CELEX: 31997R0836
Language: en
Date: 1997-05-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 836/97 of 7 May 1997 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

No L 119 /30              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 5. 97
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 836/97
                                                              of 7 May 1997
                                 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Regulation for the month of May 1997; whereas it is
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  therefore necessary to determine to what extent import
 Community,
                                                                        licences may be issued in response to these applications;
                                                                        whereas the issue of licences in response to applications
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of                 lodged after 5 May 1997 and before 1 June 1997 should
 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the                      be refused,
 market in fruit and vegetables ('),
 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 (2), and in particular
Article 1 (3) thereof,                                                                           Article 1
Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      Import licences applied for on 5 May 1997 under Article
 1 859/93 f), as amended by Regulation (EC) No                          1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
 1 662/94 (4), the release for free circulation in the Com­             within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
munity of garlic imported from third countries is subject               issued for 0,56399 % of the quantity applied for, having
to presentation of an import licence;                                   regard to the information available to the Commission on
Whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 885/96,                   7 May 1997.
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 May 1997 and before 1 June 1997
applications lodged from 1 June 1996 to 31 May 1997;                    shall be refused .
Whereas, given the criteria laid down in Article 1 (2) of
that Regulation and the import licences already issued,                                         Article 2
the quantity applied for on 5 May 1997 is in excess of the
maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to that                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1997.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                      Done at Brussels, 7 May 1997.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   L  297,   21 . 11 . 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L  119,   16. 5. 1996, p. 12.
0   OJ  No   L  170 ,  13 . 7. 1993 , p. 10 .
(4  OJ  No   L  176,   9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .