CELEX: 31997R1660
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1660/97 of 22 August 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

23. 8 . 97          fENl                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 232/ 5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1660/97
                                                       of 22 August 1997
                    on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        whereas, to avoid this situation , applications for system B
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             licences for apples for destination groups Z and D
 Community,
                                                                   exported after 22 August 1997 should be rejected until
                                                                   the end of the current export period,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 11 20/97 (3)
 fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences      Applications for system B licences for apples for destina­
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;               tion groups Z and D submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
                                                                   Regulation (EC) No 1120/97, export declarations for
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the          which are accepted after 22 August 1997 and before 17
 Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative             September 1997, are hereby rejected.
 quantities laid down for the current export period for
 apples for destination groups Z and D will shortly be
 exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper                                  Article 2
working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and
vegetables sector,                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 22 August 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1997, p. 16.
 3 OJ No L 163, 20 . 6. 1997, p. 12.