CELEX: 32000R1743
Language: en
Date: 2000-08-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1743/2000 of 4 August 2000 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 199/78                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       5.8.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1743/2000
                                                            of 4 August 2000
                                  on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      maximum quantity given in the Annex to that Regula-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            tion for the month of August 2000. It is therefore
Community,                                                                       necessary to determine to what extent import licences
                                                                                 may be issued in response to these applications. The
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                        issue of licences in response to applications lodged after
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                         31 July 2000 and before 28 August 2000 should be
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  refused,
1257/1999 (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2000
of 25 May 2000 concerning a protective measure applicable to              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,
                                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas:
(1)     Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/                  Import licences applied for from 31 July 2000 pursuant to
        93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/94 (5),             Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
        the release for free circulation in the Community of              within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
        garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-        issued for 0,57144 % of the quantity applied for, having regard
        tation of an import licence.                                      to the information available to the Commission on 2 August
                                                                          2000.
(2)     Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1104/2000, restricts
        the issue of import licences for garlic originating in            For the abovementioned products applications for import
        China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of                licences lodged after 31 July 2000 and before 28 August 2000
        applications lodged from 29 May 2000 to 31 May                    shall be refused.
        2001.
(3)     Given the criteria laid down in Article 1(2) of that                                           Article 2
        Regulation and the import licences already issued, the
        quantity applied for on 31 July 2000 is in excess of the          This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 August 2000.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 4 August 2000.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                      Pedro SOLBES MIRA
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  297,  21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160,  26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L  125,  26.5.2000, p. 21.
(4) OJ L  170,  13.7.1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ L  176,  9.7.1994, p. 1.