CELEX: 31998R2424
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2424/98 of 10 November 1998 concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 529/97 and (EC) No 2228/96

L 300/12               EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11. 11. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2424/98
                                                  of 10 November 1998
                   concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and
                   durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 529/97 and
                                                     (EC) No 2228/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       percentage reduction in the quantities if applications for
                                                                  import licences exceed the quantities that may be
                                                                  imported; whereas applications for licences submitted
                                                                  between 5 October and 4 November 1998 relate to
                                                                  810 985,831 tonnes of durum wheat; whereas the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             maximum quantity to be allocated is 50 000 tonnes;
Community,                                                        whereas the appropriate percentage of reduction for
                                                                  import licence applications submitted between 5 October
                                                                  and 4 November 1998 qualifying for the conditions
                                                                  provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must there-
                                                                  fore be set,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions
set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the
conclusion of the GATT XXIV:6 negotiations (1), and in
particular Article 1 thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 529/97 of 21
March 1997 opening and administering a tariff quota of
300 000 tonnes of quality wheat and repealing Regulation                                   Article 1
(EC) No 1854/94 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
850/97 (3), lays down special provisions on the organisa-
tion of imports under the quota opened by Regulation              Applications for import licences for quality common
(EC) No 1095/96; wheres Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)           wheat qualifying for the conditions provided for in Regu-
No 529/97 provides that the Commission is to fix a                lation (EC) No 1095/96 submitted between 5 October and
uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applica-        4 November 1998 and notified to the Commission shall
tions for import licences exceed the quantities that may          be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied
be imported; whereas applications for licences submitted          by a coefficient of 0,0264. Applications not notified to the
between 5 October and 4 November 1998 relate to                   Commission shall be refused.
7 570 120 tonnes of quality wheat; whereas the maximum
quantity to be allocated is 200 000 tonnes; whereas the
appropriate percentage of reduction for import licence
applications submitted between 5 October and 4
November 1998 qualifying for the conditions provided                                       Article 2
for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must therefore be set;
                                                                  Applications for import licences for durum wheat quali-
                                                                  fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC)
                                                                  No 1095/96 submitted between 5 October and 4
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2228/96 of 21               November 1998 and notified to the Commission shall be
November 1996 opening and administering a tariff quota            accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied by
of 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat falling within CN code            a coefficient of 0,0616. Applications not notified to the
1001 10 00 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2410/            Commission shall be refused.
98 (5), lays down special provisions on the organisation of
imports under the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No
1095/96; whereas Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2228/96 provides that the Commission is to fix a uniform
                                                                                           Article 3
(1) OJ  L  146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ  L  82, 22. 3. 1997, p. 44.
(3) OJ  L  122, 14. 5. 1997, p. 10.
(4) OJ  L  298, 22. 11. 1996, p. 8.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November
(5) OJ  L  298, 7. 11. 1998, p. 45.                               1998.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 10 November 1998.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission