CELEX: 31999R1480
Language: en
Date: 1999-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1480/1999 of 6 July 1999 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

7. 7. 1999              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 171/11
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1480/1999
                                                                of 6 July 1999
                                   on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                       the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to
                                                                                  that Regulation for the month of July 1999; 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;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28                         whereas the issue of licences in response to applications
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in                          lodged after 1 July 1999 and before 2 August 1999
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-                     should be refused,
lation (EC) No 857/1999 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1040/1999 of 20                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
May 1999 concerning a protective measure applicable to
imports of garlic from China (3), and in particular Article 1(3)
                                                                                                       Article 1
thereof,
(1)     Whereas pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 Import licences applied for from 1 July 1999 pursuant to
        1859/93 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1662/                Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1859/93 for garlic falling
        94 (5), the release for free circulation in the Community          within CN code 0703 20 00 originating in China shall be
        of garlic imported from third countries is subject to              issued for 1,1976 % of the quantity applied for, having regard
        presentation of an import licence;                                 to the information available to the Commission on 6 July
                                                                           1999.
(2)     Whereas Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1040/1999,
        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 1 July 1999 and before 2 August 1999
        applications lodged from 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2000;               shall be refused.
(3)     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 1 July 1999 is in excess of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 July 1999.
                       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                       Done at Brussels, 6 July 1999.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  297,  21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  108,  27.4.1999, p. 7.
(3) OJ L  127,  21.5.1999, p. 10.
(4) OJ L  170,  13.7.1993, p. 10.
(5) OJ L  176,  9.7.1994, p. 1.