Commission Regulation (EC) No 381/98 of 18 February 1998 adapting the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 applying multiannual schemes of generalized tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries
Date: 1998-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, developing countries, generalised preferences, originating product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 381/98

of 18 February 1998

adapting the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 applying multiannual
schemes of generalized tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999 in
respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of
20 June 1996 applying multiannual schemes of gener-
alized tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999
in respect of certain agricultural products originating in
developing countries (1), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2623/97 (2), and in particular Articles 15(3) and
18 thereof,

Whereas Article 15(3) of that Regulation lays down the
procedure for enacting changes to Annexes I, II and VI
thereto made necessary by amendments to the Combined
Nomenclature; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
2086/97 of 4 November 1997 amending Annex I to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (3), embodies new elements which affect the lists
appearing in Annexes I and VI to Regulation (EC) No

1256/96, and it is therefore appropriate to adapt those
annexes accordingly, and this applies from 1 January
1998;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Generalized Pref-
erences Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes I and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 shall be
adapted as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 February 1998.

For the Commission

Manuel MAR(cid:1)IN

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 160, 29. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 354, 30. 12. 1997, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 312, 14. 11. 1997, p. 1.

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Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 is hereby amended as follows:

In Annex I, Part 1:

ANNEX

— for:

read:

— for:

read:

— for:

‘0709 10 30’,

‘ex 0709 10 00’;

‘0805 20 21
0805 20 23
0805 20 25
0805 20 27
0805 20 29’,

‘ex 0805 20 10
ex 0805 20 30
ex 0805 20 50
ex 0805 20 70
ex 0805 20 90’;

‘Table grapes, fresh:

– From 1 January to 14 July:

0806 10 21

– – Of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv), from 1 to

0806 10 29

0806 10 30

31 January (a)

– – Other

– From 15 to 20 July:

– From 21 November to 31 December:

0806 10 69

– – Other than of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv),

from 1 to 31 December’,

read:

‘ex 0806 10 10

— for:

read:

— for:

‘0808 20 41’,

‘ex 0808 20 50’;

Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21
November
the variety
Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv) from 1 to 31 December’;

to 31 December, other

than of

‘Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and
sloes, fresh:

0809 10 10

0809 10 50

0809 20 19

0809 20 29

0809 20 79

0809 30 11
0809 30 19

0809 30 51
0809 30 59

0809 40 10

0809 40 40

– Apricots:

– – From 1 January to 31 May

– – From 1 August to 31 December

– Cherries, other than sour:

– – From 1 January to 30 April

– – From 1 to 20 May

– – From 11 August to 31 December

– Peaches, including nectarines:

– – From 1 January to 10 June

– – From 1 October to 31 December

– Plums:

– – From 1 January to 10 June

– – From 1 October to 31 December’,

read:

‘Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and
sloes, fresh:

ex 0809 10 00

– Apricots, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to

31 December

ex 0809 20 95

– Cherries, other

than sour

(Prunus

cerasus ),

from 1

January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December

ex 0809 30 10
ex 0809 30 90

ex 0809 40 05

– Peaches, including nectarines, from 1 January to 10 June

and from 1 October to 31 December

– Plums, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to

31 December’.

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In Annex VI:

— for:

read:

— for:

read:

— for:

read:

— for:

read:

— for:

read:

‘0707 00 25
0707 00 30’,

‘ex 0707 00 05’;

‘0709 90 71
0709 90 73
0709 90 75
0709 90 77
0709 90 79’,

‘0709 90 70’;

‘ex 0805 20 21
ex 0805 20 23
ex 0805 20 25
ex 0805 20 27
ex 0805 20 29’,

‘ex 0805 20 10
ex 0805 20 30
ex 0805 20 50
ex 0805 20 70
ex 0805 20 90’;

‘0809 20 11
0809 20 21
0809 20 31
0809 20 41
0809 20 51
0809 20 61
0809 20 71’,

‘0809 20 05’;

‘2208 40 10, 2208 40 90’,

‘2208 40’.