CELEX: 31999R1820
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1820/1999 of 19 August 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

20. 8. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      L 220/27
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1820/1999
                                                           of 19 August 1999
                          on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     of the export refund scheme in the fruit and vegetables
                                                                                sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                               (3)    Whereas, to avoid this situation, applications for system
                                                                                B licences for lemons and table grapes exported after 19
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 of                       August 1999 should be rejected until the end of the
14 November 1996 on detailed rules for implementing Council                     current export period,
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit
and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1303/1999 (2), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/                                                  Article 1
        1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1504/
        1999 (4), fixes the indicative quantities for system B           Applications for system B export licences for lemons and table
        export licences other than those sought in the context of        grapes submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
        food aid;                                                        1304/1999, export declarations for which are accepted after
                                                                         19 August 1999 and before 16 September 1999, are hereby
(2)     Whereas, in the light of the information available to the        rejected.
        Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
        quantities laid down for the current export period for                                       Article 2
        lemons and table grapes will shortly be exceeded;
        whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper working           This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 August 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 19 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.