
Article 1 
The autonomous tariff quota appearing in Annex I is hereby opened for 1998. Articles 4 to 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, by which the Council opened Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in, inter alia, Turkey, shall apply.
Article 2 
The autonomous tariff quota laid down in Annex I and the two tariff quotas laid down in Annex II are hereby suspended.
Article 3 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables or, as the case may be, in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations on the common organisation of markets in agricultural products, or in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, the Commission shall repeal the measures referred to in Article 2 once the barriers to preferential exports from the Community to Turkey have been lifted.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 July 1998.
For the Council
The President
W. SCHUSSEL
ANNEX I

Serial No CN code Description of goods Size of autonomous quota (in tonnes) Rate of duty applicable
09.0201 0802 21 000802 22 00 Hazelnuts (Corylus spp.), fresh or dried, in shell or shelled 9060 Free
ANNEX II

Serial No CN code Description of goods Size of quota per year or per period indicated (tonnes) Rate of duty applicable
09.0217 ex 0807 11 00 Watermelons, fresh:from 16 June to 31 March 14 000 Free
09.020709.0209 2002 90 312002 90 392002 90 912002 90 99 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces, with a dry matter content of 12 % or more by weight: 30 000 with a dry matter content of 28-30 % by weight Free