CELEX: 31999R0854
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 854/1999 of 23 April 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 107/18              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                24. 4. 1999
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 854/1999
                                                      of 23 April 1999
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       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 exported after 23 April 1999 should
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              be rejected until the end of the current export period,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
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 458/1999 (3), as            Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes
amended by Regulation (EC) No 499/1999 (4), fixes the             submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
indicative quantities for system B export licences other          458/1999, export declarations for which are accepted after
than those sought in the context of food aid;                     23 April 1999 and before 17 May 1999, 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 will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun           This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 April 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 23 April 1999.
                                                                             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 55, 3.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 22.