CELEX: 31996R1618
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1618/96 of 8 August 1996 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables with advance fixing of the refund

No L 200/ 12       ran                Official Journal of the European Communities                                9 . 8 . 96
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1618/96
                                                      of 8 August 1996
                 on the issuing of export licences for fruit and vegetables with advance fixing of
                                                         the refund
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      of refunds without restriction in response to applications
                                                                 submitted since 5 August 1996; whereas a reducing factor
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            should, accordingly, be applied to the quantity of hazel­
Community,                                                       nuts in shell applied for on 5 August 1996, and applica­
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                   tions for export licences with advance fixing of refunds
 1488/95 of 28 June 1955 on implementing rules for               submitted subsequently with a view to such licences
export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended      being issued during the current period should be rejected,
by Regulation (EC) No 2702/95 (2), and in particular
Article 4 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 121 /96 (3)
specifies the quantities which may be covered by applica­
tions submitted for export licences with advance fixing of                                Article 1
the refund other than those applied for in connection
with food aid;                                                   Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
                                                                 hazelnuts in shell for which applications are submitted on
Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95 lays             5 August 1996 pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
down the conditions under which special measures may             No 1121 /96 shall be issued for 18,51 % the quantity
be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the          applied for.
quantities for which export licence applications may be
submitted;                                                       Applications for export licences with advance fixing of
Whereas, in view of the information available to the             the refund for the above product submitted after 5 August
Commission as of today, the quantity of 127 tonnes of            1996 and before 24 September 1996 shall be rejected.
hazelnuts in shell in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
 1121 /96, reduced or increased by the quantities referred                                Article 2
to in Article 4 (1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1488/95, would
be exceeded if licences were issued with advanced fixing         This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August 1996.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 8 August 1996.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                        Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 68.
(2) OJ No L 280, 23. 11 . 1995, p. 30.
0 OJ No L 149, 22. 6. 1996, p. 11 .