CELEX: 31999R0031
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 31/1999 of 8 January 1999 concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms

L 5/42               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                9. 1. 1999
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 31/1999
                                                      of 8 January 1999
                    concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                 Article 1
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4 (1) (b) of
2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for             Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 on 4 and 5 January 1999
the administration of Community tariff quotas for                 and submitted to the Commission on 6 January 1999
preserved mushrooms (1), as last amended by Regulation            shall be issued, bearing the wording laid down in Article
(EC) No 2493/98 (2), and in particular Article 6 (4) thereof,     11 (1) of that Regulation, for 7,7 % of the quantity
                                                                  applied for.
Whereas Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 lays
down that where the quantities applied for exceed the
quantity available, the Commission must set a flat-rate                                    Article 2
percentage reduction and suspend the issue of licences in
                                                                  The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to
respect of subsequent applications;
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 shall be suspended for
Whereas the quantities applied for on 4 and 5 January             applications submitted from 6 January until 14 October
1999 pursuant to Article 4 (1) (b) of Regulation (EC) No          1999.
2125/95 have exceeded the quantity available; whereas, as
a result, the extent to which licences may be issued and                                   Article 3
the issue of licences for all subsequent applications
should be suspended must both be determined,                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 8 January 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 309, 19. 11. 1998, p. 38.