Commission Regulation (EC) No 123/98 of 16 January 1998 on managing the ceilings for imports of fresh and processed sour cherries originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 123/98 of 16 January 1998 on managing the ceilings for imports of fresh and processed sour cherries originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9 January 1998 on certain detailed rules for the application of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1556/96 of 30 July 1996 introducing a system of import licences for certain fruit and vegetables imported from third countries (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1064/97 (3), requires an import licence to be presented for fresh sour cherries falling within CN code 0809 20 05, among other products, before they can be released into free circulation;
Whereas for practical reasons, some provisions of this Regulation governing sour cherries should be limited to their harvesting and marketing season;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 of 3 August 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2405/89 and (EEC) No 3518/86 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2427/95 (5), subjects processed sour cherries falling within CN codes ex 0811 90 19, ex 0811 90 39, 0811 90 75, ex 0812 10 00, 2008 60 51, 2008 60 61, 2008 60 71 and 2008 60 91, among other products, to the import licence system;
Whereas, to simplify administration, the ceilings of 500 tonnes for fresh sour cherries and 7 000 tonnes for processed sour cherries laid down in Annex D to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (6), and referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 77/98 should be managed exactly the same as the ceilings in Commission Regulation (EC) No 122/98 of 16 January 1998 on managing the ceilings for imports of fresh and processed sour cherries originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia (7), and to make the grant of preference subject to the presentation of licences issued in accordance with this Regulation;
Whereas measures must be taken very quickly and automatically once the demand for licences reaches one of the ceilings fixed; whereas the Commission should be allowed to take the necessary measures;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,