Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/1999 of 6 May 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1253/98 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, aid system, cereals, supply balance sheet

7. 5. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 960/1999

of 6 May 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1253/98 establishing a forecast balance for the
supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific
measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 1600/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the
Azores and Madeira, with regard to certain agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 562/98 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

the quantities of products eligible for

Whereas
the
specific supply arrangements are determined by means of
periodic forecast balances which may be revised according
to the essential requirements of the market taking into
account local production and traditional trade flows;

Whereas in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1600/92 these arrangements include requirements for
direct human consumption, and for processing and pack-
aging in the Islands of products listed in the Annex to the
aforementioned Regulation; whereas an assessment of
these requirements is made annually in the context of a
forecast supply balance which can be revised in the
course of the year in the light of developments in the
requirements of the Islands; whereas the assessment of
the requirements of the processing and packaging indus-
tries, as regards products intended for the local market or
traditionally dispatched to the rest of the Community,
may result in the establishment of a separate forecast
supply balance;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
1600/92 the forecast supply balance of cereal products to
the Azores and Madeira for the 1998/99 marketing year
was established by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1253/98 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2328/
98 (4); whereas to meet the needs of this region, amend-
ments must be made to this forecast supply balance;
whereas,
subsequently, Regulation (EC) No 1253/98
should be amended;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1253/98 is replaced by
the Annex to this Regulation.

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 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 76, 13.3.1998, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 173, 18.6.1998, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 290, 29.10.1998, p. 23.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira for the 1998/99 marketing year

Region

Breadmaking
common wheat

Feed wheat

Durum wheat

Barley

Maize

Malt

Total

Azores

Madeira

34 000

25 000

Total

59 000

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

500

5 000

5 500

39 000

2 500

79 500

35 000

1 000

2 200

154 000

69 700

41 500

114 500

3 200

223 700'