CELEX: 31997R1751
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-09 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1751/97 of 9 September 1997 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 246/4            I EN I             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 10 . 9. 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1751/97
                                                      of 9 September 1997
                             on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        that Regulation for the month of September 1997;
  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
                                                                    applications; whereas the issue of licences in response to
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of           applications lodged after 5 September 1997 and before 6
  28 October 1996 on the common organization of the                October 1997 should be refused,
 market in fruit and vegetables ('),
 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 (2), and in particular                                     Article 1
 Article 1 (3) thereof,
 Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                Import licences applied for on 5 September 1997
  1859/93 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                    pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for
  1 662/94 (4), the release for free circulation in the Com­       garlic falling within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in
 munity of garlic imported from third countries is subject         China shall be issued for 0,10429 % of the quantity
 to presentation of an import licence;                             applied for, having regard to the information available to
                                                                   the Commission on 8 September 1997.
 Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 903/97,
 restricts the issue of import licences for garlic originating     For the abovementioned products applications for import
 in China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of             licences lodged after 5 September 1997 and before 6
                                                                   October 1997 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 September 1997 is in excess         This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 September
 of the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to             1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 9 September 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 297, 21 . 11 . 1996, p. 1 .
 2 OJ L 130, 22. 5. 1997, p. 6.
 3 OJ L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 10.
(♦) OJ L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .