Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 of 7 April 1998 on the import into the Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4115/86 and amending Regulation (EC) No 3010/95
Date: 1998-04-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Türkiye, agricultural product, association agreement (EU), customs duties, import policy

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 779/98

of 7 April 1998

on the import into the Community of agricultural products originating in
Turkey, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4115/86 and amending Regulation (EC)
No 3010/95

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association
Council of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for
agricultural products establishes the system of preferences
applicable to imports into the Community of agricultural
products originating in Turkey; whereas provision should
be made to allow the Commission to adopt special
that new import
detailed rules for the application of
regime, without prejudice to Articles 6 and 7 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July 1994 opening and
providing for the administration of Community tariff
quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus,
Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, West Bank and
Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed
rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas (1);

Whereas, in the case of products for which Community
regulations require a certain import price to be observed,
application of the preferential tariff system is subject to
observance of that price;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4115/86 (2) lays down the
arrangements applicable to imports into the Community
of agricultural products originating in Turkey on the basis
of Decision No 1/80 of
the EC-Turkey Association
Council; whereas the provisions on agriculture of that
Decision were repealed by Decision No 1/98 of the EC-
Turkey Association Council; whereas, as a result, Regula-
tion (EEC) No 4115/86 should be repealed;

suspending the customs duties applicable to certain prod-
ucts falling within Chapters 1 to 24 and Chapter 27 of the
Combined Nomenclature originating in Malta
and
Turkey (3), should also be abolished;

Whereas the Decision of the Association Council applies
from 1 January 1998; whereas, in view of the urgency, this
Regulation should enter into force on the day of its pub-
lication in the Official Journal of
the European
Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty
originating in Turkey and allowed for importation into
the Community under
the conditions laid down in
Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council,
detailed rules for the application of the import regime
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC of the
Council of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a
common organisation of the market in oils and fats (4) or,
where applicable, in the corresponding Articles of the
other regulations on the common organisation of agricul-
tural markets, without prejudice to Articles 6 and 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94.

Article 2

Whereas the tariff concessions for the three products
originating in Turkey laid down in Council Regulation
(EC) No 3010/95 of 18 December 1995 totally or partially

In the case of products for which Community regulations
require a certain import price to be observed, application
of the preferential tariff system shall be subject to obser-
vance of that price.

(1) OJ L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/97 (OJ L 236, 27. 8.
1997, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 380, 31. 12. 1986, p. 16. Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1620/97 (OJ L 224, 14. 8. 1997, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 314, 28. 12. 1995, p. 1. Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 540/96 (OJ L 79, 29. 3. 1996, p. 8).
(4) OJ 172, 30. 9. 1996, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1581/96 (OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p.
11).

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In the case of fishery products for which a reference price
is set, application of the preferential tariff shall be subject
to observance of that price.

Article 3

Regulation (EEC) No 4115/86 is hereby repealed.

Article 4

Regulation (EC) No 3010/95 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. the title shall be replaced by the following:

‘Council Regulation (EC) No 3010/95 of 18 December
1995 totally or partially suspending the customs duties
applicable to certain products falling within Chapters 1
to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in
Malta'.

2. Articles 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Imports into the Community of the products origin-
ating in Malta listed in the Annex to this Regulation

shall be subject to the customs duties indicated for
each product.

Article 2

For the purposes of applying this Regulation, the rules
of origin shall be those in force at any given time for
the purposes of the Agreement establishing an associa-
tion between the European Economic Community and
Malta.'

3. Annex I concerning the list of products falling within
Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Malta shall be entitled
‘Annex'.

4. Annex II concerning the list of products falling within
Chapters 1 to 24 originating in Turkey shall be
repealed.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 Luxembourg, 7 April 1998.

For the Council

The President

D. BLUNKETT