Commission Regulation (EC) No 1414/1999 of 29 June 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to seed potatoes (forecast supply balance)
Date: 1999-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU aid, potato, supply, tariff exemption

30. 6. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 164/67

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1414/1999

of 29 June 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 laying down detailed implementing rules
for the specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to seed potatoes
(forecast supply balance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the
Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural prod-
ucts (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/
96 (2), and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

(1) Whereas, pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1601/92, Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2168/92 (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1372/98 (4), sets the quantity in the
forecast supply balance for the supply of seed pota-
toes
the 1998/99
marketing year; whereas the forecast supply balance
for the 1999/2000 marketing year should be estab-
lished; whereas that supply balance must be estab-
lished on the basis of
the
Canary Islands and taking traditional trade patterns
into account;

to the Canary Islands

the requirements of

for

(2) Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92, aid for the supply of seed pota-
toes to the Canary Islands from the rest of the
the 1999/2000
Community should be set
marketing year at a level ensuring that seed pota-
toes are supplied under conditions which are
equivalent for the end user to those resulting from
the exemption from customs duties on imports of
seed potatoes from third countries; whereas the aid
must be set taking account in particular of the costs
of supplying the products from the world market;

for

(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Seeds,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2168/92 is hereby amended as
follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1
For the purposes of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92 the quantity in the forecast supply
balance of
seed potatoes covered by CN code
0701 10 00 qualifying for exemption from customs
duty on imports
for
Community aid for products coming from the rest of
the Community shall be 12 000 tonnes for the period
1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.';

into the Canary Islands or

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2
The aid provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1601/92 for the supply of seed potatoes to
the Canary Islands from the Community market in
accordance with the forecast supply balance shall be
euro 4,226 per 100 kilograms.'

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 from 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 320, 11.12.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 217, 31.7.1992, p. 44.
(4) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 19.