CELEX: 31996R0244
Language: en
Date: 1996-02-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 244/96 of 8 February 1996 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

No L 31 /20           EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9 . 2. 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 244/96
                                                        of 8 February 1 996
                            on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         the quantity applied for at 5 February 1996 is in excess of
                                                                    the maximum monthly quantity for February 1996 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               whereas it is therefore necessary to determine to what
Community,
                                                                    extent import licences may be issued 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                    these applications ; whereas the issue of licences in
market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by              response to applications lodged after 5 February 1996 and
Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (2),                                     before 5 March 1996 should be refused,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1153/95 of
22 May 1995 concerning a protective measure applicable              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to imports of garlic from China (3), as amended by Regu­
lation (EC) No 2944/95 (4), and in particular Article 1 (3)                                  Article 1
thereof,
                                                                    Import licences applied for under Article 1 of Regulation
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1859/93 (*), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                       (EEC) No 1859/93 at 5 February 1996 for garlic falling
                                                                    within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
1 662/94 f), the release for free circulation in the Commu­         issued for 0,18904 % of the quantity applied for, having
nity of garlic imported from third countries is subject to
                                                                    regard to the information available to the Commission on
presentation of an import licence ;                                 7 February 1996.
Whereas Article 1 (1 ) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1153/95, 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 February 1996 and before 5 March
                                                                    1996 shall be refused .
the case of applications lodged from 1 June 1995 to 31
May 1996 ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1 (2) of
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,             This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 8 February 1996.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         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   116, 23.  5. 1995, p. 23.
(*) OJ No  L  308,  21 . 12. 1995, p. 17.
j1) OJ No L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(«) OJ No L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .