CELEX: 31999R0744
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 744/1999 of 8 April 1999 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

9. 4. 1999            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 94/23
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 744/1999
                                                        of 8 April 1999
                            on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to
                                                                     that Regulation for the month of April 1999; whereas it is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     therefore necessary to determine to what extent import
Community,
                                                                     licences may be issued in response to these applications;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of               whereas the issue of licences in response to applications
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the                    lodged after 6 April 1999 and before 6 May 1999 should
market in fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by                    be refused,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1137/98 of               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
29 May 1998 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular
                                                                                              Article 1
Article 1(3) thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Import licences applied for from 1 April to 6 April 1999
1859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/                  pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for
94 (5), the release for free circulation in the Community of         garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in
garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-           China shall be issued for 2,5 % of the quantity applied
tation of an import licence;                                         for, having regard to the information available to the
                                                                     Commission on 7 April 1999.
Whereas Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1137/98,
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 6 April 1999 and before 6 May 1999
applications lodged from 1 June 1998 to 31 May 1999;                 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 since 1 April 1999 is in excess of          This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 8 April 1999.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(1) OJ  L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ  L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 41.
(3) OJ  L 157, 30.5.1998, p. 107.
(4) OJ  L 170, 13.7.1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ  L 176, 9.7.1994, p. 1.