Commission Regulation (EC) No 1615/98 of 24 July 1998 fixing the minimum import price applicable to dried grapes during the 1998/99 marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed
Date: 1998-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: countervailing charge, dried product, grape, import, marketing, minimum price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1615/98

of 24 July 1998

fixing the minimum import price applicable to dried grapes during the 1998/99
marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that
price is not observed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in par-
ticular Article 13(8) thereof,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96, the minimum import price for dried
grapes is to be determined having regard to:

— the free-at-frontier price on import into the Com-

munity,

— the prices obtained in international trade,

— the situation on the internal Community market,

— the trend of trade with third countries;

Whereas Article 13(6) of the same Regulation provides
that countervailing charges are to be fixed in reference to
a scale of import prices; whereas the maximum counter-
vailing charge is to be determined on the basis of the
most favourable prices applied on the world market for
significant quantities by the most representative non-
member countries;

Whereas a minimum import price must be fixed for
currants and other dried grapes;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
and
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit
Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The minimum import price applicable to dried
1.
grapes during the 1998/99 marketing year, which begins
on 1 September 1998 and ends on 31 August 1999, shall
be as set out in Annex I.

The countervailing charge to be imposed where the
2.
minimum import price referred to in paragraph 1 is not
observed shall be as set out in Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
1998.

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

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

MINIMUM IMPORT PRICES

CN code

Description

0806 20

– Dried grapes:

– – In immediate containers of a net capacity of 2 kg or less:

0806 20 11
0806 20 12
0806 20 18

0806 20 91
0806 20 92
0806 20 98

– – – Currants
– – – Sultanas
– – – Other

– – Other:

– – – Currants
– – – Sultanas
– – – Other

(ECU per tonne)

Minimum
import price

1 038,18
1 086,10
1 086,10

870,57
910,75
910,75

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ANNEX II

COUNTERVAILING CHARGES

1. Currants falling within CN code 0806 20 11:

Import price applied

less than

but not less than

Countervailing charge to be levied

(ECU per tonne)

1 038,18
1 027,80
1 007,03
975,89
944,74

1 027,80
1 007,03
975,89
944,74

10,38
31,15
62,29
93,44
104,96

2. Currants falling within CN code 0806 20 91:

Import price applied

less than

but not less than

Countervailing charge to be levied

(ECU per tonne)

870,57
861,86
844,45
818,34
792,22

861,86
844,45
818,34
792,22

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3. Dried grapes falling within CN codes 0806 20 12 and 0806 20 18:

(ECU per tonne)

Import price applied

less than

but not less than

Countervailing charge to be levied

1 086,10
1 075,24
1 053,52
1 020,93
988,35

1 075,24
1 053,52
1 020,93
988,35

10,86
32,58
65,17
97,75
152,88

4. Dried grapes falling within CN codes 0806 20 92 and 0806 20 98:

(ECU per tonne)

Import price applied

less than

but not less than

Countervailing charge to be levied

910,75
901,64
883,43
856,10
828,78

901,64
883,43
856,10
828,78

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