CELEX: 31999R2639
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2639/1999 of 14 December 1999 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. 12. 1999           EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 323/11
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2639/1999
                                                         of 14 December 1999
               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)    Whereas the Commission must fix a single coefficient
                                                                                for reducing the quantities in the import licences applied
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           for where these quantities exceed the quantities in the
Community,                                                                      annual quota; whereas applications for import licences
                                                                                submitted on 13 December 1999 for barley from the
                                                                                Czech Republic relate to 46 030 tonnes and the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                      maximum quantity which may be imported is 15 580
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in                           tonnes at a duty reduced by 80 %,
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     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           Applications for licences for the ‘Czech Republic’ quota
        laid down in the Agreements between the European                 provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import duty
        Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of            reduced by 80 % for barley falling within CN code 1003 00 90,
        Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the            submitted on 13 December 1999 and forwarded to the
        Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as         Commission, shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated
        last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies          therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,338475.
        the 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 15 December 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 14 December 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                    Monika WULF-MATHIES
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L  161, 29.6.1996, p. 51.
(4) OJ L  5, 9.1.1998, p. 4.