CELEX: 31998R0097
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 97/98 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 9/31
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 97/98
                                                     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 common wheat from
Community,                                                         the Republic of Romania relate to 243 340 tonnes and
                                                                   the maximum quantity which may be imported is 10 580
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 ‘Romania' 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 falling within
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as           CN code 1001 90 99, submitted on 12 January 1998 and
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies            forwarded to the Commission, shall be accepted for the
the quantities of barley and common wheat originating              tonnages indicated therein multiplied by a coefficient of
in the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of              0,0434783
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.