Commission Regulation (EC) No 1395/98 of 30 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1772/96 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific measures for the supply of seed potatoes to the French overseas departments
Date: 1998-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Guadeloupe, Réunion, potato, seed, supply, tariff exemption

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1395/98

of 30 June 1998

for
amending Regulation (EC) No 1772/96 laying down detailed rules
implementation of the specific measures for the supply of seed potatoes to the
French overseas departments

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91
of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in
respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of
the French overseas departments (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2598/95 (2), and in particular Article
2(6) thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
3763/91, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1772/96 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1170/97 (4), fixes the
forecast supply balance for seed potatoes and the level of
aid for their supply from the rest of the Community to
the French overseas departments for the 1997/98 market-
ing year; whereas, to take account of the French request to
fix, for administrative reasons, the forecast supply balance
for the first half of the 1998/99 marketing year only, that
forecast supply balance should be fixed for the first half of
the 1998/99 marketing year; whereas the balance must be
fixed on the basis of needs;

Whereas, for the purpose of applying Article 2(4) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3763/91, the level of aid for the supply
of seed potatoes from the rest of the Community to the
French overseas departments should be fixed for the
1997/98 marketing year
to ensure that potatoes are
supplied under conditions equivalent for the end user to
exemption from import duties on seed potatoes from
third countries; whereas that aid should be fixed taking
account, inter alia, of the cost of supply from the world
market;

Regulation (EC) No 1772/96 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

For the purpose of applying Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3763/91, the forecast supply balance for seed
potatoes falling within CN code 0701 10 00 exempt
from duty on importation into the French overseas
the
departments or,
Community, eligible for Community aid is hereby set
at 375 tonnes for the period 1 July to 31 December
1998. This quantity is allocated as laid down in the
Annex.

for products from the rest of

The French authorities may adjust
within the overall
Commission of any such adjustment.’.

limit set. They shall

the allocation
inform the

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

For the purpose of applying Article 2(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3763/91, aid for supplying the French over-
seas departments with seed potatoes from the rest of
the Community is hereby set, having regard to the
forecast supply balance, at ECU 4,830 per 100 kg for
exports to Guadeloupe and ECU 5,430 per 100 kg for
exports to Réunion.’.

3. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

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

(1) OJ L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 267, 9. 11. 1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 232, 13. 9. 1996, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 169, 27. 6. 1997, p. 26.

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.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Seed potatoes falling within CN code 0701 10 00

(tonnes)

Guadeloupe

Réunion

25

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