CELEX: 31998R0690
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/98 of 27 March 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

28. 3. 98            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 96/13
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 690/98
                                                   of 27 March 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      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 apples for destination group Y exported after
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/             27 March 1998 should be rejected until the end of the
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-              current export 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 apples for destina-
the indicative quantities for system B export licences           tion group Y submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regula-
other than those sought in the context of food aid;              tion (EC) No 520/98, export declarations for which are
                                                                 accepted after 27 March and before 20 May 1998, are
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                    Article 2
apples for destination group Y will shortly be exceeded;
whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper working of        This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 March 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.