CELEX: 31998R0984
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 984/98 of 8 May 1998 on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables

L 137/16             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   9. 5. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 984/98
                                                       of 8 May 1998
                 on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        would be exceeded if licences were issued with advanced
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fixing of refunds without restriction in response to
Community,                                                         applications submitted since 6 May 1998; whereas a
                                                                   reducing factor should accordingly be applied to the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/               quantities applied for on 6 May 1998, and applications for
95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for export                export licences with advance fixing of refunds submitted
refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables            subsequently with a view to such licences being issued
other than those granted for added sugars (1), as last             during the current period should be rejected,
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (2), and in
particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 396/98 (3)                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
specifies the quantities which may be covered by applica-
tions submitted for export licences with advance fixing of                                  Article 1
the refund other than those applied for in connection              Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
with food aid;                                                     orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 10° Brix
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 lays               but less than 22° Brix for which applications were
down the conditions under which special measures may               submitted on 6 May 1998 pursuant to Article 1 of Regula-
be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the            tion (EC) No 396/98 shall be issued for 62,2 % of the
quantities for which export licence applications may be            quantities applied for.
submitted;
                                                                   Applications for export licences with advance fixing of
Whereas, in view of the information available to the               refunds for the above product submitted after 6 May 1998
Commission as of today, the quantity of 389 tonnes of              and before 24 June 1998 shall be rejected.
orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 10° Brix
but less than 22° Brix in the Annex to Regulation (EC)                                      Article 2
No 396/98, reduced or increased by the quantities
referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95,         This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 8 May 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 50, 20. 2. 1998, p. 18.