Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/1999 of 16 July 1999 fixing the minimum import prices applicable to dried grapes during the 1999/2000 marketing year as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed
Date: 1999-07-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: countervailing charge, dried product, grape, import, marketing, minimum price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1564/1999

of 16 July 1999

fixing the minimum import prices applicable to dried grapes during the 1999/2000 marketing year
as well as the countervailing charges to be imposed where that price is not observed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 13(8)
thereof,

significant quantities by the most representative non-
member countries;

(3) Whereas a minimum import price must be fixed for

currants and other dried grapes;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Veget-
ables,

(1) Whereas, in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96, the minimum import price for dried
grapes is to be determined having regard to:
— the

free-at-frontier price on import

into the

Community,

— the prices obtained in international trade,
— the situation on the internal Community market,
— the trend of trade with third countries;

(2) Whereas Article 13(6) of the same Regulation provides
that countervailing charges are to be fixed in reference
to a scale of import prices; whereas the maximum coun-
tervailing charge is to be determined on the basis of the
most favourable prices applied on the world market for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The minimum import price applicable to dried grapes
during the 1999/2000 marketing year, which begins on
1 September 1999 and ends on 31 August 2000, shall be as
set out in Annex I.

2.
The countervailing charge to be imposed where the
minimum import price referred to in paragraph 1 is not
observed shall be as set out in Annex II.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.

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ANNEX I

MINIMUM IMPORT PRICES

CN code

Description

0806 20

0806 20 11

0806 20 12

0806 20 18

0806 20 91

0806 20 92

0806 20 98

– Dried grapes:
– – In immediate containers of a net capacity of 2 kg or less:

– – – Currants

– – – Sultanas

– – – Other

– – Other:

– – – Currants

– – – Sultanas

– – – Other

(EUR per tonne)

Minimum
import price

1 038,18

1 086,10

1 086,10

870,57

910,75

910,75

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ANNEX II

COUNTERVAILING CHARGES

1. Currants falling within CN code 0806 20 11:

Import price applied

less than

1 038,18
1 027,80
1 007,03
975,89
944,74

2. Currants falling within CN code 0806 20 91:

Import price applied

less than

870,57
861,86
844,45
818,34
792,22

but not less than

1 027,80
1 007,03
975,89
944,74

but not less than

861,86
844,45
818,34
792,22

(EUR per tonne)

Countervailing charge to be levied

10,38
31,15
62,29
84,99
84,99

(EUR per tonne)

Countervailing charge to be levied

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3. Dried grapes falling within CN codes 0806 20 12 and 0806 20 18:

Import price applied

(EUR per tonne)

Countervailing charge to be levied

less than

1 086,10
1 075,24
1 053,52
1 020,93
988,35

but not less than

1 075,24
1 053,52
1 020,93
988,35

10,86
32,58
65,17
97,75
132,91

4. Dried grapes falling within CN codes 0806 20 92 and 0806 20 98:

Import price applied

(EUR per tonne)

Countervailing charge to be levied

less than

910,75
901,64
883,43
856,10
828,78

but not less than

901,64
883,43
856,10
828,78

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