Commission Regulation (EC) No 308/2001 of 14 February 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables
Date: 2001-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit product, import licence, vegetable product

15.2.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 44/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 308/2001

of 14 February 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system
of import licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2699/2000 (2), and in particular Article
11(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1921/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
570/1999 (4), are designed to complement or alterna-
tively derogate from the provisions of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (5) which was repealed
and replaced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed
rules for the application of the system of import and
export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri-
cultural products (6).

Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article
14(3) and the fourth indent of Article 5(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3719/88, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 3 of
Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 respectively specify, with a
view to administrative simplification, the quantity below
which an import licence can be established without a
security having to be lodged, and the quantity of prod-
ucts that can be imported without a licence.

Articles 5 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 have
been replaced by Articles 5 and 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000. The provisions in question have been
adapted and simplified in such a way that the deroga-
tions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1921/95 are
now inconsistent with or superflous to the common
rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000. With a view to consistency and the simplification
of procedures, the derogation should be deleted and the
common rules laid down in Articles 5 and 15 of the
above Regulation, which relate respectively to cases
where an import licence or a security is not required,
should be applied to processed fruit and vegetable prod-
ucts.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Veget-
ables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1921/95
are deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
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, 14 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 185, 4.8.1995, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 70, 17.3.1999, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.