CELEX: 32000R0336
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 336/2000 of 14 February 2000 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

15. 2. 2000            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 41/11
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 336/2000
                                                          of 14 February 2000
                           on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           vegetables sector.
Community,                                                               (3)    To avoid this situation, applications for system B
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       licences for apples for destination groups FO2, FO3 and
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     FO4 exported after 14 February 2000 should be rejected
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit                   until the end of the current export period,
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999 (3),                                                  Article 1
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 41/2000 (4), fixes the
        indicative quantities for system B export licences for           Applications for system B export licences for apples for desti-
        apples other than those sought in the context of food            nation groups FO2, FO3 and FO4 submitted pursuant to
        aid.                                                             Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2782/1999, export declara-
                                                                         tions for which are accepted after 14 February 2000 and before
(2)     In the light of the information available to the Commis-         17 March 2000, are hereby rejected.
        sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities
        laid down for the current export period for apples for                                        Article 2
        destination groups FO2, FO3 and FO4 will shortly be
        exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the proper                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 14 February 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  334, 28.12.1999, p. 26.
(4) OJ L  5, 8.1.2000, p. 43.