CELEX: 32000R0955
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 955/2000 of 5 May 2000 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 109/10               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     6.5.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 955/2000
                                                             of 5 May 2000
                                  on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     maximum quantity given in the Annex to that Regula-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           tion for the month of May 2000; it is therefore neces-
Community,                                                                      sary to determine to what extent import licences may be
                                                                                issued in response to these applications; the issue of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                       licences in response to applications lodged after 2 May
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                        2000 and before 29 May 2000 should be refused,
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1040/1999 of 20              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
May 1999 concerning a protective measure applicable to
imports of garlic from China (3), as last amendend by Regula-
tion (EC) No 51/2000 (4), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,                                    Article 1
Whereas:                                                                 Import licences applied for from 2 May 2000 pursuant to
(1)     Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/                 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
        93 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/94 (6),            within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
        the release for free circulation in the Community of             issued for 0,84388 % of the quantity applied for, having regard
        garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-       to the information available to the Commission on 3 May
        tation of an import licence.                                     2000.
(2)     Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1040/1999, restricts          For the abovementioned products applications for import
        the issue of import licences for garlic originating in           licences lodged after 2 May 2000 and before 29 May 2000
        China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of               shall be refused.
        applications lodged from 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2000.
(3)     Given the criteria laid down in Article 1(2) of that                                         Article 2
        Regulation and the import licences already issued, the
        quantity applied for on 2 May 2000 is in excess of the           This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 5 May 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L  127, 21.5.1999, p. 10.
(4) OJ L  6, 11.1.2000, p. 18.
(5) OJ L  170, 13.7.1993, p. 10.
(6) OJ L  176, 9.7.1994, p. 1.