Commission Regulation (EC) No 1388/98 of 30 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements applicable to imports of certain poultrymeat products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT), in order to implement the Agricultural Agreement concluded during the Uruguay Round of negotiations
L 187/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 7. 98 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1388/98 of 30 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 laying down detailed rules for the applica- tion of the arrangements applicable to imports of certain poultrymeat products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP) or in the overseas countries and territories (OCT), in order to implement the Agricultural Agree- ment concluded during the Uruguay Round of negotiations THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement agreements concluded during the Uruguay last Round of multilateral amended by Regulation (EC) No 1340/98 (2), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof, trade negotiations (1), as sector in the poultrymeat Whereas in order to take account of existing import and those arrangements resulting from the Agricultural Agreement concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego- tiations, transitional measures are needed to adjust the preferential concessions in the form of exemption from the import duty for certain poultrymeat products from the ACP States; Whereas the period for the adoption of transitional meas- ures was extended until 30 June 1999 by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94; whereas the adjustments should be extended over the period concerned; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Eggs and Poultrymeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 is hereby amended as follows: The word ‘levy' is replaced by the words ‘customs duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff' each time that it appears. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 903/90 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1514/97 (4), lays down detailed rules for the application of preferential conditions in the form of a reduction in the import levy for poultrymeat quotas; whereas, since the levies have been replaced by customs duties from 1 July 1995, tran- sitional adjustments to these rules have been made; 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 July 1998 to 30 June 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 June 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. (2) OJ L 184, 27. 6. 1998, p. 1. (3) OJ L 93, 10. 4. 1990, p. 20. (4) OJ L 204, 31. 7. 1997, p. 16