CELEX: 31998R1774
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1774/98 of 12 August 1998 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

13. 8. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 226/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1774/98
                                                     of 12 August 1998
                   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,                        Whereas the Commission must fix a single coefficient for
                                                                   reducing the quantities in the import licences applied for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              where these quantities exceed the quantities in the annual
Community,                                                         quota; whereas applications for import licences submitted
                                                                   on 10 August 1998 for common wheat from the Republic
                                                                   of Romania relate to 612 000 tonnes and the maximum
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               quantity which may be imported is 18 000 tonnes at a
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                  duty reduced by 80 %,
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 of 28                                        Article 1
June 1996 relating to the partial exemption from the               Applications for licences for the ‘Romania' quota
import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid        provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import
down in the Agreements between the European                        duty reduced by 80 % for common wheat falling within
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of              CN code 1001 90 99, submitted on 10 August 1998 and
Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the              forwarded to the Commission, shall be accepted for the
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as           tonnages indicated therein multiplied by a coefficient of
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies            0,0294118.
the quantities of barley and common wheat originating in
the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of                                         Article 2
Hungary which enjoy preferential access under the
Interim Agreement concluded with those countries;                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 August 1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 12 August 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                             Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181,  1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L  161,  29. 6. 1996, p. 51.
(4) OJ L  5, 9. 1. 1998, p. 4.