CELEX: 31998R1877
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1877/98 of 1 September 1998 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

2. 9. 98              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 243/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1877/98
                                                    of 1 September 1998
                             on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        issued without restriction for shelled hazelnuts in
                                                                   response to applications submitted since 27 August 1998;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   whereas, therefore, a percentage should be fixed for the
Community,
                                                                   issuing of licences for quantities applied for on 27 August
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/               1998 and applications for A1 licences submitted later in
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-                that application period should be rejected,
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
particular Article 2(3) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3)
rectified by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), sets the              A1 export licences for shelled hazelnuts for which
quantities for which A1 export licences, other than those          applications were submitted on 27 August 1998 pursuant
requested in the context of food aid, may be issued;               to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 shall be
                                                                   issued for 53,3 % of the quantities applied for.
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets the
conditions under which special measures may be taken by            Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 27
the Commission with a view to avoiding an overrun of               August 1998 and before 9 September 1998 for that
the quantities for which A1 licences may be issued;                product shall be rejected.
Whereas the Commission has received information which                                       Article 2
indicates that those quantities, reduced or increased by
the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation           This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 September
(EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1 licences were             1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 1 September 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.  11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23.  6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 176, 20.  6. 1998, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 180, 24.  6. 1998, p. 12.