Commission Regulation (EC) No 2371/1999 of 8 November 1999 amending Regulations (EC) No 1599/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic and (EC) No 2479/96 laying down detailed rules for the application of the minimum import price system for certain soft fruit originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and fixing the minimum import prices
Date: 1999-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, import price, minimum price, soft fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2371/1999

of 8 November 1999

amending Regulations (EC) No 1599/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system
of minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia and the Czech Republic and (EC) No 2479/96 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the minimum import price system for certain soft fruit originating in Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania and fixing the minimum import prices

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

(4)

the Protocols came into force on 1 September 1999, as
provided for by the Council (6), and this Regulation
should therefore apply from that date;

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,

Having regard to the Council Decisions of 18 May 1998 on the
conclusion of Protocols adjusting trade aspects of the Europe
Agreements establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Lithuania respectively,
of the other part, to take account of the accession of the
Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom
of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the
Uruguay Round
including
improvements to the existing preferential arrangements (1), and
in particular Article 2(1) thereof,

negotiations

agriculture,

on

Whereas:

(1)

detailed rules should be laid down for the application of
the system of minimum import prices for certain soft
fruits originating in Estonia and Lithuania and intended
for processing as provided for in the above Protocols.
The system is identical to that for certain soft fruits
originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the detailed rules for
the application of which are laid down in Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1599/97 (2). With a view to simpli-
fying administration, the detailed rules for the applica-
the above import arrangements should be
tion of
included in the same Regulation and to that end the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 1599/97 should be
extended to cover products originating in Estonia and
Lithuania;

(2)

these import arrangements replace those provided for in
Council Regulation (EC) No 1926/96 (3). As a result,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2479/96 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 922/1999 (5), should be
amended to exclude Estonia and Lithuania from its
scope;

(1) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1 (for Lithuania), and OJ L 29, 3.2.1999,

p. 9 (for Estonia).

(2) OJ L 216, 8.8.1997, p. 63.
(3) OJ L 254, 8.10.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 335, 24.12.1996, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 114, 1.5.1999, p. 47.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1599/97 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 1599/97 of 28 July 1997
laying down detailed rules for the application of the system
of minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating
in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech
Republic, Estonia and Lithuania’.

2. The Annex is replaced by Annex A hereto.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2479/96 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 2479/96 of 18 December
1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of the
minimum import price system for certain soft fruit origin-
ating in Latvia and fixing the minimum import prices’.

2. Annexes I and II are replaced by Annexes B and C hereto.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 September 1999.

(6) OJ L 224, 25.8.1999, p. 9 (for Lithuania), and OJ L 248,

21.9.1999, p. 36 (for Estonia).

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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CN code

0811 10 11

Frozen strawberries

CN code

ANNEX B

‘ANNEX I

Description

ANNEX C

‘ANNEX II

PRICE

Description

Origin

Latvia’

(EUR/100 kg net weight)

Latvia

ex 0811 10 90

Frozen strawberries, without added sugar or other sweetening agents: whole fruit

93,7

ex 0811 10 90

Frozen strawberries, without added sugar or other sweetening agents: other

72,0’