CELEX: 31998R1799
Language: en
Date: 1998-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1799/98 of 17 August 1998 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 230/6               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   18. 8. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1799/98
                                                     of 17 August 1998
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       will prejudice the proper working of the export refund
                                                                  scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system B
                                                                  licences for table grapes exported after 17 August 1998
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              should be rejected until the end of the current export
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-               period,
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/98 (3), as             Applications for system B export licences for table grapes
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1302/98 (4), fixes the              submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
indicative quantities for system B export licences other          1276/98, export declarations for which are accepted after
than those sought in the context of food aid;                     17 August 1998 and before 16 September 1998, are
                                                                  hereby rejected.
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative                                      Article 2
quantities laid down for the current export period for
table grapes will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun       This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 August 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 17 August 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 292, 15.  11. 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 178, 23.  6. 1998, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 176, 20.  6. 1998, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 180, 24.  6. 1998, p. 12.