CELEX: 31998R0333
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-10 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 333/98 of 10 February 1998 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 37/24               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11. 2. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 333/98
                                                     of 10 February 1998
                           on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        that Regulation for the month of February 1998; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              it is therefore necessary to determine to what extent
Community,                                                         import licences may be issued in response to these
                                                                   applications; whereas the issue of licences in response to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of             applications lodged after 5 February 1998 and before 5
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the                  March 1998 should be refused,
market in fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 903/97 of              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
21 May 1997 concerning a protective measure applicable
to imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular                                      Article 1
Article 1(3) thereof,
                                                                   Import licences applied for on 5 February 1998 pursuant
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic
1859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/                falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China
94 (5), the release for free circulation in the Community          shall be issued for 0,05249 % of the quantity applied for,
of garlic imported from third countries is subject to              having regard to the information available to the
presentation of an import licence;                                 Commission on 9 February 1998.
Whereas Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 903/97,
                                                                   For the abovementioned products applications for import
restricts the issue of import licences for garlic originating
                                                                   licences lodged after 5 February 1998 and before 5 March
in China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of
                                                                   1998 shall be refused.
applications lodged from 1 June 1997 to 31 May 1998;
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 February 1998 is in excess           This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 February
of the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to              1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 10 February 1998.
                                                                              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 130, 22. 5. 1997, p. 6.
(4) OJ  L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ  L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1.