COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1274/97 of 1 July 1997 establishing the sugar forecast supply balance for 1997/98 for the smaller Aegean islands provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4);

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 495/97 (6), lays down the common detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 of 27 June 1995 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the sugar sector (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2136/95 (8), lays down special detailed rules for the sugar sector;

Whereas, in order to take account of commercial practices specific to the sugar sector, detailed rules, additional to or derogating from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93, should be laid down;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance for sugar for the smaller Aegean islands for the 1997/98 marketing year should be established; whereas that balance may be revised during the year on the basis of trends in the smaller islands' requirements;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance for sugar originating in the Community for the smaller Aegean islands for the 1997/98 marketing year shall be as laid down in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

The validity of aid certificates shall expire on the final day of the second month following their issue.

Article 3

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 1997.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 July 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.

(3) OJ No L 267, 28. 10. 1993, p. 4.

(4) OJ No L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 27.

(5) OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 77, 19. 3. 1997, p. 12.

(7) OJ No L 144, 28. 6. 1995, p. 14.

(8) OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 19.

ANNEX

SUPPLY BALANCE FOR THE SMALLER AEGEAN ISLANDS

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