CELEX: 32000R2416
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2416/2000 of 30 October 2000 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 278/14               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                  31.10.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2416/2000
                                                          of 30 October 2000
                          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,                                                               (3)    To avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                                licences for shelled almonds and walnuts in shell
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       exported after 30 October 2000 should be rejected until
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     the end of the current export period,
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                                             Article 1
                                                                         Applications for system B export licences for shelled almonds
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1877/2000 (3) fixes the            and walnuts in shell submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regula-
        indicative quantities for system B export licences other         tion (EC) No 1877/2000, export declarations for which are
        than those sought in the context of food aid.                    accepted after 30 October 2000 and before 16 November
                                                                         2000, are hereby rejected.
(2)     In the light of the information available to the Commis-
        sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities                                   Article 2
        laid down for the current export period for shelled
        almonds and walnuts in shell will shortly be exceeded.           This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 October 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 30 October 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 225, 5.9.2000, p. 10.