CELEX: 31998R2228
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2228/98 of 15 October 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 279/42             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16. 10. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2228/98
                                                     of 15 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 apples for destination group ZD exported
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    after 15 October 1998 should be rejected until the end of
Community,
                                                                    the current 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 5(5) thereof,                                                                        Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1875/98 ( ),          3
                                                                    Applications for system B export licences for apples for
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences        destination group ZD submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
other than those sought in the context of food aid;                 Regulation (EC) No 1875/98, export declarations for
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the           which are accepted after 15 October 1998 and before 16
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative               November 1998, are hereby rejected.
quantities laid down for the current export period for
apples for destination group ZD will shortly be exceeded;                                    Article 2
whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper working of
the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October
sector;                                                             1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 15 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.