CELEX: 31997R1661
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1661/97 of 22 August 1997 on the issue of system B export licences in the fruit and vegetables sector

No L 232/6            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23 . 8 . 97
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1661 /97
                                                       of 22 August 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             licences for table grapes, exported after 22 August 1997
 Community,
                                                                   should 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
 implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 as               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/97 (2), and in par­
 ticular Article 5 (5) thereof,                                                            Article 1
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 11 20/97 (3)                Applications for system B licences for table grapes,
 fixes the indicative quantities for system B export licences      submitted pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
 other than those sought in the context of food aid;               1120/97, export declarations for which are accepted after
 Whereas, in the light of the information available to the         22 August 1997 and before 17 September 1997, are
 Commission today, there is a risk that the indicative             hereby rejected.
 quantities laid down for the current export period for
 table grapes will shortly be exceeded; whereas this overrun                               Article 2
 will prejudice the proper working of the export refund
 scheme in the fruit and vegetables sector,                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 August 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 22 August 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 292, 15. 11 . 1996, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1997, p. 16.
(3) OJ No L 163, 20. 6. 1997, p. 12.