CELEX: 31998R2281
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2281/98 of 22 October 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 286/20             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23. 10. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2281/98
                                                     of 22 October 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 hazelnuts in shell exported after 22 October
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    1998 should be rejected until the end of the current
Community,
                                                                    export 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 1
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                    Applications for system B export licences for hazelnuts in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 (3),
                                                                    shell submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences
                                                                    No 1875/98, export declarations for which are accepted
other than those sought in the context of food aid;
                                                                    after 22 October 1998 and before 16 November 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
hazelnuts in shell will shortly be exceeded; whereas this
overrun will prejudice the proper working of the export             This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October
refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                   1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 22 October 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 243, 2. 9. 1998, p. 3.