CELEX: 31999R0743
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 743/1999 of 8 April 1999 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

L 94/22               EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9. 4. 1999
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 743/1999
                                                      of 8 April 1999
                   on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       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 apples for destination group Y exported after
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/              8 April 1999 should be rejected until the end of the
96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for imple-               current export period,
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1287/98 (2), and in particular              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 5(5) thereof,
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 458/1999 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 499/1999 (4), fixes the             Applications for system B export licences for apples for
indicative quantities for system B export licences other          destination group Y submitted pursuant to Article 1 of
than those sought in the context of food aid;                     Regulation (EC) No 458/1999, export declarations for
                                                                  which are accepted after 8 April 1999 and before 17 May
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         1999, are hereby rejected.
Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative
quantities laid down for the current export period for                                     Article 2
apples for destination group Y will shortly be exceeded;
whereas this overrun will prejudice the proper working of         This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 April 1999.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 8 April 1999.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         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 55, 3.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 22.