80 %
overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 3066/95

— Reduç˜ao de 80 % do direito aduaneiro fixado
na Pauta Aduaneira Comum em aplicaç˜ao do
Regulamento (CE) nº 3066/95

— Yhteisessä tullitariffissa vahvistetun tullin alen-
taminen 80 prosentilla asetuksen (EY) N:o
3066/95 mukaan

— Nedsatt tull med 80 % enligt Gemensamma
tulltaxan med tillämpning av förordning (EG)
nr 3066/95.’;

3. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

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 July 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Serial
number

CN code, description

Annual quantities

(tonnes)

From 1. 7. 1997
to 30. 6. 1998

From 1. 7. 1998
to 30. 6. 1999

From 1. 7. 1999
to 30. 6. 2000

From 1. 7. 2000

09.4804

1108 13 00 Potato starch

8 250

8 625

9 000

9 375’