CELEX: 31997R1451
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/97 of 24 July 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

No L 198 / 10        EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                25 . 7. 97
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451 /97
                                                       of 24 July 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 apples for destination groups X and Y and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             peaches, including nectarines, exported after 24 July 1997
Community,                                                        should be rejected until the end of the current export
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                    period,
2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­
ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 11 20/97 (3)
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences      Applications for system B licences for apples for destina­
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               tion groups X and Y and peaches, including nectarines,
                                                                  submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         1120/97, export declarations for which are accepted after
Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for         24 July 1997 and before 17 September 1997, are hereby
the current export period for apples for destination groups       rejected.
X and Y and peaches, including nectarines, have already
been exceeded or 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 25 July 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 24 July 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.
 (n OJ No L 163, 20. 6. 1997, p. 12.