CELEX: 31999R0883
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/1999 of 28 April 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 111/38              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                29. 4. 1999
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 883/1999
                                                      of 28 April 1999
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       working of 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 the geographic Zone X exported
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              after 26 April 1999 should be rejected until the end of the
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-               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 458/1999 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 499/1999 (4), fixes the             Applications for system B export licences for apples for
indicative quantities for system B export licences other          the geographic Zone X submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
than those sought in the context of food aid;                     Regulation (EC) No 458/1999, export declarations for
                                                                  which are accepted after 26 April 1999 and before 17 May
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         1999, 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 the geographic Zone X will shortly be
exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper          This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 April 1999.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         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 55, 3.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 22.