CELEX: 32000R1790
Language: en
Date: 2000-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1790/2000 of 18 August 2000 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

19.8.2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 209/3
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1790/2000
                                                           of 18 August 2000
               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,                              (2)    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. Applications for import licences
                                                                                submitted on 14 August 2000 for barley from the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      Republic of Hungary relate to 5 000 tonnes and the
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           maximum quantity which may be imported is 1 250
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/                        tonnes at a duty reduced to EUR 0/t,
2000 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 of 28 June
        1996 relating to the partial exemption from the import                                       Article 1
        duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid down        Applications for licences for the ‘Republic of Hungary’ quota
        in the Agreements between the European Community                 provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import duty
        and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary,             reduced to EUR 0/t for barley falling within CN code
        the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of         1003 00 90, submitted on 14 August 2000 and forwarded to
        Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as last                the Commission, shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies the           therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,25.
        quantities of barley and common wheat originating in
        the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic of                                           Article 2
        Hungary which enjoy preferential access under the
        Interim Agreement concluded with those countries.                This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 August 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 18 August 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Philippe BUSQUIN
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  161, 29.6.1996, p. 51.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1998, p. 4.