CELEX: 31997R0597
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 597/97 of 3 April 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

4. 4. 97             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 89 /23
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 597/97
                                                         of 3 April 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 oranges and lemons exported after 8 April
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            1997 should be rejected until the end of the current
  Community,
                                                                   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
  regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 324/97 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 351 /97 (3) fixes
 the indicative quantities for system B export licences
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;               Applications for system B licences for oranges and
                                                                   lemons submitted under Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
 Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         351 /97, export declarations for which are accepted after 8
 Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for         April 1997 and before 6 May 1997, are hereby rejected .
 the current export period for oranges and lemons indicate
 there is a risk that these quantities for lemons will shortly
 be exceeded; whereas this overrun will prejudice the                                       Article 2
 proper working of the export refund scheme in the fruit
 and vegetables sector;                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 3 April 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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