CELEX: 31998R0320
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 320/98 of 6 February 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 33/18               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                    7. 2. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 320/98
                                                    of 6 February 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                  licences for tomatoes, shelled almonds and apples for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  destination group Y exported after 6 February 1998
Community,
                                                                  should be rejected until the end of the current export
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              period,
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
amended by Regulation (EC) No 213/98 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 5(5) thereof,                                                                 Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 8/98 (3) fixes
                                                                  Applications for system B licences for tomatoes, shelled
the indicative quantities for system B export licences
                                                                  almonds and apples for destination group Y submitted
other than those sought in the context of food aid;
                                                                  pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 8/98, export
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         declarations for which are accepted after 6 February and
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative             before 18 March 1998, are hereby rejected.
quantities laid down for the current export period for
tomatoes, shelled almonds and apples for destination                                       Article 2
group Y will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun
will prejudice the proper working of the export refund            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 February
scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;                        1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 6 February 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 22, 29. 1. 1998, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 3, 7. 1. 1998, p. 5.