CELEX: 31997R0915
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 915/97 of 22 May 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

23 . 5 . 97          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 131 / 19
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 915 /97
                                                        of 22 May 1997
                  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 lemons, peaches and nectarines exported after
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             25 May 1997 should be rejected until the end of the
Community,
                                                                  current export period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 61 0/97 (2), and in par­
ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                             Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 687/97 (3) fixes
the indicative quantities for system B export licences            Applications for system B licences for lemons, peaches
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               and nectarines submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                  tion (EC) No 687/97, export declarations for which are
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         accepted after 25 May 1997 and before 1 July 1997, are
Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for         hereby rejected .
the current export period for lemons, peaches and nec­
tarines indicate there is a risk that these quantities will
shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice                                   Article 2
the proper working of the export refund scheme in the
fruit and vegetables sector;                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 22 May 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
 (2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1997, p. 16.
 P) OJ No L 102, 19. 4. 1997, p. 4.