CELEX: 32000R2783
Language: en
Date: 2000-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2783/2000 of 18 December 2000 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 321/68               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   19.12.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2783/2000
                                                         of 18 December 2000
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     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)    To avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                                licences for shelled almonds exported after 18 December
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       2000 should be rejected until the end of the current
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     export 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:
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                                              Article 1
                                                                         Applications for system B export licences for shelled almonds
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2432/2000 (3) fixes the            submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2432/
        indicative quantities for system B export licences other         2000, export declarations for which are accepted after 18
        than those sought in the context of food aid.                    December 2000 and before 17 January 2001 are hereby
                                                                         rejected.
(2)     In the light of the information available to the Commis-
        sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities                                    Article 2
        laid down for the current export period for shelled
        almonds will shortly be exceeded. This overrun will              This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December 2000.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 18 December 2000.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 30.