29. 6. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 161/51 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1218/96 of 28 June 1996 on partial import duty exemption for certain cereals sector products as provided for 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 Romania THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autono- mous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotia- tions ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 (%, and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas it was planned to replace this measure by temporary additional protocols to the Europe Agreements; whereas however owing to time constraints these proto- cols could not enter into force on 1 July 1996; whereas Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 has therefore been extended in validity to 31 December 1996; Whereas following the extension of validity of Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 by Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 a new Regulation should for the sake of clarity replace Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 121/94 of 25 January 1994 rela- ting to the exemption from the import levy for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agree- ments between the European Community and the Repu- blic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Repu- blic and the Slovak Republic (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 286/96 (¥), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1606/94 of 1 July 1994 relating to the exemp- tion from the import levy for certain products in the cereals sector laid down in the Agreements between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2252/95 (), and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 335/94(); Whereas it should be specified that import licences for the products in question within the quantities set are to () OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31. (9 See page 2 of this Official Journal. () OJ No L 21, 26. 1. 1994, p. 3. () OJ No L 36, 14. 2. 1996, p. 6. OJ No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 13. OJ No L 230, 27. 9. 1995, p. 12. OJ No L 43, 16. 2. 1994, p. 4. be issued following a review period and if necessary with the quantities applied for reduced by a uniform percen- tage; whereas if such a reduction is applied it should be possible for applications to be withdrawn; Whereas certain particulars to appear on applications and licences should be specified, notwithstanding Articles 8 and 21 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (]), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95 ¢); Whereas to take account of delivery conditions import licences should be valid from their date of issue until the end of the third month following that date; whereas the validity of licences issued against the maximum quantities set for the first half of the marketing year should however be restricted to the end of January 1997; Whereas to ensure proper operation of these arrange- ments the security against import licences should, notwithstanding Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1029/96 ('), be set at ECU 25 per tonne; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Products as listed in the Annex to this Regulation that originate in the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Bulgaria or Romania shall qualifiy for part- exemption from import duty for the quantity and at the rate of reduction or duty level specified therein. () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () O No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21. (" OJ No L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2. (") OJ No L 137, 8. 6. 1996, p. 1.