CELEX: 31998R2834
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2834/98 of 28 December 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 351/32             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29. 12. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2834/98
                                                    of 28 December 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 tomatoes, walnuts in shell, lemons and apples
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    destined for geographical group XY exported after 28
Community,
                                                                    December 1998 should be rejected until the end of the
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/                current export period,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,                                                                        Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2379/98 (3),                  Applications for system B export licences for tomatoes,
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences        walnuts in shell, lemons and apples destined for
other than those sought in the context of food aid;                 geographical group XY submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
                                                                    Regulation (EC) No 2379/98, export declarations for
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the           which are accepted after 28 December 1998 and before
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative               15 January 1999, are hereby rejected.
quantities laid down for the current export period for
tomatoes, walnuts in shell, lemons and apples destined for                                   Article 2
geographical group XY will shortly be exceeded; whereas
this overrun will prejudice the proper working of the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 December
export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;            1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 December 1998.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                          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 295, 4. 11. 1998, p. 15.