Commission Regulation (EC) No 122/98 of 16 January 1998 on managing the ceilings for imports of fresh and processed sour cherries originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia
Date: 1998-01-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Yugoslavia, fresh fruit, fruit product, import licence, stone fruit, tariff ceiling

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 122/98

of 16 January 1998

on managing the ceilings for imports of fresh and processed sour cherries
originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

submission of licences issued in accordance with this
Regulation;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of
20 December 1996 concerning the arrangements applic-
able to imports into the Community of products origin-
ating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia
and to imports of wine originating in the former Yugo-
slav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slov-
enia (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2636/
97 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 of 30
July 1996 introducing a system of import licences for
certain fruit and vegetables imported from third coun-
tries (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1064/
97 (4), requires an import licence to be presented for fresh
sour cherries falling within CN code 0809 20 05, among
other products, before they can be released into free
circulation;

Whereas for practical reasons, some provisions of this
Regulation governing sour cherries should be limited to
their harvesting and marketing season;

licences

the system of

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 of 3
August 1995 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of
for products
import
processed from fruit and vegetables and repealing Regula-
tions (EEC) No 2405/89 and (EEC) No 3518/86 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2427/95 (6), subjects
falling within CN codes
processed sour
ex 0811 90 19,
0811 90 75,
ex 0812 10 00, 2008 60 51, 2008 60 61, 2008 60 71 and
2008 60 91, among other products, to the import licence
system;

ex 0811 90 39,

cherries

Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/97 states that import licences are to be
issued to ensure the management of the ceilings of 2 500
tonnes of fresh sour cherries and of 12 800 tonnes of
processed sour cherries falling within the above CN
codes and fixed in Annex D to that Regulation; whereas
the grant of preference should be made subject to the

(1) OJ L 16, 18. 1. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 193, 3. 8. 1996, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 156, 13. 6. 1997, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 185, 4. 8. 1995, p. 10.
(6) OJ L 249, 17. 10. 1995, p. 12.

Whereas measures must be taken very quickly and auto-
matically once the demand for licences reaches one of
the ceilings fixed; whereas the Commission should be
allowed to take the necessary measures;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This Regulation relates to the tariff ceilings referred to in
Regulation (EC) No 70/97 for fresh sour cherries falling
within CN code 0809 20 05, and processed sour cherries
falling within CN codes ex 0811 90 19, ex 0811 90 39,
0811 90 75,
2008 60 61,
2008 60 71 and 2008 60 91 originating in the Republics
of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.

ex 0812 10 00,

2008 60 51,

Article 2

1. All imports under the ceilings referred to in Article
1 shall be subject to the presentation of an import licence
issued in accordance with this Regulation.

2.
Subject to the specific provisions of this Regulation,
Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 shall apply to fresh sour
cherries and Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 shall apply to
processed sour cherries.

The import licence shall contain in Section 24 one

3.
of the following:

 Derecho preferencial ad valorem  Reglamento (CE)

no 70/97

 Præferenceværditold  Forordning (EF) nr. 70/97

 Präferentieller Wertzoll  Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/

97

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 Προτιµησιακ(cid:149)r δασµ(cid:149)r ad valorem  Κανονισµ(cid:149)r

Article 4

(ΕΚ) αριθ. 70/97

 Preferential ad valorem duty  Regulation (EC) No

70/97

 Droit ad valorem préférentiel  Règlement (CE) no

70/97

 Dazio ad valorem preferenziale  Regolamento (CE)

n. 70/97

 Preferentieel ad-valoremrecht  Verordening (EG) nr.

70/97

 Direito preferencial ad valorem  Regulamento (CE)

nº 70/97

 Arvotullietuus  asetus (EY) N:o 70/97
 Särskild värdetull  Förordning (EG) nr 70/97.

4.
The country of origin shall be entered in Section 8
of both the licence application and the import licence
and the word ‘yes' shall be marked with a cross.

Article 3

The Member States

1.
applications for licences in accordance with:

shall provide the data on

(a) Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 in the case
of fresh sour cherries in the period 1 May to 30
September;

(b) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 in the case

of processed sour cherries.

2.
In the case of processed sour cherries, the Member
States shall notify the Commission of the quantities for
which the import
licences were not used, once such
information becomes available.

The licences shall be issued on the fifth working day
1.
following lodgement of
the application, provided that
special measures have not been taken by the Commission
in the meantime.

2. When the quantity in the licences applied for
reaches one of the ceilings laid down in Regulation (EC)
No 70/97, the Commission shall fix, if necessary, a flat-
rate percentage reduction for the applications in question
and suspend the issue of licences for any subsequent
application under the ceiling in question.

Article 5

At the request of the interested party, unused or partly
used licences for the products and origin referred to in
Article 1 that were issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1921/95 before the entry into force of this Regulation
and that have not passed their final date of validity shall
be cancelled and the security shall be released for the
amount unused.

Article 6

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

It shall apply from 1 January to 31 December 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission