Commission Regulation (EC) No 350/2001 of 21 February 2001 repealing 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: 2001-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, fresh fruit, fruit product, import licence, stone fruit, tariff ceiling

L 52/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.2.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 350/2001

of 21 February 2001

repealing 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,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9
January 1998 on certain detailed rules for the application of
the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community
and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), and in
particular Article 1 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/778/EC of 20
November 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
concerning the suspension of Title II on trade and trade-related
provisions of the Cooperation Agreement between the Euro-
pean Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (2),

Whereas:

(1)

The abovementioned Exchange of Letters stipulates that
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18
September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures
for countries and territories participating in or linked to
the European Union's
stabilisation and association
process (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2563/
2000 (4), regulates, as from the date of application of the
latter Regulation, the trade regime between the European
Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia and that Title II on trade and trade-related provi-

(2)

(3)

(4)

sions of the Cooperation Agreement between the Euro-
pean Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia ceases to apply on that same date.

Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000 entered into force on 1
December 2000.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 123/98 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1370/1999 (6), manages
the quota ceilings for sour cherries provided for in Title
II of the above Cooperation Agreement. Regulation (EC)
No 123/98 should therefore be repealed with effect
from 1 December 2000.

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 123/98 is repealed.

Article 1

Article 2

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 December 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 8, 14.1.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 309, 9.12.2000, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 295, 23.11.2000, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 11, 17.1.1998, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 42.