CELEX: 31998R1860
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1860/98 of 28 August 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 241/20              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   29. 8. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1860/98
                                                     of 28 August 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables
                                                                  sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                  licences for apples for destination group ZD exported
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              after 28 August 1998 should be rejected until the end of
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-               the current export period,
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), fixes the              Applications for system B export licences for apples for
indicative quantities for system B export licences other          destination group ZD submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
than those sought in the context of food aid;                     Regulation (EC) No 1276/98, export declarations for
                                                                  which are accepted after 28 August 1998 and before 16
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         September 1998, are hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                     Article 2
apples for destination group ZD will shortly be exceeded;
whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper working of         This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 August 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 August 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.