CELEX: 31998R1357
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1357/98 of 26 June 1998 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 184/38              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27. 6. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1357/98
                                                      of 26 June 1998
                             on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        issued without restriction for apples in response to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              applications submitted since 24 June 1998; whereas,
Community,                                                         therefore, a percentage should be fixed for the issuing of
                                                                   licences for quantities applied for on 24 June 1998 and
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/               applications for A1 licences submitted later in that
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-                application period should be rejected,
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3)                                           Article 1
rectified by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), sets the              A1 export licences for apples for which applications were
quantities for which A1 export licences, other than those          submitted on 24 June 1998 pursuant to Article 1 of
requested in the context of food aid, may be issued;               Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 shall be issued for 28,7 % of
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets the           the quantities applied for.
conditions under which special measures may be taken by
the Commission with a view to avoiding an overrun of               Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 24
the quantities for which A1 licences may be issued;                June 1998 and before 9 September 1998 for that product
                                                                   shall be rejected.
Whereas the Commission has received information which
indicates that those quantities, reduced or increased by                                    Article 2
the quantities referred to in Article 2 (3) of Regulation
(EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1 licences were             This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 June 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.