Commission Regulation (EC) No 1616/98 of 24 July 1998 amending Regulations (EC) No 1710/95, (EC) No 1711/95 and (EC) No 1905/95 on the arrangements for the import of certain cereal products from certain countries
Date: 1998-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, cereal product, cereals, import, tariff reduction, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1616/98

of 24 July 1998

amending Regulations (EC) No 1710/95, (EC) No 1711/95 and (EC) No 1905/95 on
the arrangements for the import of certain cereal products from certain coun-
tries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to 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 1340/98 (2), and in
particular Article 3(1) thereof,

trade negotiations (1),

as

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1710/95 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1251/97 (4),
lays
down transitional measures, valid until 30 June 1998,
concerning the special arrangements on importation of
bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or
other working of certain cereals, originating in Tunisia,
in preparation for imple-
Algeria, Morocco or Egypt,
mentation of the agreement on agriculture concluded in
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;
the
whereas,
Community has concluded an Agreement with the Tu-
nisian Republic;

by Decision

98/238/EC,

ECSC (5),

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1711/95 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1251/97, lays down
transitional measures,
1998,
concerning the special arrangement for the import of
durum wheat originating in Morocco required in order to
the agreement on agriculture concluded
implement
during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-
tiations;

valid until

June

30

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1905/95 (7), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1251/97, lays down
transitional measures,
1998,
concerning the special arrangements for the import of
durum wheat, canary grass, rye and malt originating in
Turkey required in order to implement the agreement on

valid until

June

30

(1) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(2) OJ L 184, 27. 6. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 163, 14. 7. 1995, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 94.
(5) OJ L 97, 30. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 163, 14. 7. 1995, p. 3.
(7) OJ L 182, 2. 8. 1995, p. 7.

Whereas the period for the adoption of transitional meas-
ures was extended until 30 June 1999 by Regulation (EC)
No 1340/98; whereas, pending adoption by the Council
of definitive measures,
the measures provided for by
Regulations (EC) No 1710/95, (EC) No 1711/95 and (EC)
No 1905/95 should be extended until 30 June 1999;

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

1.

In Regulation (EC) No 1710/95:

(cid:190) ‘Tunisia' is deleted each time that it appears,

(cid:190) in Article 1,

‘30 June 1998' is replaced by ‘30 June

1999',

(cid:190) in the second paragraph of Article 4, ‘30 June 1998' is

replaced by ‘30 June 1999'.

2.

In Regulation (EC) No 1711/95:

(cid:190) in Article 1,

‘30 June 1998' is replaced by ‘30 June

1999',

(cid:190) in the second paragraph of Article 3, ‘30 June 1998' is

replaced by ‘30 June 1999'.

3.

In Regulation (EC) No 1905/95:

(cid:190) in Article 1,

‘30 June 1998' is replaced by ‘30 June

1999',

(cid:190) in the second paragraph of Article 5, ‘30 June 1998' is

replaced by ‘30 June 1999'.

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 with effect 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, 24 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission