Commission Regulation (EC) No 1252/98 of 17 June 1998 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
Date: 1998-06-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, aid system, cereals, glucose, supply, supply balance sheet

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1252/98

of 17 June 1998

establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of cereal
products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the
Canary
Islands with regard to certain agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 2 and
Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas the measures, introduced by Regulation (EEC)
No 1601/92, intended to offset as regards the supply of
certain cereal products, the geographical situation of the
Canary Islands, consist of exemption from import duties
(customs duties and agricultural levies), and the grant of
aid to encourage the delivery of cereal products from the
Community;

Whereas in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1601/92 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 developments in the
requirements of the Islands; whereas the assessment of
the requirements of the processing and packaging indus-
tries, as regards products intended for the local market or
traditionally dispatched to the rest of the Community,

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

in order

to facilitate administration of

the
Whereas,
supply balance, a certain margin of
flexibility in the
allocation of the quantities fixed in the supply balance
should be permitted;

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 Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1601/92 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. 13.
(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.

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FORECAST SUPPLY BALANCE FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY
1998 TO 30 JUNE 1999

ANNEX

CN code

Product

1001 90 (1)
1001 10 (1)
1003 (1)
1004 (1)
1005 (1)
1103 11 50
1103 13
1103 19
1103 21 to 1103 29
1107
ex 1702 (2)

Soft wheat
Durum wheat
Barley
Oats
Maize
Durum wheat-groats and meal
Maize flour-groats and meal
Other groats and meal
Pellets
Malt
Glucose

(tonnes)

Quantity

155 000
0
30 000
3 000
180 000
4 900
3 000
0
0
15 000
1 800

(1) The quantities fixed may be exceeded, up to a maximum of 25 %, provided that the combined quantity for the products

concerned is not exceeded.

(2) Other than products from CN codes 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30.