Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to seed potatoes (forecast supply balance)
Date: 1998-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU aid, potato, seed, supply balance sheet, tariff exemption

30. 6. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 185/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1372/98

of 29 June 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing
rules for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to seed
potatoes (forecast supply balance)

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

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

sets

the quantity in the forecast

Whereas, pursuant
to Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92, Commission Regulation (EEC) No
last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2168/92 (3), as
supply
1494/97 (4),
balance for the supply of seed potatoes to the Canary
Islands for the 1997/98 marketing year; whereas the fore-
cast
the 1998/99 marketing year
should be established; whereas that supply balance must
be established on the basis of the requirements of the
Canary Islands and taking traditional trade patterns into
account;

supply balance for

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92, aid for the supply of seed potatoes to the Canary
Islands from the rest of the Community should be set for
the 1998/99 marketing year at a level ensuring that seed
potatoes are supplied under conditions which are equi-
valent for the end user to those resulting from the exemp-
tion from customs duties on imports of seed potatoes
from third countries; whereas the aid must be set taking
account
supplying the
in particular of
products from the world market;

the costs of

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

seed potatoes

For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92 the quantity in the forecast supply
balance of
covered by CN code
0701 10 00 qualifying for exemption from customs
duty on imports
for
Community aid for products coming from the rest of
the Community shall be 12 000 tonnes for the period
1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999.’;

into the Canary Islands or

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The aid provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92 for the supply of seed potatoes to
the Canary Islands from the Community market in
accordance with the forecast supply balance shall be
ECU 4,226 per 100 kilograms.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 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.
(3) OJ L 217, 31. 7. 1992, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 202, 30. 7. 1997, p. 33.