Commission Regulation (EC) No 1141/98 of 2 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the sugar sector
Date: 1998-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, import licence, sugar

L 159/10

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Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 6. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1141/98

of 2 June 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 on special detailed rules for the
application of the system of import and export licences in the sugar sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar
sector (1),
amended by Regulation (EC) No
1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 13(2)(b) thereof,

last

as

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/97 (3)
amends the wording of Article 2a of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3665/87 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 604/98 (5), by introducing a derogation to the
general provisions in that it extends the validity of an
export licence comprising advance fixing of the refund to
a product falling within a 12-digit product code other
than that indicated in section 16 of the licence if both
products belong to the same product group; whereas to
apply the new wording of Article 2a of Regulation (EEC)
No 3665/87 to products governed by the common organ-
isation of the market in sugar, the composition of these
product groups must be established;

Whereas to control trade flows with third countries, provi-
sion should also be made for the lodgement of a security
in respect of
inulin syrup falling within CN code
1702 90 80;

Whereas Articles 2 and 8 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1464/95 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2136/95 (7), must accordingly be amended;

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

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. In Article 2:

(a) the current text becomes paragraph 1;

(b) the following paragraph is added:

For the purposes of applying Article 2a(2) of
‘2.
Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87,
the products
mentioned in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
1785/81 shall be grouped into the following
product groups:

— those mentioned in point (a) shall constitute a

product group,

— those mentioned in point (d) shall constitute a

product group,

— those mentioned in points (f) and (g) shall

constitute a product group.’

2. The following clause is added to the last indent of

Article 8(1)(c):

‘and ECU 0,60 in respect of inulin syrup falling within
CN code 1702 90 80.’

Article 2

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

However, Article 1(1) shall apply to cases that are still
open on the day of its publication.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 June 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 77, 19. 3. 1997, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 351, 14. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 80, 18. 3. 1998, p. 19.
(6) OJ L 144, 28. 6. 1995, p. 14.
(7) OJ L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 19.