CELEX: 31999R1885
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1885/1999 of 31 August 1999 on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables

L 231/32               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1. 9. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1885/1999
                                                           of 31 August 1999
                                   on the issuing of A1 export licences for fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     licences were issued without restriction for shelled
                                                                                almonds and shelled hazelnuts in response to applica-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           tions submitted since 27 August 1999; whereas, there-
Community,                                                                      fore, percentages should be fixed for the issuing of
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       licences for quantities applied for on 27 August 1999
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     and applications for A1 licences submitted later in that
Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on                        application period should be rejected,
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/
        1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1504/                                        Article 1
        1999 (4), sets the quantities for which A1 export
        licences, other than those requested in the context of           A1 export licences for shelled almonds and shelled hazelnuts
        food aid, may be issued;                                         for which applications were submitted on 27 August 1999
                                                                         pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1304/1999 shall
(2)     Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 sets             be issued for 62,1 % for shelled almonds and 1,4 % for shelled
        the conditions under which special measures may be               hazelnuts of the quantities applied for.
        taken by the Commission with a view to avoiding an
        overrun of the quantities for which A1 licences may be           Applications for A1 export licences submitted after 27 August
        issued;                                                          1999 and before 9 September 1999 for these products shall be
                                                                         rejected.
(3)     Whereas the Commission has received information
        which indicates that those quantities, reduced or                                            Article 2
        increased by the quantities referred to in Article 2(3) of
        Regulation (EC) No 2190/96, would be exceeded if A1              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 31 August 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                       Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 29.
(3) OJ L  155, 22.6.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L  175, 10.7.1999, p. 5.