CELEX: 31998R1775
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-12
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1775/98 of 12 August 1998 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

L 226/10              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 13. 8. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1775/98
                                                    of 12 August 1998
                  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,                       Whereas 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 annual
Community,                                                        quota; whereas applications for import licences submitted
                                                                  on 10 August 1998 for wheat from the Republic of
                                                                  Hungary relate to 47 424 893 tonnes and the maximum
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              quantity which may be imported is 168 303 tonnes at a
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                 duty reduced by 80 %,
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 of 28                                        Article 1
June 1996 relating to the partial exemption from the              Applications for licences for the ‘Hungary' quota provided
import duty for certain products in the cereals sector laid       for in Regulation (EC) No 1218/96 at an import duty
down in the Agreements between the European                       reduced by 80 % for common wheat and falling within
Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of             CN codes 1001 90 99 and 1001 10 00 submitted on 10
Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the             August 1998 and forwarded to the Commission, shall be
Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (3), as          accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied by
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 32/98 (4), specifies           a coefficient of 0,00354883.
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 13 August 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 August 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                             Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181,  1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 161,  29. 6. 1996, p. 51.
(4) OJ L 5, 9. 1. 1998, p. 4.