CELEX: 31998R0099
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 99/98 of 14 January 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

15. 1. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 9/33
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 99/98
                                                     of 14 January 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
Community,                                                         annual quota; whereas applications for import licences
                                                                   submitted on 12 January 1998 for barley from the
                                                                   Republic of Hungary relate to 2 200 tonnes and the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               maximum quantity which may be imported is 1 100
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                  tonnes at a 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 ‘Hungary' 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 barley falling within CN code
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of              1003 00 90, submitted on 12 January 1998 and forwarded
Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the              to the Commission, shall be accepted for the tonnages
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as           indicated therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,5.
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies
the quantities of barley and common wheat originating                                      Article 2
in the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of
Hungary which enjoy preferential access under the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
Interim Agreement concluded with those countries;                  1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 14 January 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         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.