CELEX: 32000R1179
Language: en
Date: 2000-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1179/2000 of 31 May 2000 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

L 131/42                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      1.6.2000
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1179/2000
                                                             of 31 May 2000
                                  on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (3)    Given the criteria laid down in Article 1(2) of that
                                                                                 Regulation and the import licences already issued, the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            quantity applied for on 29 May 2000 is in excess of the
Community,                                                                       maximum quantity given in the Annex to that Regula-
                                                                                 tion for the month of June 2000. It is therefore neces-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                        sary to determine to what extent import licences may be
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                         issued in response to these applications. The issue of
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  licences in response to applications lodged after 29 May
1257/1999 (2),                                                                   2000 and before 3 July 2000 should be refused,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1104/2000
of 25 May 2000 concerning a protective measure applicable to              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas:                                                                  Import licences applied for from 29 May 2000 pursuant to
                                                                          Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
(1)     Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/                  within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
        93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/94 (5),             issued for 0,8643 % of the quantity applied for, having regard
        the release for free circulation in the Community of              to the information available to the Commission on 31 May
        garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-        2000.
        tation of an import licence.                                      For the abovementioned products applications for import
                                                                          licences lodged after 29 May 2000 and before 3 July 2000
(2)     Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1104/2000, restricts           shall be refused.
        the issue of import licences for garlic originating in
        China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of                                            Article 2
        applications lodged from 29 May 2000 to 31 May
        2001.                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2000.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 31 May 2000.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  297,  21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  160,  26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L  125,  26.5.2000, p. 21.
(4) OJ L  170,  13.7.1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ L  176,  9.7.1994, p. 1.