do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 667/98 of 25 March 1998 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 32nd partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1408/97
Date: 1998-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, white sugar

L 93/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 3. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667/98

of 25 March 1998

fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 32nd partial invitation
to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1408/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 17 (5)

(b) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1408/97 of 22
July 1997 on a standing invitation to tender to determine
refunds on exports of white sugar (3),
levies and/or
requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the
export of this sugar;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EC) No
1408/97 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the
case may be, account being taken in particular of the state
and foreseeable development of
the Community and
world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender
in question;

following an examination of

the tenders
Whereas,
submitted in response to the 32nd partial invitation to
tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be
adopted;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 32nd partial invitation to tender for white sugar
to Regulation (EC) No 1408/97 the
issued pursuant
maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at ECU
45,360 per 100 kilograms.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 194, 23. 7. 1997, p. 16.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 668/98 of 25 March 1998 providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing
Date: 1998-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, beef, frozen product, import, meat processing industry, tariff quota

26. 3. 98

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EN

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 93/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 668/98

of 25 March 1998

providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1006/97
opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for
frozen beef intended for processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the actual utilisation of import rights for A-products and
B-products respectively by the end of February 1998,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1006/97 of 4 June 1997 opening and providing for the
administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef
intended for processing (1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998) (1),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/98 (2), and in
particular Article 6 (2) thereof,

Article 1

The quantities referred to in Article 6 (1) of Regula-

1.
tion (EC) No 1006/97 amount to 29 322 tonnes.

The breakdown referred to in Article 6 (2) of Regula-

2.
tion (EEC) No 1006/97 shall be as follows:

— 29 000 tonnes intended for A-products,

— 322 tonnes intended for B-products.

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1006/97 provides for the
opening of a tariff quota for 50 700 tonnes of frozen beef
intended for processing from 1 July 1997 to 30 June
1998; whereas Article 6 of that Regulation provides for
the reallocation of unused import rights on the basis of

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 25, 31. 1. 1998, p. 42.
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on: - the 'Proposal for a Council Directive on the extension of Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997, on the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', and - the 'Proposal for a Council Directive on the extension of Council Directive 97/80/EC of 15 December 1997, on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'
Date: 1998-03-25
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, framework agreement, part-time employment, sexual discrimination

C 157/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.5.98

Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on:

— the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on the extension of Council Directive 97/81/EC of
15 December 1997, on the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by
UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland’, and

— the ‘Proposal for a Council Directive on the extension of Council Directive 97/80/EC of
15 December 1997, on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’

(98/C 157/15)

On 17 March 1998 the Council, acting under Article 100 of the EC Treaty, asked the Economic
and Social Committee for an opinion on the above-mentioned proposals.

The Committee asked the Section for Social, Family, Educational and Cultural Affairs to
prepare its work on the matter. In the course of its proceedings the Committee appointed Miss
Maddocks as rapporteur-general for the opinion (Rules 20 and 50 of the Committee’s Rules
of Procedure).

The Committee adopted the opinion set out below at its 353rd plenary session (meeting of
25 March 1998) by 52 votes to one, with one abstention.

In keeping with the approach adopted in its previous Opinion (1) on the extension to the
United Kingdom of the European Works Council and Parental Leave Directives, the Economic
and Social Committee welcomes the UK accession to the social provisions of the new Treaty
and consequently endorses the two Commission proposals.

Brussels, 25 March 1998.

The President

of the Economic and Social Committee

Tom JENKINS

(1) OJ C 19, 21.1.1998.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 664/98 of 25 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 1998-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agri-monetary policy, citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, perennial vegetable, pip fruit

L 93/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 3. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 664/98

of 25 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 26 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 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 25 March 1998 establishing the standard import values for
determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 10, 0805 10 30, 0805 10 50

0805 30 10

0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90

0808 20 50

Third country
code (1)

Standard import
value

(ECU/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999
052
204
624
999
052
204
212
400
600
624
999
600
999
052
060
388
400
404
508
512
524
528
720
999
388
512
528
720
999

103,6
67,8
108,6
190,7
117,7
122,4
137,8
209,3
156,5
36,5
36,9
44,7
55,9
49,7
48,7
45,4
79,5
79,5
42,5
43,6
98,2
99,0
93,8
92,5
94,3
95,1
97,1
72,9
82,9
67,5
73,9
86,3
66,4
73,5

(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'.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/98 of 25 March 1998 fixing the maximum export refunds for olive oil for the ninth partial invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender issued by Regulation (EC) No 1978/97
Date: 1998-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export refund, olive oil

L 93/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 3. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 669/98

of 25 March 1998

fixing the maximum export refunds for olive oil for the ninth partial invitation
to tender under the standing invitation to tender issued by Regulation (EC) No
1978/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of
22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common
organisation of the market in oils and fats (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (2), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1978/97 (3)
issued a standing invitation to tender with a view to
determining the export refunds on olive oil;

Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1978/97
provides that maximum amounts are to be fixed for the
export refunds in the light in particular of the current
situation
the
Community and world olive-oil markets and on the basis
of the tenders received; whereas contracts are awarded to
any tenderer who submits a tender at the level of the
maximum refund or at a lower level;

developments

foreseeable

and

on

Whereas, for the purposes of applying the abovemen-
tioned provisions, the maximum export refunds should be
set at the levels specified in the Annex;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The maximum export refunds for olive oil for the ninth
partial invitation to tender under the standing invitation
to tender issued by Regulation (EC) No 1978/97 are
hereby fixed in the Annex, on the basis of the tenders
submitted by 23 March 1998.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 278, 11. 10. 1997, p. 7.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 93/17

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1998 fixing the maximum export refunds for
olive oil for the ninth partial invitation to tender under the standing invitation to tender
issued by Regulation (EC) No 1978/97

Product code

Amount of refund

(ECU/100 kg)

1509 10 90 9100

1509 10 90 9900

1509 90 00 9100

1509 90 00 9900

1510 00 90 9100

1510 00 90 9900

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 666/98 of 25 March 1998 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
Date: 1998-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, raw sugar, white sugar

L 93/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 3. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 666/98

of 25 March 1998

altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,

Whereas the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 610/98 (3);

Whereas it
follows from applying the detailed rules
contained in Regulation (EC) No 610/98 to the informa-
tion known to the Commission that the export refunds at

present in force should be altered to the amounts set out
in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1)
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, undenatured and
exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 610/98 are hereby altered to the
amounts shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 82, 19. 3. 1998, p. 5.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 93/13

to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1998 altering the export refunds on white sugar
and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

ANNEX

Product code

1701 11 90 9100
1701 11 90 9910
1701 11 90 9950
1701 12 90 9100
1701 12 90 9910
1701 12 90 9950

Amount of refund

(cid:190) ECU/100 kg (cid:190)

39,25
36,51

39,25
36,51

(1)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(2)

(cid:190) ECU/1 % of sucrose (cid:253) 100 kg (cid:190)

1701 91 00 9000

0,4267

1701 99 10 9100
1701 99 10 9910
1701 99 10 9950

(cid:190) ECU/100 kg (cid:190)

42,67
42,30
42,30

(cid:190) ECU/1 % of sucrose (cid:253) 100 kg (cid:190)

1701 99 90 9100

0,4267

(1) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %; if the yield is other than 92 %,
the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of
Article 17a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.

(2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ L 255, 26. 9.
1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251/85 (OJ L 309, 21. 11.
1985, p. 14).