Commission Regulation (EC) No 538/98 of 9 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 538/98

of 9 March 1998

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 European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/
94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the applica-
the import arrangements for fruit and veget-
tion of
ables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2375/
96 (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 the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common 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 the
Annex 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 in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66.
(2) OJ L 325, 14. 12. 1996, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.

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to the Commission Regulation of 9 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30,
0805 10 50

0805 30 10

(ECU/100 kg)

(ECU/100 kg)

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

CN code

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

204
212
624
999
068
999
220
999
052
204
624
999

052
204
212
600
624
999
052

81,4
108,9
188,3
126,2
93,1
93,1
159,0
159,0
134,5
121,7
177,6
144,6

37,7
37,1
41,4
52,6
48,8
43,5
67,1

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50,
0808 10 90

0808 20 50

204
600
999

052
060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
728
999
388
400
512
528
999

38,0
74,5
59,9

52,0
37,7
125,4
99,4
93,1
101,2
99,3
102,8
96,8
139,0
81,0
93,4
80,5
97,0
75,3
76,6
82,4

(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'.