CELEX: 31998R0173
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 173/98 of 23 January 1998 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 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 19/12              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  24. 1. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 173/98
                                                    of 23 January 1998
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 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,                       be reduced by a fixed percentage to ensure a fair distribu-
                                                                  tion,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
95 (1) opening and providing for the administration of the
tariff quotas in the egg sector and for egg albumin, as last                               Article 1
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1514/97 (2), and in
particular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                 1. Applications for import licences for the period 1
                                                                  January to 31 March 1998 submitted pursuant to Regula-
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/              tions (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 shall be met
96 of 28 June 1996 opening and providing for the                  as referred to in Annex I.
administration of tariff quotas in the poultrymeat sector
and albumin (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No            2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30
1514/97 and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof,                  June 1998 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regu-
                                                                  lations (EC) No 1474/95 and (EC) No 1251/96 for import
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for           licences for the total quantity as referred to in Annex II.
the first quarter of 1998 are, in the case of certain prod-
ucts, for quantities less than or equal to the quantities                                  Article 2
available and can therefore be met in full, but in the case
of other products the said applications are for quantities        This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January
greater than the quantities available and must therefore          1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 23 January 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 204, 31. 7. 1997, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 161, 29. 6. 1996, p. 136.
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                                ANNEX I
                                      Percentage of acceptance
                                    of import licences submitted
             Group No
                                           for the period
                                    1 January to 31 March 1998
                E1                              100,00
                E2                               87,99
                E3                              100,00
                P1                                
                P2                                4,81
                P3                                3,48
                P4                               15,63
                                ANNEX II
                                                                 (tonnes)
                                       Total quantity available
             Group No                      for the period
                                       1 April to 30 June 1998
                E1                         95 706,00
                E2                           1 615,75
                E3                           7 826,78
                P1                           2 480,00
                P2                              400,00
                P3                               88,00
                P4                              100,00