CELEX: 31997R2460
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2460/97 of 10 December 1997 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 340 /38             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              11 . 12. 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2460/97
                                                    of 10 December 1997
                           on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      that Regulation for the month of December 1997;
                                                                 whereas it is therefore necessary to determine to what
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            extent import licences may be issued in response to these
Community,
                                                                 applications; whereas the issue of licences in response to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of           applications lodged after 5 December 1997 and before 8
28 October 1996 on the common organization of the                January 1998 should be refused,
market in fruit and vegetables ('),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 903/97 of            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
21 May 1 997 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (2), and in particular                                    Article 1
Article 1 (3) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No               Import licences applied for on 5 December 1997
1859/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                    pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for
1 662/94 (4), the release for free circulation in the Com­       garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in
munity of garlic imported from third countries is subject        China shall be issued for 0,05701 % of the quantity
                                                                 applied for, having regard to the information available to
to presentation of an import licence;                            the Commission on 9 December 1997 .
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 903/97,
restricts the issue of import licences for garlic originating    For the abovementioned products applications for import
in China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of            licences lodged after 5 December 1997 and before 8
applications lodged from 1 June 1997 to 31 May 1998;             January 1998 shall be refused.
Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1 (2) of                                 Article 2
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,
the quantity applied for on 5 December 1997 is in excess         This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 December
of the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to             1997 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 10 December 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 297, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ L 130, 22. 5. 1997, p. 6.
0 OJ L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
 4 OJ L 176, 9 . 7. 1994, p. 1 .