Commission Regulation (EC) No 2493/98 of 18 November 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms
Date: 1998-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import licence, import policy, mushroom-growing, preserved product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2493/98

of 18 November 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

1. Article 1(3) is deleted;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

2. in Article 3(2),

‘six' is replaced by ‘nine';

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
market in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in
particular Article 15(1) thereof,

Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2125/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2405/
97 (4), provides for an allocation of quotas between tradi-
tional and new importers and defines these two categories
of operator; whereas several years’ experience of imple-
menting the system demonstrates
the uselessness of
maintaining these provisions in the case of Bulgaria,
Poland and Romania, given that demand for products
from these countries of origin remains below the quota
quantities; whereas, for the other countries of origin, the
quantities for traditional importers should be increased;

Whereas, to facilitate trade transactions and to stabilise
the market, the length of validity of the licences should
be extended, certain now outdated provisions of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2125/95 should be repealed and the Annex
thereto should be updated;

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

3. the first sentence of Article 4(1) is replaced by the

following:

‘The total quantity allocated to China and countries
other than Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, pursuant to
Annex I, shall be distributed as follows:';

4. Article 4(1); in point (a) ‘85' is replaced by ‘95' and in

point (b)

‘15' is replaced by ‘5';

5. the following is added at the start of the first sentence

of Article 4(5):

countries other

‘For
Romania,';

than Bulgaria, Poland and

6. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Licence applications presented by the traditional
1.
importers referred to in Article 4(1)(a) may not relate in
any six-month period to a quantity exceeding 75 % of
the average annual quantity of imports originating in
countries other than Bulgaria, Poland and Romania
and effected under this Regulation in the preceding
three calendar years.

2.
Licence applications presented by the new im-
porters referred to in Article 4(1)(b) may not relate in
any six-month period to a quantity exceeding 8 % of
the quantity allocated under the said Article 4(1)(b).';

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

7. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 1

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 is hereby amended as
follows:

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 332, 4. 12. 1997, p. 32.

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 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Allocation referred to in Article 2 (net drained weight in tonnes)

Supplier
countries

From 1 January
to 31 December 1999

From 1 January
to 31 December 2000

From 1 January
to 31 December
of subsequent years

Bulgaria
Poland
Romania

China

Others

Reserve

1 645
40 890
470

22 750

3 290

1 000

Total

70 045

1 715
42 630
490

22 750

3 290

1 000

71 875

1 750
43 500
500

22 750

3 290

1 000

72 790'