CELEX: 32000R0097
Language: en
Date: 2000-01-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 97/2000 of 14 January 2000 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

15. 1. 2000            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 11/13
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 97/2000
                                                           of 14 January 2000
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     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,                                                               (3)    Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system
                                                                                B licences for lemons exported after 14 January 2000
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       should be rejected until the end of the current export
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     period,
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/                                                  Article 1
        1999 (3), fixes the indicative quantities for system B           Applications for system B export licences for lemons submitted
        export licences other than those sought in the context of        pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2331/1999, export
        food aid;                                                        declarations for which are accepted after 14 January 2000 and
                                                                         before 24 January 2000, are hereby rejected.
(2)     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
        lemons will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun            This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 14 January 2000.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 3.