CELEX: 31998R0757
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 757/98 of 3 April 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 105/4              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    4. 4. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 757/98
                                                     of 3 April 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export
                                                                 refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                       Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                 licences for shelled almonds exported after 3 April 1998
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/             should be rejected until the end of the current export
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-              period,
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 5 (5) thereof,
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 520/98 (3) fixes           Applications for system B licences for shelled almonds
the indicative quantities for system B export licences           submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
other than those sought in the context of food aid;              520/98, export declarations for which are accepted after
                                                                 3 April and before 20 May 1998, are hereby rejected.
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative                                     Article 2
quantities laid down for the current export period for
shelled almonds will shortly be exceeded; whereas this           This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 3 April 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 66, 6. 3. 1998, p. 8.