CELEX: 31997R2488
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-12 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2488/97 of 12 December 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

13 . 12. 97           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 343/7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2488/97
                                                     of 12 December 1997
                    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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             licences for shelled almonds, lemons and apples for desti­
 Community,
                                                                   nation group Y exported after 12 December 1997 should
                                                                   be rejected until the end of the current export period,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­                                      Article 1
 ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,
                                                                   Applications for system B licences for shelled almonds,
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2186/97 (3)
 fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences      lemons and apples for destination group Y submitted
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;               pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2186/97,
                                                                   export declarations for which are accepted after 12
 Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         December 1997 and before 20 January 1998, are hereby
 Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative             rejected.
 quantities laid down for the current export period for
 shelled almonds, lemons and apples for destination group                                   Article 2
 Y have already been or will shortly be exceeded; whereas
 this overrun will prejudice the proper working of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 December
 export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;          1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 12 December 1997 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 93, 8. 4. 1997, p. 16.
 3 OJ L 299, 4. 11 . 1997, p. 10 .