Commission Regulation (EC) No 2424/98 of 10 November 1998 concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 529/97 and (EC) No 2228/96
Date: 1998-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common wheat, durum wheat, import licence, product quality, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2424/98

of 10 November 1998

concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and
durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 529/97 and
(EC) No 2228/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions
set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the
conclusion of the GATT XXIV:6 negotiations (1), and in
particular Article 1 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 529/97 of 21
March 1997 opening and administering a tariff quota of
300 000 tonnes of quality wheat and repealing Regulation
(EC) No 1854/94 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
850/97 (3), lays down special provisions on the organisa-
tion of imports under the quota opened by Regulation
(EC) No 1095/96; wheres Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 529/97 provides that the Commission is to fix a
uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applica-
tions for import licences exceed the quantities that may
be imported; whereas applications for licences submitted
between 5 October and 4 November 1998 relate to
7 570 120 tonnes of quality wheat; whereas the maximum
quantity to be allocated is 200 000 tonnes; whereas the
appropriate percentage of reduction for import licence
applications
and 4
November 1998 qualifying for the conditions provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must therefore be set;

submitted between 5 October

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2228/96 of 21
November 1996 opening and administering a tariff quota
of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat falling within CN code
1001 10 00 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2410/
98 (5), lays down special provisions on the organisation of
imports under the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No
1095/96; whereas Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2228/96 provides that the Commission is to fix a uniform

(1) OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 82, 22. 3. 1997, p. 44.
(3) OJ L 122, 14. 5. 1997, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 298, 22. 11. 1996, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 298, 7. 11. 1998, p. 45.

licences exceed the quantities

percentage reduction in the quantities if applications for
import
that may be
imported; whereas applications for licences submitted
between 5 October and 4 November 1998 relate to
810 985,831 tonnes of durum wheat; whereas
the
maximum quantity to be allocated is 50 000 tonnes;
whereas
reduction for
import licence applications submitted between 5 October
and 4 November 1998 qualifying for the conditions
provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must there-
fore be set,

the appropriate percentage of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for import
licences for quality common
wheat qualifying for the conditions provided for in Regu-
lation (EC) No 1095/96 submitted between 5 October and
4 November 1998 and notified to the Commission shall
be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied
by a coefficient of 0,0264. Applications not notified to the
Commission shall be refused.

Article 2

Applications for import licences for durum wheat quali-
fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 1095/96 submitted between 5 October
and 4
November 1998 and notified to the Commission shall be
accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied by
a coefficient of 0,0616. Applications not notified to the
Commission shall be refused.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November
1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission