Commission Regulation (EC) No 1780/1999 of 11 August 1999                   concerning Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 relating to the partial exemption from the import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and the                  Republic of Romania
Date: 1999-08-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Romania, common wheat, import, import licence, tariff quota

12. 8. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 212/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1780/1999

of 11 August 1999

concerning Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 relating to the partial exemption from the import duty for
certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 of
28 June 1996 relating to the partial exemption from the
import duty for certain products in the cereals sector
laid down in the Agreements between the European
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies
the quantities of barley and common wheat originating
in the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of
Hungary which enjoy preferential access under
the
Interim Agreement concluded with those countries;

(2) Whereas the Commission must fix a single coefficient
for reducing the quantities in the import licences applied
for where these quantities exceed the quantities in the
annual quota; whereas applications for import licences
submitted on 9 August 1999 for common wheat from
the Republic of Romania relate to 130 000 tonnes and
the maximum quantity which may be imported is
24 000 tonnes at a duty reduced by 80 %,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Applications for licences for the ‘Romania’ quota provided for
in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import duty reduced by
80 % for common wheat falling within CN code 1001 90 99,
submitted on 9 August 1999 and forwarded to the Commis-
sion, shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multi-
plied by a coefficient of 0,184615.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 August 1999.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 11 August 1999.

For the Commission

Monika WULF-MATHIES

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1998, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 51.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.1998, p. 4.