CELEX: 31999R0357
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 357/1999 of 17 February 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

18. 2. 1999          EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 44/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 357/1999
                                                     of 17 February 1999
                   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
                                                                    licences for lemons exported after 17 February 1999
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    should be rejected until the end of the current export
Community,
                                                                    period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular                                         Article 1
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                    Applications for system B export licences for lemons
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 (3),
                                                                    submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences
                                                                    2776/98, export declarations for which are accepted after
other than those sought in the context of food aid;
                                                                    17 February 1999 and before 17 March 1999, are hereby
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the           rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                       Article 2
lemons will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun will
prejudice the proper working of the export refund scheme            This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February
in the fruit and vegetables sector;                                 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 17 February 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 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 44.