Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/98 of 17 June 1998 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
Date: 1998-06-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Madeira, aid system, cereals, supply, supply balance sheet

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1253/98

of 17 June 1998

establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal
products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the
Azores and Madeira, with regard to certain agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 562/98 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

the quantities of products eligible for

the
Whereas
specific supply arrangements are determined by means of
periodic forecast balances which may be revised according
to the essential requirements of the market taking into
account local production and traditional trade flows;

Whereas in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1600/92 these arrangements include requirements for
direct human consumption, and for processing and pack-
aging in the Islands of products listed in the Annex to the
aforementioned Regulation; whereas an assessment of
these requirements is made annually in the context of a
forecast supply balance which can be revised in the
course of the year in the light of developmens in the
requirements of the Islands; whereas the assessment of
the requirements of the processing and packaging indus-
tries, as regards products intended fo the local market or
traditionally dispatched to the rest of the Community,

may result in the establishment of a separate forecast
supply balance;

Whereas a forecast
the products
concerned should be established covering the entire
12-month period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999;

supply balance for

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purpose of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
1600/92 the quantities in the forecast supply balance
which shall benefit, as appropriate, from exemption from
import charges in the case of products coming from third
countries, or from payment of Community aid in the case
of products coming from the Community market, are as
indicated in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 76, 13. 3. 1998, p. 6.

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ANNEX

Forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira for the 1998/99 marketing year

Region

Breadmaking
common wheat

Feed wheat

Durum wheat

Barley

Maize

Malt

Total

Azores

Madeira

34 000

25 000

Total

59 000

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—

—

500

5 000

5 500

20 500

2 500

90 000

35 000

1 000

2 200

146 000

69 700

23 000

125 000

3 200

215 700