Commission Regulation (EC) No 2266/1999 of 27 October 1999 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms as regards import licences for the 2000 quota
Date: 1999-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, customs regulations, import licence, mushroom-growing, preserved product, tariff quota

L 277/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 10. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2266/1999

of 27 October 1999

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 opening and providing for the administration of tariff
quotas for preserved mushrooms as regards import licences for the 2000 quota

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in particular Article 15(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2493/98 (4), the
first applications for import licences under the 2000
quota should be lodged on 3 and 4 January 2000 and
the Member States are to notify the Commission on 5
January 2000 of the quantities covered by applications;

in the case of those countries of origin for which import
licence applications regularly cover quantities in excess
of those available as from early January, the periods for
lodging applications should be brought forward in order
to avoid any risk of disruption of the electronic trans-
mission of the data concerned as a result of the ‘Y2K’
problem and to ensure that the issuing of licences takes
place as smoothly as possible;

(3)

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

lodged with the competent authorities of the Member States on
13 and 14 December 1999.

2.
The quantities covered by applications as referred to in
paragraph 1 shall be notified on 15 December 1999 in accord-
ance with Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95.

3.
Notwithstanding Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2125/95, the licences shall be issued, without prejudice to the
special measures referred to in that paragraph, on 3 January
2000.

Article 2

For the purposes of Article 4(1)(a) and (b) and Article 5
1.
of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95, licences applications lodged
on 13 and 14 December 1999 shall be deemed to have been
lodged on 3 and 4 January 2000.

The period 1 January to 10 December 1999 shall be used
2.
for calculating the quantities as referred to in Article 4(1)(a) and
(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 imported and/or exported
in 1999.

3. When the average imports as referred to in Article 5(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 are established for 1999, the
quantities covered by unused licences shall be added to the
quantities actually imported.

Article 3

For countries of origin other than Bulgaria, Poland and
1.
Romania, the first import licence applications for the 2000
import quota under Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 shall be

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following 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, 27 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 38.