COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2498/97 of 15 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the smaller Aegean islands and establishing the forecast supply balance

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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), lays down common detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the smaller Aegean islands;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balance of cereal products was established for 1997 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2234/97 (6); whereas this forecast supply balance for 1998 should be drawn up; whereas, subsequently, Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 should be amended;

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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 3175/94 is hereby replaced by the Annex to the present Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.

(3) OJ L 267, 28. 10. 1993, p. 4.

(4) OJ L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 27.

(5) OJ L 335, 23. 12. 1994, p. 54.

(6) OJ L 306, 11. 11. 1997, p. 9.

ANNEX

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Supply balance for cereals for the smaller Aegean islands for 1998

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