Commission Regulation (EC) No 1414/98 of 2 July 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1960/95 laying down detailed rules for the transitional application of the system of entry prices for grape juice and musts and Regulation (EC) No 2309/95 establishing transitional measures for the import of grape juice and must from Cyprus
Date: 1998-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common customs tariff, customs valuation, fruit juice, fruit product, grape, import price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1414/98

of 2 July 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1960/95 laying down detailed rules for the
transitional application of the system of entry prices for grape juice and musts
and Regulation (EC) No 2309/95 establishing transitional measures for the
import of grape juice and must from Cyprus

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
16 March 1987 on the common organisation of
the
market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2087/97 (2), and in particular Articles 53(3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22
December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional
arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to
implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay
last
Round of multilateral
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1161/97 (4), and in par-
ticular Article 3(1) thereof;

trade negotiations (3),

as

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1960/95 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1289/97 (6),
lays
down transitional measures, valid until 30 June 1998 to
facilitate the introduction of the arrangements for mon-
itoring import prices for grape juice and must resulting
from the agreements concluded during the Uruguay
trade negotiations; whereas that
Round of multilateral
Regulation permits
to compare
import prices with the entry prices given in the common
customs tariff in order to determine the customs duties to
be collected;

authorities

customs

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2309/95 (7), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1289/97, lays down
transitional measures, valid until 30 June 1998 to facil-
itate the introduction of the arrangements applicable to
imports of grape juice and must from Cyprus resulting
from the agreements concluded during the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations pending a long-
term solution within the framework of the agreement
creating an association between the European Com-
munity and the Republic of Cyprus;

(1) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(4) OJ L 169, 27. 6. 1997, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 189, 10. 8. 1995, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 175, 3. 7. 1997, p. 25.
(7) OJ L 233, 30. 9. 1995, p. 54.

the period for

the adoption of

Whereas
transitional
measures was extended until 30 June 1999 by Council
Regulation (EC) No 1340/98 (8) extending the period for
the adoption of the transitional measures required in the
agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations; whereas, pending the adoption of de-
finitive measures, the transitional measures provided for
in Regulations (EC) No 1960/95 and (EC) No 2309/95
should be extended until 30 June 1999;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1960/95 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. in Article 1,

‘30 June 1998’ is replaced by ‘30 June

1999’;

2. in Article 4,

‘30 June 1998’ is replaced by ‘30 June

1999’.

Article 2

In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2309/95,
1998’ is replaced by ‘30 June 1999’.

‘30 June

Article 3

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1998.

(8) OJ L 184, 27. 6. 1998, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission