CELEX: 31997R2108
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-24 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2108/97 of 24 October 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 292/44            1 EN [             Official Journal of the European Communities                               25. 10. 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2108 /97
                                                     of 24 October 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
                                                                 licences for tomatoes, shelled and unshelled hazelnuts
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            exported after 24 October 1997 should be rejected until
Community,                                                       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 1744/97 (3)                Applications for system B licences for tomatoes, shelled
fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences     and unshelled hazelnuts submitted pursuant to Article 1
other than those sought in the context of food aid;               of Regulation (EC) No 1744/97, export declarations for
                                                                 which are accepted after 24 October 1997 and before 19
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         November 1997, are hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for
tomatoes, shelled and unshelled hazelnuts, will shortly be                                Article 2
exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper
working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and              This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October
vegetables sector;                                                1997 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 24 October 1997 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
 (2) OJ L 93, 8 . 4. 1997, p. 16.
 (•) OJ L 244, 6. 9 . 1997, p. 12.