Commission Regulation (EC) No 2638/1999 of 14 December 1999 concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and quality durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 778/1999
L 323/10 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 12. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2638/1999 of 14 December 1999 concerning applications for import licences for quality common wheat and quality durum wheat under tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 778/1999 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV:6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 778/1999 of 15 April 1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for 300 000 tonnes of quality wheat and 50 000 tonnes of durum wheat and repealing Regulations (EC) No 529/97 and (EC) No 2228/96 (2), lays down special provisions on the organisation of imports under the quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 1095/96; whereas Article 3(2) of Regula- tion (EC) No 778/1999 provides that the Commission is to fix a uniform percentage reduction in the quantities if applications for import licences exceed the quantities that may be imported; whereas applications for licences for quality common wheat submitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 relate to the maximum 304 270 tonnes of quality wheat; whereas quantity to be allocated is 100 000 tonnes; whereas the appro- priate percentage of reduction for import licence applications submitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 quali- fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No therefore be set; whereas applications for 1095/96 must licences submitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 relate to 145 845 tonnes of quality durum wheat; whereas the maximum quantity to be for quality durum wheat allocated is 50 000 tonnes; whereas the appropriate percentage of reduction for import licence applications submitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 qualifying for the condi- tions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 must there- fore be set, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Applications for import licences for quality common wheat qualifying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 submitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 and notified to the Commission shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,329. Applications not notified to the Commission shall be refused. Article 2 Applications for import licences for quality durum wheat quali- fying for the conditions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 submitted between 24 October and 8 December 1999 and notified to the Commission shall be accepted for the tonnages indicated therein multiplied by a coefficient of 0,343. Applications not notified to the Commission shall be refused. This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 December 1999. Article 3 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 December 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 146, 20. 6. 1996, p. 1. (2) OJ L 101, 16. 4. 1999, p. 36