CELEX: 31999R2669
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2669/1999 of 16 December 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

17. 12. 1999           EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 325/51
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2669/1999
                                                         of 16 December 1999
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              (3)    Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system
                                                                                B licences for tomatoes exported after 16 December
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           1999 should be rejected until the end of the current
Community,                                                                      export period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                                     Article 1
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2331/
        1999 (3), fixes the indicative quantities for system B           Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes
        export licences other than those sought in the context of        submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2331/
        food aid;                                                        1999, export declarations for which are accepted after 16
(2)     Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        December 1999 and before 24 January 2000, are hereby
        Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative            rejected.
        quantities laid down for the current export period for
        tomatoes will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun                                      Article 2
        will prejudice the proper working of the export refund
        scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 December 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 3.