CELEX: 31998R2158
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2158/98 of 7 October 1998 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 271/18              EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 8. 10. 98
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2158/98
                                                       of 7 October 1998
                            on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                that Regulation for the month of October 1998; whereas
Community,                                                           it is therefore necessary to determine to what extent
                                                                     import licences may be issued in response to these
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of               applications; whereas the issue of licences in response to
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the                    applications lodged after 2 October 1998 and before 5
market in fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by                    November 1998 should be refused,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1137/98 of               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
29 May 1998 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular
                                                                                              Article 1
Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Import licences applied for on 2 October 1998 pursuant
1859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/                  to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic
94 (5), the release for free circulation in the Community of         falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China
garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-           shall be issued for 1,04439 % of the quantity applied for,
tation of an import licence;                                         having regard to the information available to the
                                                                     Commission on 6 October 1998.
Whereas Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1137/98,
restricts the issue of import licences for garlic originating        For the abovementioned products applications for import
in China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of                licences lodged after 2 October 1998 and before 5
applications lodged from 1 June 1998 to 31 May 1999;                 November 1998 shall be refused.
Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1(2) of                                      Article 2
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,
the quantity applied for on 2 October 1998 is in excess of           This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 October 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 7 October 1998.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ  L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 41.
(3) OJ  L 157, 30. 5. 1998, p. 107.
(4) OJ  L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ  L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1.