Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/1999 of 25 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 123/98 on managing the ceilings for imports of fresh and processed sour cherries originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Date: 1999-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, fresh fruit, fruit product, import licence, stone fruit, tariff ceiling

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 6. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1370/1999

of 25 June 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 123/98 on managing the ceilings for imports of
fresh and processed sour cherries originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia

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
Cooperation
European
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Agreement

between

the

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2623/
98 (2) repeals Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 (3), to
which Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 123/98 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1057/98 (5), refer; whereas, as a result, Regula-
tion (EC) No 123/98 should be adapted, and in
particular Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/
95 of 3 August 1995 laying down detailed rules for
the application of the system of import licences for
products processed from fruit and vegetables (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 570/1999 (7),
should apply to all the products covered, subject to
specific provisions and not including the possibility
of changing the country of origin on licences once
issued;

(2) Whereas to ensure efficient management of the
tariff ceilings, provision should be made for routine
communications to be sent by the Member States;
whereas, however, the communications relating to
fresh sour cherries should be restricted to the
period in which the products are harvested and
marketed;

(3) Wheres the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Joint Management Committee for Fresh and
Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

Regulation (EC) No 123/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Subject to the specific provisions of this Regula-
tion, Regulation (EC) No 1921/95, with the exception
of Article 5(2) thereof, shall apply to the products
referred to in Article 1.';

2. the following paragraphs 5 and 6 are added to

Article 2:

‘5.
Import licences shall be valid for one month
from the effective date of issue in the case of fresh sour
cherries and three months in the case of processed
sour cherries.

6.
In the case of fresh sour cherries, the issue of
import licences shall be subject to lodging a security of
EUR 1,5 per 100 kilograms net weight.';

3. Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

1.
The Member States shall provide data on applica-
tions for licences in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulatin (EC) No 1921/95 and, where applicable, on
the quantities for which the import licences issued
have not been used.

2.
In the case of fresh sour cherries, these reports
shall be confined to the period between 1 May and 30
September.'

(1) OJ L 8, 14.1.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 329, 5.12.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 193, 3.8.1996, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 11, 17.1.1998, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 151, 21.5.1998, p. 25.
(6) OJ L 185, 4.8.1995, p. 10.
(7) OJ L 70, 17.3.1999, p. 14.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 25 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission