CELEX: 32000R0375
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 375/2000 of 17 February 2000 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

18. 2. 2000            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 46/33
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 375/2000
                                                          of 17 February 2000
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export
                                                                                refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)    To avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                                licences for tomatoes and walnuts in shell exported after
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       17 February 2000 should be rejected until the end of the
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     current export period,
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                                             Article 1
                                                                         Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes and
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 67/2000 (3) fixes the              walnuts in shell submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation
        indicative quantities for system B export licences other         (EC) No 67/2000, export declarations for which are accepted
        than those sought in the context of food aid.                    after 17 February 2000 and before 17 March 2000, are hereby
                                                                         rejected.
(2)     In the light of the information available to the Commis-
        sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities                                   Article 2
        laid down for the current export period for tomatoes
        and walnuts in shell will shortly be exceeded. This              This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 17 February 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 9, 13.1.2000, p. 11.