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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 13/99 by María IZQUIERDO ROJO Misinformation in the European Communities' official publication concerning urban pilot projects
Date: 1999-01-12
Institutions: European Parliament, IZQUIERDO ROJO
Subjects: Andalusia, EU aid, EU programme, EU publication, European Regional Development Fund, Official Journal, aid recipient, craft business, urbanisation

12.11.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 325/57

The Council Regulation provides for recognition in intra-Community traffic of the distinguishing sign of

2.
the Member State in which motor vehicles and their trailers are registered (1).

Obviously, it does not cover Community vehicles circulating in third countries such as Switzerland. Therefore,
the elliptical sticker provided by Article 37 of the Vienna Convention could be required, in principle, by the
Swiss authorities.

3.
The Commission has contacted the Swiss authorities asking them to recognise the distinguishing sign in
line with the provisions of Regulation (EC) 2411/98. Member States will be informed as soon as the
Commission gets a reply from the Swiss authorities.

(1) OJ L 299, 10.11.1998.

(1999/C 325/071)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0002/99

by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

Subject: Citrus fruit restructuring programme in Greece

(19 January 1999)

On 7 July 1998 the Greek Government submitted to the Commission of the European Communities a
DR 77 billion restructuring programme for citrus fruits aimed at improving citrus fruit production in Greece.

Since the programme is considered vital for citrus fruit cultivation in Greece, will the Commission say: Has it
adopted the above programme and, if not, what is the reason for the delay? What are its views on the above
programme?

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(4 March 1999)

The Commission has not approved the restructuring programme for the citrus sector in Greece. The
programme, however, is still under examination.

In January 1999, Commission staff visited the main citrus growing areas in Greece and the results of this visit
are still being studied.

(1999/C 325/072)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0013/99

by María Izquierdo Rojo (PSE) to the Commission

(12 January 1999)

Subject: Misinformation in the European Communities’ official publication concerning urban pilot projects

In the European Communities’ official publication on Urban Pilot Projects, phase II, funded under Article 10 of
the ERDF, the Granada-Albayzín project is illustrated with a photograph (p. 31) of a local craftwork company
which has neither received nor requested financial support under the urban project in question.

Both the use of this photograph and the caption give the impression that there is a link with this European
project, a fact which the owner denies; how does the Commission intend to correct these misleading
statements? Does the Commission know whether this may have given rise to other irregularities?
Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/1999 of 12 January 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1998/99 wine year
Date: 1999-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, distillation, exchange of information, harvest, storage, table wine

13. 1. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 7/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 69/1999

of 12 January 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 introducing preventive distillation as
provided for in Article 38 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 for the 1998/99
wine year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
16 March 1987 on the common organisation of
the
market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1627/98 (2), and in particular Article 38(5) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2721/88 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2181/91 (4), lays
down detailed rules for voluntary distillation as provided
for in Articles 38, 41 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No
822/87; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1648/
98 (5) fixes the prices, the aid and certain other factors
applicable to preventive distillation for the 1998/99 wine
year;

Whereas Article 1(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2486/98 (6) sets the date for the submission of contracts or
declarations to the competent authorities at 15 January
1999; whereas that date and the dates resulting therefrom
should be postponed to allow greater participation in the
measure;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2486/98 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. in the first subparagraph of Article 1(3),
1999' is replaced by ‘29 January 1999';

‘15 January

2. in the first subparagraph of Article 1(5),
1999' is replaced by ‘12 February 1999';

‘29 January

3. in the second subparagraph of Article 1(5), ‘5 February

1999' is replaced by ‘19 February 1999';

4. in the first subparagraph of Article 1(6),
1999' is replaced by ‘12 March 1999'.

‘28 February

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 241, 1. 9. 1988, p. 88.
(4) OJ L 202, 24. 7. 1991, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 63.
(6) OJ L 309, 19. 11. 1998, p. 18.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/1999 of 12 January 1999 determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export licences for poultrymeat which may be accepted
Date: 1999-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, poultrymeat

13. 1. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 7/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 77/1999

of 12 January 1999

determining the percentage of quantities covered by applications for export
licences for poultrymeat which may be accepted

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/
95 of 16 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for imple-
menting the system of export licences in the poultrymeat
sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2581/
98 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 provides
for
specific measures where applications for export licences
concern quantities and/or expenditure which exceed the
normal trade patterns or where there is a risk that they
will be exceeded, taking account of the limit referred to in
Article 8(11) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 (3),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
2916/95 (4), and/or the corresponding expenditure during
the period in question;

Whereas uncertainty is a feature of the market in certain
poultrymeat products; whereas the impending adjustment
of the refunds applicable to those products has led to the
submission of applications for export licences for specula-

tive ends; whereas there is a risk that the issue of licences
for the quantities applied for from 4 and 5 January 1999
may lead to an overrun in the quantities of the products
concerned normally disposed of by way of trade; whereas
applications covering the products concerned in respect
of which export
licences have not yet been granted
should be rejected,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

for export
for
With regard to applications
poultrymeat
to Regulation (EC) No
lodged pursuant
1372/95 no further action shall be taken in respect of
applications pending for export licences in respect of
categories 6a and 6b of Annex I to that Regulation which
should have been issued from 13 January 1999.

licences

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 26.
(2) OJ L 322, 1. 12. 1998, p. 33.
(3) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 76/1999 of 12 January 1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, pip fruit, quantitative restriction

L 7/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

13. 1. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 76/1999

of 12 January 1999

on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in
particular Article 2(3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 (3) sets
the quantities for which A1 export licences, other than
those requested in the context of food aid, may be issued;

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets the
conditions under which special measures may be taken by
the Commission with a view to avoiding an overrun of
the quantities for which A1 licences may be issued;

Whereas the Commission has received information which
indicates that those quantities, reduced or increased by
the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1 licences were
in response to
restriction for apples
issued without

applications submitted since 8 January 1999 whereas,
therefore, a percentage should be fixed for the issuing of
licences for quantities applied for on 8 January 1999 and
applications
in that
application period should be rejected,

for A1 licences

submitted later

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

A1 export licences for apples for which applications were
submitted on 8 January 1999 pursuant to Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 shall be issued for 76,7 % of
the quantities applied for.

Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 8
January 1999 and before 10 March 1999 for that product
shall be rejected.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23. 6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 44.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 75/1999 of 12 January 1999 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
Date: 1999-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, bulb vegetable, exchange of information, import licence, originating product, quantitative restriction

13. 1. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 7/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 75/1999

of 12 January 1999

on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
amended by
and vegetables (1),
market
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2),

in fruit

as

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1137/98 of
29 May 1998 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/
94 (5), the release for free circulation in the Community of
garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-
tation of an import licence;

Whereas Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1137/98,
restricts the issue of import licences for garlic originating
in China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of
applications lodged from 1 June 1998 to 31 May 1999;

Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1(2) of
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,
the quantity applied for on 8 January 1999 is in excess of
the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to

that Regulation for the month of January 1999; whereas it
is therefore necessary to determine to what extent import
licences may be issued in response to these applications;
whereas the issue of licences in response to applications
lodged after 8 January 1999 and before 4 February 1999
should be refused,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Import licences applied for on 8 January 1999 pursuant
to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic
falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China
shall be issued for 1,08108 % of the quantity applied for,
having regard to the information available to the
Commission on 12 January 1999.

For the abovementioned products applications for import
licences
lodged after 8 January 1999 and before 4
February 1999 shall be refused.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 41.
(3) OJ L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 107.
(4) OJ L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1.