CELEX: 31997R1606
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1606/97 of 8 August 1997 on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and vegetables

No L 218 /4          EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                9 . 8 . 97
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1606/97
                                                     of 8 August 1997
                  on the issuing of export licences for products processed from fruit and
                                                         vegetables
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     exceeded if licences were issued with advanced fixing of
                                                                 refunds without restriction in response to applications
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           submitted since 6 August 1997; whereas a reducing factor
 Community,
                                                                 should accordingly be applied to the quantities applied
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No                  for on 6 August 1997, and applications for export licences
 1429/95 of 23 June 1995 on implementing rules for               with advance fixing of refunds submitted subsequently
 export refunds on products processed from fruit and ve­         with a view to such licences being issued during the
 getables other than those granted for added sugars ('), as      current period should be rejected,
 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1007/97 (2), and in
 particular Article 4 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 121 /97 (3)
 specifies the quantities which may be covered by applica­                               Article 1
 tions submitted for export licences with advance fixing of
 the refund other than those applied for in connection           Export licences with advance fixing of the refund for
 with food aid;
                                                                 orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 55°
 Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 lays            Brix for which applications have been submitted on 6
 down the conditions under which special measures may            August 1997 pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
 be taken by the Commission to prevent an overrun in the         1121 /97 shall be issued for 57,9% of the quantities
 quantities for which export licence applications may be         applied for.
 submitted;
                                                                 Applications for export licences with advance fixing of
 Whereas, in view of the information available to the            refunds for the above product submitted after 6 August
 Commission as of today, the quantity of 354 tonnes of           1997 and before 24 October 1997 shall be rejected.
 orange juice with a sugar content of not less than 55°
 Brix in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1121 /97,                                       Article 2
 reduced or increased by the quantities referred to in
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1429/95, would be          This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 August 1997.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 8 August 1997.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                        Hans VAN DEN BROEK
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(■) OJ No L 141 , 24. 6. 1995, p. 28 .
(2) OJ No L 145, 5. 6. 1997, p. 16.
P) OJ No L 163, 20. 6. 1997, p. 16.