CELEX: 31998R1179
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1179/98 of 5 June 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 163/24             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    6. 6. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1179/98
                                                     of 5 June 1998
                   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 tomatoes, peaches and nectarines exported
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/             after 5 June 1998 should be rejected until the end of the
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-              current export period,
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/98 (3) fixes           Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes,
the indicative quantities for system B export licences           peaches and nectarines submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
other than those sought in the context of food aid;              Regulation (EC) No 983/98, export declarations for which
                                                                 are accepted after 5 June 1998 and before 1 July 1998, are
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                    Article 2
tomatoes, peaches and nectarines will shortly be
exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper         This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 June 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 5 June 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 137, 9. 5. 1998, p. 12.