CELEX: 32001R0029
Language: en
Date: 2001-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2001 of 5 January 2001 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

6.1.2001               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 3/17
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 29/2001
                                                           of 5 January 2001
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                    proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit
                                                                               and vegetables sector.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)   To avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                               licences for oranges exported after 5 January 2001
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                      should be rejected until the end of the current export
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                    period,
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
298/2000 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas:                                                                                             Article 1
(1)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2432/2000 (3) fixes the            Applications for system B export licences for oranges
        indicative quantities for system B export licences other         submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2432/
        than those sought in the context of food aid.                    2000, export declarations for which are accepted after 5
                                                                         January 2001 and before 17 January 2001 are hereby rejected.
(2)     In the light of the information available to the Commis-
        sion today, there is a risk that the indicative quantities                                   Article 2
        laid down for the current export period for oranges will
        shortly be exceeded. This overrun will prejudice the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 January 2001.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 5 January 2001.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 34, 9.2.2000, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 30.