CELEX: 31998R1955
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1955/98 of 14 September 1998 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

15. 9. 98            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 253/19
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1955/98
                                                  of 14 September 1998
                            on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       applications submitted since 9 September 1998; whereas,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             therefore, a percentage should be fixed for the issuing of
Community,                                                        licences for quantities applied for on 9 September 1998
                                                                  and applications for A1 licences submitted later in that
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              application period should be rejected,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in
particular Article 2(3) thereof,                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 ( ) sets3
                                                                  A1 export licences for apples for which applications were
the quantities for which A1 export licences, other than           submitted on 9 September 1998 pursuant to Article 1 of
those requested in the context of food aid, may be issued;        Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 shall be issued for 18,0 % of
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets the          the quantities applied for.
conditions under which special measures may be taken by
the Commission with a view to avoiding an overrun of              Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 9
the quantities for which A1 licences may be issued;               September 1998 and before 9 November 1998 for that
                                                                  product shall be rejected.
Whereas the Commission has received information which
indicates that those quantities, reduced or increased by                                   Article 2
the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1 licences were            This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 September
issued without restriction for apples in response to              1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 14 September 1998.
                                                                             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 243, 2. 9. 1998, p. 3.