CELEX: 31997R0269
Language: en
Date: 1997-02-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 269/97 of 14 February 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

15. 2. 97           EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 45/7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 269/97
                                                    of 14 February 1997
                    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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           licences for tomatoes and lemons exported after 17
 Community,                                                      February 1997 should be rejected until the end of the
                                                                 current export period,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 26/97 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                           Article 1
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/97 (3) fixes           Applications for system B licences for tomatoes and
 the indicative quantities for system B export licences          lemons submitted under Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;             27/97, export declarations for which are accepted after 17
 Whereas, in the light of the information available to the       February 1997 and before 13 March 1997, are hereby
 Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for       rejected.
 the current export period for tomatoes have already been
 exceeded; whereas there is a risk that these quantities for                              Article 2
 lemons will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun
 prejudices the proper working of the export refund              This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 February
 scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                      1997 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 14 February 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
0 OJ No L 6, 10 . 1 . 1997, p. 9.
 1 OJ No L 6, 10 . 1 . 1997, p. 11 .