4.7.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 190/9 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1421/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administra- tion of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and indus- trial products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 ('), the Council opened autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products; whereas Community demand for the products in question should be met under the most favourable conditions; whereas Community tariff quotas should therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the case of certain existing tariff quotas, avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these products; Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be amended, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as follows: 1. for the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 1998: — order number 09.2935: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 70 000 tonnes, — order number 09.2967: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 3 000 000 units; 2. for the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 1998: — order number 09.2799: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 30 000 tonnes, — order number 09.2943: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 30 000 000 units, — order number 09.2947: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 1300 tonnes, — order number 09.2959: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 45000 tonnes, — order number 09.2963: the amount of the tariff quota shall be 500 000 000 units; 3. the quota period for tariff quota with order number 09.2965 shall be replaced by: 1.1-31.12.1998; 4. the tariff quotas shown in the Annex to this Regula- tion shall be added. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1998 as regards points 1, 2 and 3 of Article 1 and as from 1 July 1998 as concerns point 4 thereof. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1998. () OJ L 345, 31. 12. 1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Reégulation (EC) No 2631/97 (O] L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 1). For the Council The President R. COOK