CELEX: 31997R0625
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-09 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 625/97 of 9 April 1997 on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China

10 . 4. 97            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 95/ 13
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 625/97
                                                          of 9 April 1997
                             on the issue of import licences for garlic originating in China
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        that Regulation for the month of April 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 4 April 1997 and before 5 May 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 4 April 1997 under Article
  1859/93 (3), 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 0,24855 % 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,              9 April 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 4 April 1997 and before 5 May 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 4 April 1997 is in excess of
 the maximum monthly quantity given in the Annex to                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 April 1997.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 9 April 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.
h) OJ No L 176, 9. 7. 1994, p. 1 .