CELEX: 31996R1246
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1246/96 of 28 June 1996 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables with advance fixing of the refund

29 . 6. 96         I EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 161 / 121
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1246/96
                                                      of 28 June 1996
                 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables with advance fixing of
                                                         the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      whereas a reducing factor should, accordingly, be applied
                                                                 to the quantities of tomatoes, oranges, lemons, grapes,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            apples and peaches and nectarines applied for on 24 June
Community,                                                       1996, and applications for export licences with advance
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   fixing of refunds submitted subsequently with a view to
 1488/95 of 28 June 1955 on implementing rules for               such licences being issued during the current period
export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended      should be rejected,
by Regulation (EC) No 2702/95 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (1 ) thereof,                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1121 /96 (3)
                                                                                         Article 1
specifies the quantities which may be covered by applica­
tions submitted for export licences with advance fixing of       Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
the refund other than those applied for in connection            tomatoes, oranges, lemons, grapes, apples and peaches and
with food aid;
                                                                 nectarines for which applications are submitted on 24
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95 lays             June 1996 pursuant .to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
down the conditions under which special measures may             1121 /96 shall be issued for 5,61%, 2,78% , 1,51% ,
be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the          2,91 % , 1,66 % and 1,81 % respectively of the quantities
quantities for which export licence applications may be          applied for tomatoes, oranges, lemons, grapes, apples and
submitted;                                                       peaches and nectarines.
Whereas, in view of the information available to the
                                                                 Applications for export licences with advance fixing of
                                                                 the refund for the above products submitted after 24 June
Commission as of today, the quantities of 4 665 tonnes of        1996 and before 24 September 1996 shall be rejected.
tomatoes, 1 455 tonnes of oranges, 9 409 tonnes of
lemons, 16 049 tonnes of grapes, 6 147 tonnes of apples                                  Article 2
and 5 876 tonnes of peaches and nectarines in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 1121 /96, reduced or increased by the         Regulation (EC) No 1181 /96 is hereby repealed.
quantities referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1488/95, would be exceeded if licences were issued                                    Article 3
with advanced fixing of refunds without restriction in
response to applications submitted since 24 June 1996;           This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 June 1996.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 June 1996.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 68.
(2) OJ No L 280, 23. 11 . 1995, p. 30.
(3) OJ No L 149, 22. 6. 1996, p. 11 .