CELEX: 31998R1566
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1566/98 of 20 July 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

21. 7. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 203/11
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1566/98
                                                      of 20 July 1998
                    on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                   licences for apples destined for geographical groups X
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   and Y and peaches and nectarines exported after 20 July
Community,
                                                                   1998 should be rejected until the end of the current
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/               export period,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), fixes the               Applications for system B export licences for apples
indicative quantities for system B export licences other           destined for geographical groups X and Y and peaches
than those sought in the context of food aid;                      and nectarines submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regula-
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the          tion (EC) No 1276/98, export declarations for which are
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative              accepted after 20 July 1998 and before 16 September
quantities laid down for the current export period for             1998, are hereby rejected.
apples destined for geographical groups X and Y and
peaches and nectarines will shortly be exceeded; whereas                                    Article 2
this overrun will prejudice the proper working of the
export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;           This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 July 1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 20 July 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  292, 15.  11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  178, 23.  6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L  176, 20.  6. 1998, p. 6.
(4) OJ L  180, 24.  6. 1998, p. 12.