CELEX: 31996R1614
Language: en
Date: 1996-08-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1614/96 of 8 August 1996 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

No L 200/4             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                9 . 8 . 96
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1614/96
                                                       of 8 August 1996
                            on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the maximum monthly quantity for August 1996; whereas
                                                                   it is therefore necessary to determine to what extent
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              import licences may be issued in response to these appli­
Community,                                                         cations; whereas the issue of licences in response to these
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72               applications; whereas the issue of licences in response to
of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the                   applications lodged after 5 August 1996 and before 6
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by             September 1996 should be refused,
Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 885/96 of              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
15 May 1996 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (3) and in particular
Article 1 (3) thereof,                                                                      Article 1
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 Import licences applied for on 5 August 1996 under
1 859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                     Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic
1 662/94 (*), the release for free circulation in the Commu­       falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China
nity of garlic imported from third countries is subject to         shall be issued for 0,15265 % of the quantity applied for,
presentation of an import licence;                                 having regard to the information available to the
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EC) No           Commission on 7 August 1996.
885/96, restricts the issue of import licences for garlic           For the abovementioned products applications for import
originating in China to a maximum monthly quantity in              licences lodged after 5 August 1996 and before 6
the case of applications lodged from 1 June 1996 to 31             September 1996 shall be refused.
May 1997;
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 on 5 August 1996 is in excess of          This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August 1996.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 8 August 1996.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                           Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No   L   118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.
(2) OJ No   L   132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8.
(3) OJ No   L   119, 16. 5. 1996, p. 12.
(<) OJ No   L   170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
M OJ No L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .