CELEX: 31998R0098
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 98/98 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

L 9/32                EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              15. 1. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 98/98
                                                    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,                       annual quota; whereas applications for import licences
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             submitted on 12 January 1998 for wheat from the
Community,                                                        Republic of Hungary relate to 29 749 560 tonnes and the
                                                                  maximum quantity which may be imported is 140 960
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              tonnes at a duty reduced by 80 %,
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
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
June 1996 relating to the partial exemption from the                                      Article 1
import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid
down in the Agreements between the European                       Applications for licences for the ‘Hungary' quota
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of             provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import
Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the             duty reduced by 80 % for common wheat and falling
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as          within CN codes 1001 90 99 and 1001 10 00 submitted
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies           on 12 January 1998 and forwarded to the Commission,
the quantities of barley and common wheat originating             shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein
in the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of             multiplied by a coefficient of 0,00473822
Hungary which enjoy preferential access under the
Interim Agreement concluded with those countries;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the Commission must fix a single coefficient for
reducing the quantities in the import licences applied for        This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
where these quantities exceed the quantities in the               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.