CELEX: 31996R2523
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2523/96 of 30 December 1996 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

No L 345/72         | EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               31 . 12. 96
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2523/96
                                                    of 30 December 1996
                    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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  licences for lemons exported after 2 January 1997 should
 Community,
                                                                  be rejected until the end of the current export period,
 Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No
 2190/96 of 14 November 1996 on detailed rules for                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), and in
 particular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                         Article 1
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2196/96 (2)                Applications for system B licences for lemons submitted
 fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences     under Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2196/96, export
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;              declarations for which are accepted after 2 January 1997
Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         and before 17 January 1997, are hereby rejected.
 Commission today, the indicative quantities laid down for
 the current export period for lemons have already been                                    Article 2
 exceeded; whereas this overrun prejudices the proper
working of the export refund scheme in the fruit and              This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 December
 vegetables sector;                                               1996 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 December 1996 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
0 OJ No L 293, 16. 11 . 1996, p. 7.