CELEX: 32000R0043
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/2000 of 7 January 2000 on the issue of import licences for tomatoes imported from Morocco

8. 1. 2000            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 5/45
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 43/2000
                                                          of 7 January 2000
                            on the issue of import licences for tomatoes imported from Morocco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             determined and the issue of licences for all subsequent applica-
                                                                        tions should be suspended until the end of January,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2767/1999
                                                                                                    Article 1
of 23 December 1999 introducing a system of licences for
imports of tomatoes from Morocco (1), and in particular Article         Import licences applied for on 3 and 4 January 2000 pursuant
4 thereof,                                                              to Regulation (EC) No 2767/1999 for fresh tomatoes falling
                                                                        within CN code 0702 00 00 originating in and coming from
Whereas:                                                                Morocco shall be issued for 24,5 % of the quantity applied for.
                                                                        For the products referred to above, applications for import
According to information held by the Commission, and in                 licences lodged after 4 January 2000 and before 31 January
particular that received from the Member States on 5 January            2000 shall be rejected.
2000, and taking into account the applications submitted for
import licences on 3 and 4 January 2000, the quantities of                                          Article 2
tomatoes agreed between the Community and Morocco for the
month of January are likely to be exceeded. As a result, the            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
extent to which the licences applied for may be issued must be          tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 7 January 2000.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 333, 24.12.1999, p. 3.