Commission Regulation (EC) No 2651/98 of 9 December 1998 on the opening of a tariff quota for the importation of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products as referred to in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
Date: 1998-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, agreement (EU), agro-industry, customs tariff, tariff quota, trading operation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2651/98

of 9 December 1998

on the opening of a tariff quota for the importation of certain goods originating
in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products as referred to
in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of
6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing
of agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2491/98 (2), and in particular
Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 96/753/EC of 6
December 1996 concerning the conclusion of an Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom
of Norway, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agree-
ment between the European Economic Community and
the Kingdom of Norway (3), and in particular Article 2
thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2
July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (4), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1677/98 (5), consolidated the arrangements
for managing the tariff quotas to be used in chronological
order of the dates of acceptance of the declarations for
release for free circulation;

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
introduction of
the euro (6) provides that as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 1 January to 31 December 1999, the goods origin-
ating in Norway listed in the Annex to this Regulation
shall, within the limits of the quota, be subject to the duty
shown therein.

Article 2

The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall
be managed by the Commission in accordance with the
provisions of Article 308a to Article 308d of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93.

Whereas it is appropriate to open, for 1999, the quota
referred to in Part IV, second paragraph, of the Agree-
ment in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom
of Norway, of the other part, concerning Protocol 2 of the
Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Kingdom of Norway;

(1) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19. 11. 1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 345, 31. 12. 1996, p. 78.
(4) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 212, 30. 7. 1998, p. 18.

Article 3

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

It shall be applicable from 1 January 1999.

(6) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1998.

For the Commission
Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Order No

CN code

Description

09.0764

ex 1806

1806 20
1806 31
1806 32
1806 90

Chocolate and other food prepara-
for
tions containing cocoa, except
added
cocoa powder
containing
sugar or other
sweetening matter
covered by CN code 1806 10

Quota
(tonnes)

Rate of duty
applicable

5 500

EUR 35,15/100 kg