CELEX: 31997R1388
Language: en
Date: 1997-07-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1388/97 of 18 July 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

19 . 7. 97           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 190/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1388 /97
                                                        of 18 July 1997
                   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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              licences for tomatoes and oranges exported after 18 July
Community,                                                         1997 should be rejected until the end of the current
                                                                   export period,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for
implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­
ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                              Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 11 20/97 (3)
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences       Applications for system B licences for tomatoes and
other than those sought in the context of food aid;                oranges submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation
                                                                   (EC) No 1120/97, export declarations for which are
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the          accepted after 18 July 1997 and before 17 September
Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for          1997, are hereby rejected.
the current export period for tomatoes and oranges indic­
ate there is a risk that these quantities will shortly be
exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper                                   Article 2
working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and
vegetables sector,                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 July 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 18 July 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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