CELEX: 32000R0495
Language: en
Date: 2000-03-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2000 of 6 March 2000 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

7.3.2000               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 60/15
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 495/2000
                                                            of 6 March 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 March 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 1 March
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                        2000 and before 3 April 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 1 March 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 0,62305 % of the quantity applied for, having regard
        garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-       to the information available to the Commission on 6 March
        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 1 March 2000 and before 3 April 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 1 March 2000 is in excess of the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 March 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 6 March 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.