CELEX: 31999R1157
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1157/1999 of 1 June 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 139/24             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 2. 6. 1999
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1157/1999
                                                        of 1 June 1999
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                    licences for peaches and nectarines exported after 1 June
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               1999 should be rejected until the end of the current
Community,                                                          export period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in
particular Article 5(5) thereof,                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 927/1999 (3)                  Applications for system B export licences for peaches and
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences        nectarines submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation
other than those sought in the context of food aid;                 (EC) No 927/1999, export declarations for which are
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the           accepted after 1 June and before 1 July 1999, are hereby
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative               rejected.
quantities laid down for the current export period for
peaches and nectarines will shortly be exceeded; whereas                                     Article 2
this overrun will prejudice the proper working of the
export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;            This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 June 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 1 June 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 115, 4.5.1999, p. 7.