CELEX: 31998R2298
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2298/98 of 23 October 1998 determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 1998 for import licences for certain egg sector products and poultrymeat pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 can be accepted

L 287/14               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 24. 10. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2298/98
                                                      of 23 October 1998
                   determining the extent to which applications lodged in October 1998 for import
                   licences for certain egg sector products and poultrymeat pursuant to Regulations
                                  (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         greater than the quantities available and must therefore be
                                                                    reduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribution,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/
95 (1) opening and providing for the administration of the                                   Article 1
tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin, as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1371/98 (2), and in                   1. Applications for import licences for the period 1
particular Article 5(5) thereof,                                    October to 31 December 1998 submitted pursuant to
                                                                    Regulations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 shall
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/                be met as referred to in Annex I.
96 of 28 June 1996 opening and providing for the admin-             2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 January to
istration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector and            31 March 1999 applications may be lodged pursuant to
albumin (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1370/            Regulations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 for
98 (4) and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,                      import licences for the total quantity as referred to in
                                                                    Annex II.
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for
the fourth quarter of 1998 are, in the case of certain                                       Article 2
products, for quantities less than or equal to the quantities
available and can therefore be met in full, but in the case         This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October
of other products the said applications are for quantities          1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 23 October 1998.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  L 145, 29.  6. 1995, p. 19.
(2) OJ  L 185, 30.  6. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ  L 161, 29.  6. 1996, p. 136.
(4) OJ  L 185, 30.  6. 1998, p. 15.
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                                 ANNEX I
                                        Percentage of acceptance
                                      of import licences submitted
              Group No
                                             for the period
                                    1 October to 31 December 1998
                 E1                                —
                 E2                              100,00
                 E3                              100,00
                 P1                              100,00
                 P2                              100,00
                 P3                                 4,04
                 P4                              100,00
                                ANNEX II
                                                                   (tonnes)
                                         Total quantity available
              Group No                       for the period
                                      1 January to 31 March 1999
                 E1                          87 296,00
                 E2                            2 826,70
                 E3                            6 334,21
                 P1                            2 695,00
                 P2                              979,12
                 P3                              117,00
                 P4                              261,00