CELEX: 31998R0172
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 172/98 of 23 January 1998 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1998 for import licences for certain poultrymeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2497/96 can be accepted

L 19/10              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 1. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 172/98
                                                    of 23 January 1998
                 determining the extent to which applications lodged in January 1998 for import
                 licences for certain poultrymeat sector products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
                                                 2497/96 can be accepted
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/              1. Applications for import licences for the period 1
96 of 18 December 1996 laying down rules for the                  January to 31 March 1998 submitted pursuant to Regula-
application in the poultrymeat sector of the system               tion (EC) No 2497/96 shall be met as referred to in
provided for by the Association Agreement and the                 Annex I.
Interim Agreement between the European Community                  2. During the first 10 days of the period 1 April to 30
and the State of Israel (1), as amended by Regulation (EC)        June 1998 applications may be lodged pursuant to Regu-
No 1514/97 (2), and in particular Article 4 (5) thereof,          lation (EC) No 2497/96 for import licences for the total
Whereas the applications for import licences lodged for           quantities as referred to in Annex II.
the first quarter of 1998 are for quantities less than the
quantities available and can therefore be met in full;                                     Article 2
Whereas the surplus to be added to the quantity available         This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January
for the following period should be determined,                    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 338, 28. 12. 1996, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 204, 31. 7. 1997, p. 16.
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                                ANNEX I
                                      Percentage of acceptance
                                    of import licences submitted
             Group No
                                           for the period
                                    1 January to 31 March 1998
                I1                             100,00
                                ANNEX II
                                                                    (tonnes)
                  Group No                     Available quantities
                      I1                             665,00