Commission Regulation (EC) No 2255/98 of 20 October 1998 establishing the forecast supply balance for olive oil for the Canary Islands under the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
Date: 1998-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Canary Islands, import, olive oil, supply balance sheet, tariff exemption

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2255/98

of 20 October 1998

establishing the forecast supply balance for olive oil for the Canary Islands under
the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 prod-
ucts (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/
96 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/94 of 16
November 1994 laying down common detailed rules for
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92 concerning specific measures for the Canary
Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 825/98 (4), estab-
lishes specific measures for
the Canary Islands with
regard to certain agricultural products;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2137/97 (5)
establishes the forecast supply balance for olive oil for the
period 1 November 1997 to 31 October 1998;

Whereas, in order to enable the Canary Islands to be
supplied with olive oil for the entire 1998/99 marketing
supply balance must be
year, an additional

forecast

adopted for the period 1 November 1998 to 31 October
1999;

in order

Whereas,
arrangements,
November 1998;

to avoid any interruption in the
this Regulation should apply from 1

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the application of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92, the forecast balance for the supply of
olive oil sector products benefiting from exemption from
duties on imports from third countries or benefiting from
Community aid shall be as laid out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 November 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 October 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 296, 17. 11. 1994, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 117, 21. 4. 1998, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 297, 31. 10. 1997, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Forecast supply balance for olive oil for the Canary Islands for the period 1 November 1998
to 31 October 1999

Product code

Description of goods

1509 10 90 100

Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net content of 5 litres
or less

1509 10 90 900

Virgin olive oil in immediate packings of a net content greater
than 5 litres

(in tonnes)

Quantity

600

600

1509 90 00 100 Olive oil (Riviera) in immediate packings of a net content of 5

13 000

litres or less

1509 90 00 900 Olive oil (Riviera) in immediate packings of a net content greater

1 500

than 5 litres

1510 00 90 100

Pomace oil in immediate packings of a net content of 5 litres or
less

1510 00 90 900

Pomace oil in immediate packings of a net content greater than 5
litres

350

150

Total

16 200

The quantities fixed may be exceeded up to a maximum of 20 % provided that the combined quantity
for the products concerned is not exceeded.