CELEX: 31999R2751
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2751/1999 of 22 December 1999 concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms

L 331/32               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                   23. 12. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2751/1999
                                                          of 22 December 1999
                           concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (3)    the quantities applied for on 13 and 14 December 1999
                                                                                 pursuant to Article 4(1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            95 exceed the quantity available. As a result, the extent
Community,                                                                       to which licences may be issued and the issue of licences
                                                                                 for all subsequent applications should be suspended
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2125/95 of                       until must both be determined,
6 September 1995 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of Community tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms (1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2493/98 (2), and in                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
particular Article 6(4) thereof,
                                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas:
                                                                          Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4(1) (b) of Regu-
                                                                          lation (EC) No 2125/95 on 13 and 14 December 1999 and
(1)     Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2266/1999
                                                                          submitted to the Commission on 15 December 1999 shall be
        of 27 October 1999 derogating from Regulation (EC)
                                                                          issued, bearing the wording laid down in Article 11(1) of that
        No 2125/95 (3) lays down that the first applications for
                                                                          Regulation, for 7,8 % of the quantity applied for.
        import licences under the tariff quota for 2000 must be
        lodged on 13 and 14 December 1999 and Article 1(2)
        states that the quantities applied for must be notified by                                    Article 2
        the Member States on 15 December 1999.                            The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to Article
                                                                          4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 shall be suspended for
(2)     Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 lays down              applications submitted from 1 January until 14 October 2000.
        that where the quantities applied for exceed the quantity
        available, the Commission must set a flat-rate percentage                                     Article 3
        reduction and suspend the issue of licences in respect of
        subsequent applications;                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 December 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 212, 7.9.1995, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 277, 28.10.1999, p. 8.