CELEX: 31997R0008
Language: en
Date: 1997-01-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 8/97 of 7 January 1997 concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms

8 . 1 . 97        ( EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 4/3
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 8/97
                                                       of 7 January 1997
                     concerning the issue of import licences for certain preserved mushrooms
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      ting in China on 1 and 2 January 1997 and submitted to
                                                                  the Commission on 3 January 1997 shall be issued,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            bearing the wording laid down in Article 11 ( 1 ) of that
 Community,                                                       Regulation, for 98,38 % of the quantity applied for.
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  2. Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4 ( 1 )
 2125/95 of 6 September 1995 opening and providing for            (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for products origin­
 the administration of Community tariff quotas for                ating in China on 1 and 2 January 1997 and submitted to
 preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus spp. ('), as           the Commission on 3 January 1997 shall be issued,
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2723/95 (2), and in parti­         bearing the wording laid down in Article 11 ( 1 ) of that
 cular Article 6 (4) thereof,                                     Regulation, for 1,000 % of the quantity applied for.
Whereas Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 lays
 down that where the quantities applied for exceed the                                      Article 2
 quantity available, the Commission must set a flat-rate
 percentage reduction and suspend the issue of licences in        The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to
 respect of subsequent applications;                              Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for China shall be
                                                                  suspended for applications submitted from 3 January
Whereas the quantities applied for on 1 and 2 January             until 31 December 1997.
 1997 for products originating in China exceeded the
quantity available; whereas, as a result, the extent to which                               Article 3
licences may be issued must be determined and the issue
of licences for all subsequent applications should be             Import licences applied for pursuant to Regulation (EC)
suspended until 31 December 1997;                                 No 2125/95 for products originating in countries other
                                                                  than China, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania on 1 and 2
Whereas the quantities applied for on 1 and 2 January             January 1997 and submitted to the Commission on 3
 1997 Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for products origina­            January 1997 shall be issued, bearing the wording laid
ting in countries other than China, Bulgaria, Poland and          down in Article 11 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, for 53,65 % of
Romania exceeded the quantity available; whereas, as a            the quantity applied for.
result, the extent to which licences may be issued must be
determined and the issue of licences for all subsequent                                     Article 4
applications should be suspended until 31 December
 1997,                                                            The issue of import licences applied for pursuant to
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for countries other than
                                                                  China, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania shall be suspended
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                      for applications submitted from 3 January until 31
                                                                  December 1997.
                          Article 1
                                                                                            Article 5
 1 . Import licences applied for pursuant to Article 4 (1 )
(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2125/95 for products origina­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 7 January 1997.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(») OJ No L 212, 7. 9. 1995, p. 16.
  2 OJ No L 283, 25. 11 . 1995, p. 12.