CELEX: 32000R2634
Language: en
Date: 2000-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2634/2000 of 30 November 2000 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

1.12.2000               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 302/43
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2634/2000
                                                          of 30 November 2000
                                  on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      of the maximum quantity given in the Annex to that
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            Regulation for the months of December 2000 and
Community,                                                                       January 2001. It is therefore necessary to determine to
                                                                                 what extent import licences may be issued in response
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                        to these applications. The issue of licences in response to
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                         applications lodged after 28 November 2000 and before
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  29 January 2001 should be refused,
1257/1999 (2),
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:
(1)     Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1859/                  Import licences applied for on 27 November 2000 pursuant to
        93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/94 (5),             Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
        the release for free circulation in the Community of              within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
        garlic imported from third countries is subject to presen-        issued for 0,4454 % of the quantity applied for, having regard
        tation of an import licence.                                      to the information available to the Commission on 29
                                                                          November 2000.
(2)     Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1104/2000, restricts
        the issue of import licences for garlic originating in            For the abovementioned products applications for import
        China to a maximum monthly quantity in the case of                licences lodged after 28 November 2000 and before 29 January
        applications lodged from 29 May 2000 to 31 May                    2001 shall be refused.
        2001.
(3)     Given the criteria laid down in Article 1(2) of that                                           Article 2
        Regulation and the import licences already issued, the
        quantity applied for on 27 November 2000 is in excess             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2000.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 30 November 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.