CELEX: 31998R1559
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1559/98 of 17 July 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

18. 7. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 202/57
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1559/98
                                                      of 17 July 1998
                    on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        this overrun will prejudice the proper working of the
                                                                   export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                   licences for tomatoes and lemons exported after 17 July
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/               1998 should be rejected until the end of the current
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-                export period,
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as              Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), fixes the               and lemons submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation
indicative quantities for system B export licences other           (EC) No 1276/98, export declarations for which are
than those sought in the context of food aid;                      accepted after 17 July 1998 and before 16 September
                                                                   1998, are hereby rejected.
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative                                       Article 2
quantities laid down for the current export period for
tomatoes and lemons will shortly be exceeded; whereas              This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 July 1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 17 July 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  176, 20.  6. 1998, p. 6.
(4) OJ L  180, 24.  6. 1998, p. 12.