Commission Regulation (EC) No 2622/98 of 4 December 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1710/95 on the arrangements for the imports of certain cereal products from certain countries
Date: 1998-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Egypt, GATT, Maghreb, cereal product, tariff reduction

L 329/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 12. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2622/98

of 4 December 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1710/95 on the arrangements for the imports of
certain cereal products from certain countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 1616/98 (4),
lays
down transitional measures, valid until 30 June 1999,
concerning the special arrangements on importation of
bran, sharps and other residues of the sifting, milling or
other working of certain cereals originating in Algeria,
Morocco or Egypt, in preparation for implementation of
the Agreement on agriculture concluded in the context of
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;

Whereas, in accordance with the Cooperation Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Arab Republic of Egypt (5), the variable component of the
import levy on bran, sharps and other residues of the
sifting, milling or other working of cereals under
subheading 23.02A of the Common Customs Tariff is
levies a charge on exports;
reduced provided Egypt
whereas that subheading includes,
in addition to CN
codes 2302 30 10 to 2302 40 90, CN codes 2302 10 10,

2302 10 90, 2302 20 10 and 2302 20 90; whereas, by
mistake, those codes are not referred to in Regulation
(EC) No 1710/95; whereas that Regulation should, there-
fore, be amended;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1710/95 is replaced by:

‘1.
The customs duties applicable on importation to
the Community of bran, sharps and other residues of
the sifting, milling or other working of certain cereals,
of CN codes 2302 30 10 to 2302 40 90 originating in
Algeria or Morocco and CN codes 2302 10 10,
2302 10 90, 2302 20 10, 2302 20 90 and 2302 30 10 to
2302 40 90 originating in Egypt, shall be 40 % of the
amount set in the Common Customs Tariff'.

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 1995.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 209, 25. 7. 1998, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 266, 27. 9. 1978, p. 1.