CELEX: 31999R2248
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2248/1999 of 22 October 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 273/10               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                  23. 10. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2248/1999
                                                          of 22 October 1999
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     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 table grapes and apples for destination
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       group F02 exported after 22 October 1999 should be
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     rejected until the end of the current 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:
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/                                                  Article 1
        1999 (3), fixes the indicative quantities for system B           Applications for system B export licences for table grapes and
        export licences other than those sought in the context of        apples for destination group F02 submitted pursuant to Article
        food aid;                                                        1 of Regulation (EC) No 1926/1999, export declarations for
                                                                         which are accepted after 22 October 1999 and before 16
(2)     Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        November 1999, are hereby rejected.
        Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
        quantities laid down for the current export period for                                       Article 2
        table grapes and apples for destination group F02 will
        shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice         This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 22 October 1999.
                                                                                      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 238, 9.9.1999, p. 20.