Commission Regulation (EC) No 1129/98 of 29 May 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products
Date: 1998-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Norway, Türkiye, import licence, milk product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1129/98

of 29 May 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and
milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

The products and the duties applicable shall be as

2.
set out in Annex III.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 779/98 of 7
April 1998 on the import into the Community of agricul-
tural products originating in Turkey, repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 4115/86 and amending Regulation (EC) No
3010/95 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas Protocol 1 to Decision No 1/98 (98/223/EC) of
the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998
on the trade regime for agricultural products (2), es-
tablishes the system of preferences applicable to imports
into the Community of agricultural products originating
in Turkey; whereas, for certain milk products, the duties
are eliminated within the limit of tariff quotas; whereas
rules are laid down on proof of origin; whereas it is neces-
sary, therefore, to amend Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1600/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2432/97 (4);

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

3.

Articles 7 and 8 shall apply.

Article 19

shall

This Article

1.
to milk products
imported under the tariff quotas referred to in Annex I
to Protocol 1 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey
Association Council (98/223/EC).

apply

The products and the duties applicable shall be as

2.
set out in Annex IIIA.

3.
The quantities set out in Annex IIIA for each
year shall be divided into two equal parts for the half-
year periods commencing on 1 January and 1 July.

However, in the case of the half-year period 1 July to
31 December 1998, the quantity shall be 1 500 tonnes.

The period of validity of licences may not extend
4.
issue
beyond 31 December following their date of
within the meaning of Article 21(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3719/88. Import licences issued under this
Article may be transferred only to the natural or legal
persons referred to in Article 13(a).

Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 is amended as follows:

Articles 13, 14, 16 and 17 shall apply mutatis

5.
mutandis.

1. Articles 18 and 19 are replaced by the following:

However:

‘Article 18

1.
This Article shall apply to imports of milk
products from Norway under the Agreement on the
European Economic Area.

— notwithstanding Article 13(b), licence applications
must be for a minimum of 10 tonnes and a
maximum equivalent to the quantity available for
each period referred to in paragraph 3,

(1) OJ L 113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 86, 20. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 151, 1. 7. 1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 337, 9. 12. 1997, p. 9.

— notwithstanding Article 13(e), the entry in Section
20 of licence applications and licences shall refer to
Article 19 of this Regulation,

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— notwithstanding Article 14(3), the Member States
shall notify the Commission on the fifth working
day following the end of the application period of
the applications submitted in respect of each of the
products set out in Annex IIIA. The notification
shall comprise the list of applicants and the quanti-
ties applied for by Combined Nomenclature code.
All notifications, including notification of no appli-
cations, shall be made by telex or fax on the
in accordance with the
working day stipulated,
specimen in Annex X.’;

2. Article 22a is amended as follows:

(a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

Article 22 notwithstanding, this Article shall

‘1.
apply to:

— imports coming from Switzerland under the
special arrangement concluded between that
country and the Community,

— imports of

the milk products referred to in
Annex I to Protocol 1 to Decision No 1/98 of
Council
the
(98/223/EC), with the
those
referred to in Article 19(1).’;

exception of

Association

EC-Turkey

(b) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.
The reduced rate of duty shall be applied
only on presentation of the declaration of release

for free circulation accompanied by the import
licence and the proof of origin issued under:

— Protocol 3 of the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Swiss
Confederation of 22 July 1972 as
regards
imports from Switzerland,

— Protocol 3 of Decision No 1/98 of

the
EC-Turkey Association Council (98/223/EC) as
regards imports from Turkey.’;

3. in Annex III, the title ‘Norway’ is inserted below the

title:

‘Tariff quotas pursuant to other international agree-
ments’;

4. Annex I to this Regulation is inserted after Annex III

as Annex IIIA;

5. in Annex VII, the entry for ‘Turkey’ is deleted;

6. Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annex X.

Article 2

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

Article 1, point 2, shall apply only to import licences for
which application is made as from the date of entry into
force of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IIIA

TARIFF QUOTAS PURSUANT TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

TURKEY

(Calendar year)

Serial
number

CN code

Description

Country
of origin

Quota
(quantity in tonnes)

annual

half-yearly

Import
duty
(in ecus
per 100 kg
net weight)

13

0406 90 29 Kashkaval cheese

Turkey

1 500

750

0’

ex 0406 90 31

Cheese made exclusively from sheep’s
milk or buffalo milk,
in containers
containing brine, or in sheepskin or
goatskin bottles

0406 90 50 Other cheese made exclusively from
sheep’s milk or buffalo milk, in con-
tainers
in
brine,
containing
sheepskin or goatskin bottles

or

ex 0406 90 86
ex 0406 90 87
ex 0406 90 88

Tulum Peyniri, made from sheep’s milk
or buffalo milk, in individual plastic or
other packaging of less than 10 kg

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX X

APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 19

Commission of the European Communities

DG VI/D/1 — Milk and milk products

IMPORT LICENCE APPLICATIONS

Member State:

Period:

CN code

Applicant (name and address)

Quantity
(in tonnes)

Country
of origin

Turkey’

Total in tonnes: