Commission Regulation (EC) No 2663/98 of 10 December 1998 opening a Community tariff quota for certain goods originating from Turkey (1999)
Date: 1998-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Economic and Monetary Union, Türkiye, originating product, pasta, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2663/98

of 10 December 1998

opening a Community tariff quota for certain goods originating from Turkey
(1999)

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,

Whereas Decision No 1/97 of the EC-Turkey Association
Council (3) lays down, with a view to promoting the devel-
opment of trade in accordance with the objectives of the
Customs Union, annual quotas expressed in terms of
value concerning, for the Community, certain pasta prod-
ucts and, for Turkey, certain processed agricultural prod-
ucts covered by Chapter 19 of the Combined Nomen-
clature;

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
the euro (6) provides that as from 1
introduction of
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

1.
The Community tariff quota given in the Annex to
this Regulation shall be opened from 1 January to 31
December 1999.

2.
The benefit of this tariff quota shall be subject to the
presentation of a certificate A.TR in accordance with
Decision No 1/96 of the EC-Turkey Customs Coopera-
tion Committee (7).

Article 2

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

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 apply from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 1998.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19. 11. 1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 126, 17. 5. 1997, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 212, 30. 7. 1998, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 200, 9. 8. 1996, p. 14.

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Order No

CN code

Description of goods

Quota volume

Quota duty

09.0205

1902 11 00
1902 19

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise
prepared

Euro 2,5 million

Euro 10,67/100 kg net