CELEX: 31998R1505
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1505/98 of 14 July 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

15. 7. 98              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 198/21
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1505/98
                                                      of 14 July 1998
                    on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        will 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 oranges exported after 14 July 1998 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 (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,                                                                       Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as              Applications for system B export licences for oranges
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), fixes the               submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
indicative quantities for system B export licences other           1276/98, export declarations for which are accepted after
than those sought in the context of food aid;                      14 July 1998 and before 16 September 1998, 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
oranges will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun             This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 July 1998.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 14 July 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.