CELEX: 31997R1604
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-07
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1604/97 of 7 August 1997 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

No L 216/76          ΓΕΝΊ                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 8 . 97
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1604/97
                                                          of 7 August 1997
                               on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          that Regulation for the month of August 1997; whereas it
                                                                      is therefore necessary to determine to what extent import
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                licences may be issued in response to these applications;
 Community,                                                           whereas the issue of licences in response to applications
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of               lodged after 5 August 1997 and before 5 September 1997
 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the                    should be refused,
 market in fruit and vegetables ('),
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 903/97 of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 21 May 1997 concerning a protective measure applicable
 to imports of garlic from China (2), and in particular
 Article 1 (3) thereof,                                                                        Article 1
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    Import licences applied for on 5 August 1997 pursuant to
 1 859/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                       Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic
 1 662/94 (4), the release for free circulation in the Com­           falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China
 munity of garlic imported from third countries is subject            shall be issued for 0,12618 % of the quantity applied for,
 to presentation of an import licence;                                having regard to the information available to the
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 903/97,                 Commission on 6 August 1997.
 restricts the issue of import licences for garlic originating        For the abovementioned products applications for import
 in China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of                licences lodged after 5 August 1997 and before 5
applications lodged from 1 June 1997 to 31 May 1998;                  September 1997 shall be refused.
Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1 (2) of
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,                                        Article 2
the quantity applied for on 5 August 1997 is in excess of
the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 August 1997.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 7 August 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                              Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 297,  21 . 11 . 1996, p. 1 .
 2  OJ   No  L  130, 22. 5. 1997, p. 6.
P)  OJ   No  L  170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(«) OJ   No  L  176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .