Commission Regulation (EC) No 302/1999 of 10 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2756/98 establishing Community tariff quotas for 1999 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector
Date: 1999-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, customs duties, goat, live animal, sheep, tariff quota

L 37/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

11. 2. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 302/1999

of 10 February 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2756/98 establishing Community tariff quotas for
1999 for sheep, goats, sheepmeat and goatmeat
falling within CN codes
0104 10 30, 0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derogating from Regu-
lation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of products in the
sheepmeat and goatmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9
January 1998 on certain procedures for applying the
European
Cooperation
Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (1) and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Agreement

between

the

Whereas Annex D to Agreement adopted by Council
Decision (EC) No 831/97 of 27 November 1997
concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement
between the European Community and the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2) lays down the quant-
ities of certain agricultural products that may be imported
with a total exemption from customs duty subject to tariff
quotas, ceilings or reference quantities;

Whereas accordingly it is necessary to adapt the rate of
duty laid down in Annex III to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2756/98 of 18 December 1998 establishing
Community tariff quotas for 1999 for sheep, goats, sheep-
meat and goatmeat falling within CN codes 0104 10 30,
0104 10 80, 0104 20 10, 0104 20 90 and 0204 and derog-
ating from Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3013/89 as regards the import and export of
products in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector (3);

Regulation (EC) No 2756/98 is amended as follows:

1. Article 3(3) is replaced by the following text:

falling within CN codes

The quantities of live animals, expressed in live
‘3.
weight,
0104 10 30,
0104 10 80 and 0104 20 90 for which the customs
duty, applicable to imports originating in specific
supplying countries, is reduced to zero for the period
between 1 January and 31 December 1999, shall be
those laid down in Annex III.'

2. Annex III is replaced by the following text:

‘ANNEX III

QUANTITIES FOR 1999 REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE
3(3)

Order number 09.4035

Live sheep and goats (tonnes live weight) — Duty rate
zero

Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia

215 tonnes'

Article 2

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

into force on the day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 10 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 8, 14. 1. 1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 348, 18. 12. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 345, 19. 12. 1998, p. 31.