COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 98/98 of 14 January 1998 concerning Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 relating to the partial exemption from the import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania
Date: 1998-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, common wheat, durum wheat, import licence, quantitative restriction, tariff exemption

L 9/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15. 1. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 98/98

of 14 January 1998

concerning Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 relating to the partial exemption from
the import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the
Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Poland, the
Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of
Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 of 28
June 1996 relating to the partial exemption from the
import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid
down in the Agreements between the European
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies
the quantities of barley and common wheat originating
in the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of
Hungary which enjoy preferential access under
the
Interim Agreement concluded with those countries;
Whereas the Commission must fix a single coefficient for
reducing the quantities in the import licences applied for
in the
where these quantities exceed the quantities

annual quota; whereas applications for import licences
submitted on 12 January 1998 for wheat
from the
Republic of Hungary relate to 29 749 560 tonnes and the
maximum quantity which may be imported is 140 960
tonnes at a duty reduced by 80 %,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for

for

the

licences

‘Hungary' quota
Applications
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import
duty reduced by 80 % for common wheat and falling
within CN codes 1001 90 99 and 1001 10 00 submitted
on 12 January 1998 and forwarded to the Commission,
shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein
multiplied by a coefficient of 0,00473822

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 January 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 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 51.
(4) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1998, p. 4.