CELEX: 32000R1863
Language: en
Date: 2000-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1863/2000 of 31 August 2000 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 221/20                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       1.9.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1863/2000
                                                            of 31 August 2000
                                  on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      the maximum quantity given in the Annex to that Regu-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            lation for the month of September 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                         28 August 2000 and before 2 October 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 28 August 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 0,555 % of the quantity applied for, having regard to
        tation of an import licence.                                      the information available to the Commission on 31 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 28 August 2000 and before 2 October
        applications lodged from 29 May 2000 to 31 May                    2000 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 28 August 2000 is in excess of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2000.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 31 August 2000.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                       Günter VERHEUGEN
                                                                                   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.