CELEX: 31999R0259
Language: en
Date: 1999-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/1999 of 3 February 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

4. 2. 1999           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 30/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 259/1999
                                                      of 3 February 1999
                   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 tomatoes exported after 3 February 1999
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    should be rejected until the end of the current export
Community,
                                                                    period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,                                                                        Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2776/98 ( ),          3
                                                                    Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences        submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
other than those sought in the context of food aid;                 2776/98, export declarations for which are accepted after
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the           3 February 1999 and before 17 March 1999, are hereby
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative               rejected.
quantities laid down for the current export period for
tomatoes will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun                                      Article 2
will prejudice the proper working of the export refund
scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 3 February 1999.
                                                                              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 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 44.