CELEX: 31999R1169
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1169/1999 of 3 June 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

4. 6. 1999           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 141/11
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1169/1999
                                                        of 3 June 1999
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         prejudice the proper working of 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 lemons exported after 3 June 1999 should be
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/                rejected until the end of the current export period,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
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 1287/98 (2), and in
particular Article 5(5) thereof,                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 927/1999 (3)                  Applications for system B export licences for lemons
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;                 927/1999, export declarations for which are accepted after
                                                                    3 June and before 1 July 1999, are hereby rejected.
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative                                        Article 2
quantities laid down for the current export period for
lemons will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun will          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 June 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 3 June 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 115, 4.5.1999, p. 7.